Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton powered towards the 63rd pole position of his career in Shanghai, edging out Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel by just under two tenths of a second, with the German claiming second spot on the grid ahead of the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas by just 1000th of a second. Hamilton was the first to make a move in Q1 setting the early pace with a time of 1:33.333. Team-mate Bottas then slotted into P2, four-tenths behind the three-time champion. Hamilton said, 'We knew it would be close. We knew we'd need a perfect lap. Very, very happy and super grateful to the team. It's more exciting than ever fighting these guys. It's amazing.' 'It has been an interesting weekend...
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