Sebastian Vettel left it very late to claim pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, the world championship leader needed to dig deep to knock Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen off the top spot on the timing screens at the end of qualifying in Shanghai. A resurgent Raikkonen set the pace for most of the session and even improved on his final flying lap in Q3 but his teammate did the business with a storming lap of 1:31.095, enough to guarantee a top spot start for the race with his teammate beside him for another front lock-out for the Reds. In contrast, Mercedes were well and truly trounced, on a cold, windy and afternoon day they simply did not have the pace or the ‘party...
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