© XPB  Andrew Lewin 20/04/2024 at 07:1220/04/2024 at 07:04 Lando Norris lined up in pole position for the start of Saturday's Sprint race in Shanghai with high hopes of a strong result - only to see it evaporate before his eyes as the McLaren headed into the first corner. Norris had taken pole by over a second in dramatic fashion in a wet qualifying session on Friday, in which his crucial SQ3 lap was initially deleted for track limits but then immediately reinstated by race control. That meant he started on the front row alongside Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. Both drivers got a decent initial launch from the grid, but it was Hamilton who had the upper hand down the inside into...
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