Valtteri Bottas fends off team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a tight battle for pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Thai-Brit driver Alex Albon was unhurt after his Toro Rosso slammed into the wall during final practiceBottas, who had had a comfortable lead over Hamilton all weekend, found himself under severe pressure in the top 10 shoot-out.
The Finn remains one point ahead of Hamilton in the drivers' championship ahead of Sunday's race at 07:10 BST, live on the BBC Sport website and 5 live. The Mercedes drivers were backing up the queue of cars at the front but Verstappen still could have made it through in time had he not backed off to try to get some space.Team-mate Gasly was held up behind him and the Haas drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean were also caught out.
British novice George Russell beat Williams team-mate Robert Kubica for the third race in a row and for the first time this season the two Williams cars will not start the race from the back row. His team-mate Daniil Kvyat had been seventh on his first run in Q2 but failed to improve on his second and missed out on a top 10 place by just 0.022secs.What they said
Hamilton said:"I kept pushing right to the end. Big congratulations to Valtteri. He has been stellar all weekend. I have been struggling and chipping away at it. The gap was 0.8secs at one stage so to be as close as we were is a good job and an incredible result for the team."
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