Lando Norris took pole position for Saturday's Chinese Grand Prix sprint race ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
A downpour heading into the final part of sprint qualifying threw the battle for pole wide open, and it was McLaren’s Norris who managed the fastest lap of all on a 1m57.940s.Norris’ effort was 1.261 seconds faster than what Hamilton managed, but he initially saw his lap time deleted for track limits, only for it to be dramatically reinstated, securing him pole.
Max Verstappen was only fourth-quickest after an unusually scrappy session from the reigning world champion, who was seen struggling to keep his Red Bull on track.Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz split the Red Bulls in fifth ahead of Sergio Perez and teammate Charles Leclerc, who took seventh despite spinning into the wall during the early stages of SQ3.
Mercedes’ George Russell could only qualify 11th after rain hampered his chances of improving in SQ2. The struggling Alpines of Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon were knocked out in SQ1 with the 16th and 17th fastest times, ahead of Williams’ Alex Albon.
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