Max Verstappen claims another pole in China, as Lewis Hamilton suffers an early qualifying exit.
Following up on his sprint race victory on Saturday morning, the reigning world champion stormed to his sixth successive pole in regular qualifying, beating Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez by 0.322 seconds.Fernando Alonso produced a brilliant lap to put his Aston Martin third on the grid for Sunday’s grand prix as he got within 0.488s of Verstappen’s time.
A lock up into the hairpin cost Hamilton six tenths - which would have easily seen him progress into Q2 - as the seven-time world champion was eliminated in the first part of qualifying for the first time since the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. George Russell was eighth as the lead Mercedes driver, with Nico Hulkenberg and Valtteri Bottas completing the top-10 for Haas and Sauber respectively.
Esteban Ocon was 13th as both Alpines advanced to Q2 for the first time this season, with teammate Pierre Gasly 15th - behind the Williams of Alex Albon.
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