Finnis­h driver scorch­es to best time of one minute 31.547 second­sSHANGHAI: Valtteri Bottas narrowly grabbed pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday with Lewis Hamilton beside him in a dominant Mercedes front-row lockout. Sebastian Vettel was third-fastest for Mercedes’ arch-rivals Ferrari for the race in Shanghai, the 1,000th grand prix in Formula One. Bottas, who leads the championship by one point from title-holder Hamilton after two races, scorched to a best time of one minute 31.547 seconds. “The car has been really good this weekend and Lewis also improved a lot in qualifying, it was super close,” said the Finn Bottas. Ecclestone sees electric future as F1 celebrates 1,000 racesHe had also gone quickest in Q1, but teammate Hamilton was marginally faster in Q2.

Source: The Express Tribune April 13, 2019 08:37 UTC