By AFPMore by this AuthorSHANGHAIValtteri Bottas pipped Lewis Hamilton to pole position for the milestone Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday 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. Related Content Bottas recovers to outshine Vettel in ChinaVettel, the four-time world champion who has been in the spotlight after a series of unforced errors stretching back to last season, was 0.301secs off Bottas. Bottas had also gone quickest in Q1, but five-time world champion Hamilton was marginally faster in Q2. A notable casualty in Q2 was former world champion Kimi Raikkonen, the Alfa Romeo veteran who is a crowd favourite in China.

Source: Daily Nation April 13, 2019 08:26 UTC