Lewis Hamilton this morning won pole position for tomorrow's Chinese grand price from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg in second.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third and Felipe Massa of Williams fourth.

The result means an interesting race is in store tomorrow, with Ferrari having demonstrated  that they have good long-run pace.

McLaren disappointed again today, with its drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button having failed to qualify from the first run.

See the grid and times below.

1.  Lewis Hamilton (Britain)     Mercedes               1:35.782  
2.  Nico Rosberg (Germany)       Mercedes               1:35.824  
3.  Sebastian Vettel (Germany)   Ferrari                1:36.687  
4.  Felipe Massa (Brazil)        Williams-Mercedes      1:36.954  
5.  Valtteri Bottas (Finland)    Williams-Mercedes      1:37.143  
6.  Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)     Ferrari                1:37.232  
7.  Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) RedBull - Renault      1:37.540  
8.  Romain Grosjean (France)     Lotus - Mercedes       1:37.905  
9.  Felipe Nasr (Brazil)         Sauber - Ferrari       1:38.067  
10. Marcus Ericsson (Sweden)     Sauber - Ferrari       1:38.158  
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11. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Lotus - Mercedes       1:38.134  
12. Daniil Kvyat (Russia)        RedBull - Renault      1:38.209  
13. Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Toro Rosso - Renault   1:38.393  
14. Carlos Sainz Jr (Spain)      Toro Rosso - Renault   1:38.538  
15. Sergio Perez (Mexico)        Force India - Mercedes 1:39.290  
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16. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany)   Force India - Mercedes 1:39.216  
17. Jenson Button (Britain)      McLaren                1:39.276  
18. Fernando Alonso (Spain)      McLaren                1:39.280  
19. Will Stevens (Britain)       Marussia - Ferrari     1:42.091  
20. Roberto Merhi (Spain)        Marussia - Ferrari     1:42.842  
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1-10: third and final qualifying session
11-15: second qualifying session
16-20: first qualifying session

 

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