Event: Chinese Grand Prix
Track: Shanghai International Circuit
Lewis Hamilton will start on pole position with his Mercedes W05 for tomorrows 2014 Chinese F1 Grand Prix. Hamilton scored his 34th pole position of his F1 career and the 21st pole for his team Mercedes.
Red Bull will start on 2nd and 3rd place. Daniel Ricciardo was able to out qualify 4 times world champion Sebastian Vettel.
Kimi Raikkonen has a bad weekend in China. Whole weekend he has been a lot slower then Ferrari team mate Fernando Alonso. This qualifying session he couldn't even make it to Q1.
Qualifying Results 2014 Chinese F1 GP
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:55.516 | 1:54.029 | 1:53.860 |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull | 1:56.641 | 1:55.302 | 1:54.455 |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:55.926 | 1:54.499 | 1:54.960 |
| 4 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:56.058 | 1:55.294 | 1:55.143 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:56.961 | 1:55.765 | 1:55.637 |
| 6 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams | 1:56.850 | 1:56.757 | 1:56.147 |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams | 1:56.501 | 1:56.253 | 1:56.282 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India | 1:55.913 | 1:56.847 | 1:56.366 |
| 9 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | Toro Rosso | 1:57.477 | 1:56.584 | 1:56.773 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus F1 | 1:58.411 | 1:56.407 | 1:57.079 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:58.279 | 1:56.860 | |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:57.783 | 1:56.963 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1:57.261 | 1:57.289 | |
| 14 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber | 1:58.138 | 1:57.393 | |
| 15 | 20 | Sergio Pérez | McLaren | 1:57.369 | 1:57.675 | |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Force India | 1:58.362 | 1:58.264 | |
| 17 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber | 1:58.988 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham | 1:59.260 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Manor | 1:59.326 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham | 2:00.646 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Manor | 2:00.865 | ||
| DNQ | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus F1 | No time |
Notes:
- Maldonado did not qualy, because of the 5 grid places penalty for causing collision in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Highest speed: 317.7 km/h by Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W05
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