Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the Chinese GP after costly mistakes by Nico Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel - and a high-profile blunder by Red Bull which saw the luckless Mark Webber eliminated during Q2.Hamilton's third pole at Shanghai - and third successive defeat of team-mate Rosberg - will see him start Sunday's race alongside Kimi Raikkonen on the front row just in front of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso. Both Mercedes cars appeared to possess the pace to claim pole but - as in both Australia and Malaysia when Rosberg was trumped by Hamilton after leading the way before Q3 - the German was made to pay for a leery final corner while the 2008 World Champion laid down a lap of...
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