13 April, 2013 Pirelli tyres in the Shanghai paddock Lewis Hamilton has taken his first pole for Mercedes, setting a time of 1m34.484s on the Pirelli P Zero Yellow soft tyre: more than half a second faster than last year’s pole. The Pirelli P Zero White medium has also been nominated for the Chinese Grand Prix. Most of the drivers, with the exception of the Toro Rosso duo (who started on the medium tyre) used the P Zero Yellow soft tyre over just one run for Q1, which got underway in ambient temperatures of 27 degrees centigrade and track temperatures of 41 degrees centigrade. The final Q3 session gave an important indication of tomorrow’s race strategies, which look set to be very...
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