Lewis Hamilton beat team-mate Nico Rosberg to pole position as Mercedes dominated qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton has looked imperious all weekend but Rosberg closed the gap to just 0.042 seconds on his final run. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third but nearly a second off the pace. Williams's Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas beat Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to take fourth and fifth as Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was seventh. More to follow Ferrari v Mercedes - perfectly matched? 'Ferrari won in Malaysia thanks largely to their ability to preserve their tyres better than Mercedes, allied to a pace good enough to enable them to translate that into a race-long challenge. And...
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