Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton beat Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton was nearly 0.3 seconds quicker than Raikkonen as he took his first pole position for his new Mercedes team. Team-mate Nico Rosberg was fourth ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel was ninth as team-mate Mark Webber missed the top 10 shoot-out after a fuel issue. The Australian stopped out on track in second qualifying, apparently having run out of fuel, and was unable to make it into the top 10 shoot-out. He will be sent to the back of the grid unless the car has enough fuel in it to provide a one-litre sample as well as the...
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