Lewis Hamilton claimed his sixth successive pole position on Saturday, as he pulled out all the stops to top qualifying for the 2017 Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix, after Ferrari had led the first two phases of the session. It was another close fight between Mercedes and the Scuderia, with Sebastian Vettel splitting the silver cars, only a tenth off Hamilton and just a thousandth of a second ahead of Valtteri Bottas in third.
| Pos. |
Driver |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1'31.678 |
| 2 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
1:31.864 |
| 3 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Mercedes |
1:31.865 |
| 4 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
1:32.140 |
| 5 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull |
1:33.033 |
| 6 |
Felipe Massa |
Williams |
1:33.507 |
| 7 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Renault |
1:33.580 |
| 8 |
Sergio Pérez |
Force India |
1:33.706 |
| 9 |
Daniil Kvyat |
Toro Rosso |
1:33.719 |
| 10 |
Lance Stroll |
Williams |
1:34.220 |
| 11 |
Carlos Sainz |
Toro Rosso |
1:34.150 |
| 12 |
Kevin Magnussen |
Haas |
1:34.164 |
| 13 |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren |
1:34.372 |
| 14 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber |
1:35.046 |
| 15 |
Antonio Giovinazzi |
Sauber |
1:34.963 |
| 16 |
Stoffel Vandoorne |
McLaren |
1:35.023 |
| 17 |
Romain Grosjean |
Haas |
1:35.223 |
| 18 |
Jolyon Palmer |
Renault |
1:35.279 |
| 19 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull |
1:35.433 |
| 20 |
Esteban Ocon |
Force India |
1:35.496 |
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