Chinese GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

CHINESE GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton will start the 2017 Chinese Grand Prix from Pole Position while rookie, Giovinazzi will start from the very back after crashing out in Q1. The Italian who is filling for Pascal Wehrlein for the second race in a row, had an off-track moment before spinning and hitting the barriers. He got out of the car without injury, but the car was damaged pretty badly and the team had to make an unscheduled gearbox change, forcing a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty.

    Max Verstappen failed to make it out of Q1 due to an engine software problem. He was originally supposed to start 19th, but after penalties were put into place, he will now start 16th. Team-mate, Daniel Ricciardo will start from 5th.

    Romain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer were the other two to get penalties and they both received them for failing to slow sufficiently under Yellows and abort their fast laps after Giovinazzi's crash. They were given 5-Place-Grid-Penalties but because they had qualified so far back, they will only move back two spaces. After Giovinazzi's gearbox penalty, they both move back up one space.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

5. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia

6. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

7. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

8. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

9. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

10. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

11. Carlos Sainz / Toro Rosso-Renault / Spain

12. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

13. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain

14. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

15. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium

16. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

17. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

18. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France*

19. Jolyon Palmer / Renault-Renault / Great Britain**

20. Antonio Giovinazzi / Sauber-Ferrari / Italy***

* - (Grosjean) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags

** - (Palmer) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under yellow flags

*** - (Giovinazzi) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox change. Driver also filling in for Pascal Wehrlein

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