Chinese GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS

CHINESE GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Sebastian Vettel scored another pole position while Mercedes had to settle for the second row of the grid. Daniel Ricciardo, who suffered from an engine failure in FP3, barely made it out in time for Q1 and ended up securing 6th.

    Marcus Ericsson received a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty after ignoring yellow flags after his team-mate, Leclerc, spun out in Q1. Ericsson had finished 20th in Q1 so his position was not compromised.

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. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

2. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

5. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

6. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

7. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

8. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

9. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain

10. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

11. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

12. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

13. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain

14. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

15. Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand

16. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

17. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

18. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

19. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

20. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden*

* - (Ericsson) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for ignoring yellow flags in Q1

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