Lewis Hamilton has won a tense Chinese Grand Prix over teammate Nico Rosberg to stretch his lead in the drivers championship standings.

Lewis Hamilton has taken a 2015 pole hat-trick in Shanghai and will line up alongside Nico Rosberg for tomorrow’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton go into qualifying self-assuredly on the front foot after three problem-free practice sessions in Shanghai.

On a day when Red Bull felt it had never been further from to podium, the former star pupil of its driving academy was claiming his first victory wearing Ferrari’s famous red overalls.

Red Bull Racing suffered yet another demoralising day at the track after being pummelled into the lower order of the top ten in Malaysia.