Lewis Hamilton has taken a 2015 pole hat-trick in Shanghai and will line up alongside teammate Nico Rosberg and ahead of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel in the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix.
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.
Daniel Ricciardo has credited his superb fourth place in qualifying in Malaysia on Saturday to the weather and a step backwards in engine configuration in equal measure.
McLaren received a boost to its morale after an improved qualifying performance at the Malaysian Grand Prix that saw its deficit to Mercedes slashed by more than 1.5 seconds.
Mercedes is keeping cool after the testing heat of Malaysian Grand Prix qualifying denied it its tenth consecutive front row lockout, with Hamilton on pole but ROsberg half a second back in P3.
Lewis Hamilton has taken his 40th career pole position in Malaysia during a rain-affected qualifying session, just one-tenth ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.
Nico Rosberg turned the tables on Lewis Hamilton in final practice on Saturday morning, with Rosberg leading a Mercedes one-two just five-tenths up the road from Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.