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.
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.