News Details

Hamilton takes first pole for Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton secured his first pole position for Mercedes as Red Bull struggled in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Mark Webber didn't even make Q3 having run out of fuel in Q2, while Sebastian Vettel just completed sector times on the medium tyre and will start from 9th. Tyre concerns meant all drivers completed one run in the battle for pole and Hamilton came out on top with a 1:34.761 to beat Kimi Raikkonen by 0.3s. Raikkonen lines up second ahead of Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg after a slow final sector cost Rosberg a place on the front row. Felipe Massa lines up fifth ahead of Romain Grosjean, while Daniel Ricciardo was seventh after a brilliant Q2 performance. Jenson...
Full Story »
12y ago from espnF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton grabs first pole with Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton claimed his first pole position for Mercedes in a Chinese...
12y ago from AutoSport.com

F1 2013: Chinese Grand Prix: Qualifying –...

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton puts it on pole for the Chinese Grand Prix;...
12y ago from F1.co.uk

Chinese Grand Prix: Mercedes preview Shanghai

7 April, 2013 Lewis Hamilton leads Nico Rosberg in Malaysia The Formula...
12y ago from YallaF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Arsenal put 45m wonderkid on their list of...

Arsenal are understood to be considering a transfer move for AC Milan's...
25m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Three points, and a little extra, up for grabs against...

Morning all. Arsenal are in Premier League action this afternoon, when...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are reportedly showing an interest in highly-rated Rennes...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta eyes rising star as next big Arsenal...

Arsenal are hoping to sign the AC Milan defender, Davide Bartesaghi.  The...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Arvid Lindblad handed 'special' Red Bull drive

Arvid Lindblad has received a 'special' Red Bull... Read More »
55m ago from GPFans.com

Is Piastri shopping around for a new drive?

Oscar Piastri may be looking for another drive,... Read More »
1h ago from GrandPrix247.com

Albon reveals proudest achievement of 2025 season with...

The 2025 Formula 1 season was nothing short of a... Read More »
55m ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.