Lewis Hamilton maintained his dominance of qualifying in 2015 by beating Nico Rosberg to head an all-Mercedes front row for the Chinese GP.
The World Champion had proved untouchable at the head of the timesheet from the moment practice commenced in Shanghai and qualifying proved no different, as he secured a record-tying 5th career pole at the circuit. However, Hamilton did survive a late fright as Rosberg got within 0.042s of his 1:35.782 time as the Briton failed to improve on his final lap.
Chinese GP: Lewis Hamilton untouchable in Shanghai qualifying | Sky Sports.
.@LewisHamilton is the 4th driver after Senna, Fangio & Schumacher to claim 5+ poles at a single track #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/EHKzCiNjNZ
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