Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton drives during the second practice session ahead of the qualifiers for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit in Manama on April 6, 2018.
F1 Chinese Grand Prix: Final qualifying times and classification
The F1 Chinese Grand Prix qualifying has come to an end. We have the final times and classification for you. Hamilton doesn’t seem that confident…
Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton drives during the second practice session ahead of the qualifiers for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit in Manama on April 6, 2018.
The gap in qualifying was fairly large between Ferrari and Mercedes at the 2018 F1 Chinese Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton doesn’t seem to be his usual confident self so that is a clear indicator of how things went for team Mercedes. We’ve got the final qualifying times sorted for you.
F1 Chinese Grand Prix: Final qualifying times and classification
- Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1min 31.095secs
- Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:31.182
- Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:31.625
- Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:31.675
- Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:31.796
- Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:31.948
- Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:32.532
- Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:32.758
- Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:32.819
- Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 1:32.855
- Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:32.986
- Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:33.057
- Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:33.232
- Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:33.505
- Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33.79
- Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:34.062
- Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:34.101
- Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:34.285
- Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:34.454
- Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:34.914
How are things looking in terms of the race tomorrow?
The weather is forecast for warmer temperatures during race time and that looks like it could be a good thing for team Mercedes. McLaren will go in disappointed while Renault appears to have the fourth fastest car. Force India and Haas are also not that far behind
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— Formula 1 (@F1) April 14, 2018
Also, here’s Lewis Hamilton’s reaction to qualifying and his thoughts ahead of the race tomorrow.
“The Ferraris are too quick on the straight. “I don’t know if we can challenge, we were half-a-second behind today. I can’t tell you if we can challenge. We were quicker in the last race but they were able to hold on.”
The race gets going at 8:10 South African time on Sunday morning. We will have all the updated standings when everything is said and done.
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