Lewis Hamilton again. For the third race in 2015, the British driver of team Mercedes took the pole position. Hamilton recorded his best lap with a 1min35s782 mark and surpassed his team-mate Nico Rosberg for 0s042.
Sebastian Vettel, with Ferrari, put his car in third place – almost 1s from Hamilton. The German again arises in a position to get a good result with a competitive car build by the Maranello team.
Williams lost the fight with Ferrari in China, at least in the Qualifying, to be the best of the rest of the grid. Felipe Massa got a fourth place with a time of 1min36s954 (the Brazilian was 1s172 behind the pole). Following in the fifth position, came his team-mate Valtteri Bottas.
Check the starting grid for the Chinese GP:
1. Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes, 1: 35,782
2. Nico Rosberg – Mercedes, 1: 35,824
3. Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari, 1: 36,687
4. Felipe Massa – Williams, 1: 36,954
Valtteri Bottas 5. – Williams, 1: 37,143
6. Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari, 1: 37,232
7. Daniel Ricciardo – Red Bull 1: 37,540
8. Romain Grosjean – Lotus, 1: 37,905
9. Felipe Nasr – Sauber, 1: 38,067
10. Marcus Ericsson – Sauber, 1: 38,158
11. Pastor Maldonado – Lotus, 1: 38,134
12. Daniil Kvyat – Red Bull 1: 38,209
13. Max Verstappen – Toro Rosso, 1: 38,393
14. Carlos Sainz Jr – Toro Rosso, 1: 38,538
15. Sergio Perez – Force India, 1: 39,290
16. Nico Hulkenberg – Force India, 1: 39,216
17. Jenson Button – McLaren, 1: 39,276
18. Fernando Alonso – McLaren, 1: 39,280
19. Will Stevens – Marussia, 1: 42,091
20. Roberto Merhi – Marussia, 1: 42,842
