Lando Norris beat Lewis Hamilton to Sprint pole at the Chinese Grand Prix after dramatically having his fastest lap reinstated at the end of a wet session.
Hamilton appeared to have claimed pole when Norris had his final flying lap deleted for exceeding track limits, but the stewards then reinstated the lap in the closing moments to give the McLaren driver the second Sprint pole of his career. Fernando Alonso took third for Aston Martin, while world championship leader Max Verstappen was fourth having also lost a lap during the final part of the session for running off track.
McLaren's Oscar Piastri was unable to match Norris' pace as he took eighth, while there was a feel-good story as Zhou Guanyu rounded out the top 10 at his first home grand prix behind team-mate Valtteri Bottas. George Russell was a surprise casualty in SQ2 as Mercedes once more struggled in dry conditions, with the Brit to start 11th having only narrowly avoided being knocked out in the first part of the session. More to follow...
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