Verstappen will start ahead of teammate Sergio Perez and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) after the hour-long qualifying session, divided into three segments with five cars each eliminated in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 penalty shootout in Q3. .
Grid for the Chinese Grand Prix: Verstappen on pole ahead of Perez
What happened in the first quarter of the Chinese Grand Prix?
Verstappen set the tone with a lap time of 1’34”742, 0.055 seconds faster than the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc and a tenth ahead of Lando Norris (McLaren).
Local hero Zhou Guanyu (Sauber), Kevin Magnussen (Haas), sprint race runner-up Lewis Hamilton (who got stuck at the hairpin in his Mercedes), Yuki Tsunoda (RB) and Logan Sargeant (who spun) fell at the first obstacle. sa Williams).
Chinese GP Q1 results: Verstappen fastest to Leclerc
What happened during the second quarter of the Chinese Grand Prix?
Verstappen dominated this session with a time of 1m33.794s, 0.232s faster than Perez.
Carlos Sainz spun his Ferrari into the wall exiting the final corner, causing a red flag. He managed to return to the pits, without his front wing, and rejoined the session to finish in an impressive third place.
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), Daniel Ricciardo (RB), Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Alex Albon (Williams) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) were eliminated at this stage.
Chinese GP Q2 results: Verstappen fastest to Perez
What happened during the third quarter of the Chinese Grand Prix?
In the first runs, Verstappen set the pole position benchmark in 1m33.977s, four tenths ahead of Alonso.
In the final runs, Verstappen improved to 1’33”660 to take pole 0”322 ahead of Perez, also half a second ahead of Alonso, Norris, Oscar Piastri (McLaren ) and the Ferraris of Leclerc and Sainz.
George Russell (Mercedes) will start eighth ahead of Nico Hulkenberg (Haas) and Valtteri Bottas (Sauber).