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Shanghai Quali Recap: Hamilton wins pole, Vettel aborts Q3 lap

Lewis Hamilton (1:34.484) won pole for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix in a set of qualifying sessions marked mainly by teams saving tyres for the race, but that ended with a single-lap shootout for pole. Kimi Raikkonen qualified second, with Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg completing the front two starting rows. Sebastian Vettel qualified ninth and will start on the harder, medium compound, tyres after aborting all of his Q3 timed laps.  Nico Hulkenberg also did not set a time, but Jenson Button qualified eighth after nursing his own medium tyres across the line. Q1 started off with little fanfare, as no driver left pit lane until nine minutes had passed in the session. The top ten sorted...
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