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Rosberg beats Ricciardo to pole as Hamilton falls in Q1
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Nico Rosberg took pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Daniel Ricciardo as Lewis Hamilton dropped out in Q1. With Kimi Raikkonen on provisional pole, Rosberg delivered on his final run to set the fastest time by half a second. Ricciardo then produced an excellent lap in the Red Bull to qualify on the front row ahead of Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. Both Ferrari drivers made errors on their final laps, running wide at the penultimate corner, but the margin of half a second between Raikkonen and Rosberg looked too big to close regardless. Rosberg even managed to reach Q3 using the soft compound tyre in Q2, meaning he will start the race on the softs...
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