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Bottas edges Hamilton to take Chinese pole position

Valtteri Bottas secured pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix, just a few hundredths ahead of Lewis Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel will lead an all-Ferrari second row on Sunday's starting grid. The first part of qualifying saw both Williams take to the track first. When they had set their first times on the board, both Ferraris had joined the track as well, and on their first laps, both were more than 3 seconds quicker. As that happened, the pitlane got busy, and traffic out on the circuit started to become a problem. Various drivers complained about that issue, but it didn't prevent Bottas to go fastest a few minutes later, edging out Hamilton by 4 tenths, and Verstappen by 6 tenths....
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