Defending champion Lewis Hamilton keeps having a stellar* 2016 Formula One racing season as he will start the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix at the back of the pack after being unable to put in a qualifying time in the final session of qualifying. Hamilton had already been assessed a five-spot grid penalty coming into the qualifying session for making a gearbox change after the Bahrain Grand Prix and now will have to pass all 21 cars ahead of him if he is to win his first race in 2016.
Meanwhile, conditions continue to be tricky in Shanghai where a wet track will undoubtedly torment drivers and teams during the race as they did during qualifying for Manor’s Pascal Wehrlein in the video below.
* – sarcasm alert
Qualifying results for tonight’s 2016 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
1. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 35.402s
2. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1m 35.917s
3. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.972s
4. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 36.246s
5. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes 1m 36.296s
6. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull-TAG Heuer 1m 36.399s
7. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 36.865s
8. Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 36.881s
9. Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 37.194s
10. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes No time
11. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 1m 37.347s
12. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 38.836s
13. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda 1m 39.093s
14. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 39.830s
15. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 40.742s
16. Felipe Nasr BRZ Sauber-Ferrari 1m 42.430s
17. Kevin Magnussen DEN Renault-Renault 1m 38.673s
18. Esteban Gutierrez MEX Haas-Ferrari 1m 38.770s
19. Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault-Renault 1m 39.528s
20. Rio Haryanto INA MRT-Mercedes 1m 40.264s
21. Pascal Wehrlein GER MRT-Mercedes No time
22. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes No time*