Motor racing-Hamilton on pole for Mercedes in China
SHANGHAI, April 19 (Reuters) - Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton chalked up his third pole position in four races in a rainswept Chinese Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The Briton's best time of one minute 53.860 seconds was 0.595 of a second quicker than Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who joined him on the front row. Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel was third fastest, but more than a second slower than Hamilton. Championship leader Nico Rosberg completed the second row for Mercedes after spinning on his final flying lap. (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Patrick Johnston)
