Rosberg takes pole in Chinese Grand Prix

Mercedes driver and championship leader Nico Rosberg will start from pole in China tomorrow along side Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo while mistakes from both Ferrari drivers put Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel in third and fourth, respectively.Lewis Hamilton will start dead last on the grid after an engine problem meant he was unable to set a time in qualifying.

There was a welcome return to the ‘old style’ of qualifying this morning as this season’s failed qualifying was finally done away with.

Here is the grid for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix:

1. Nico Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:35.402
2. Daniel Ricciardo – Red Bull- 1:35.917
3. Kimi Raikkonen – Ferrari- 1:35.972
4. Sebastian Vettel – Ferrari – 1:36.246
5. Valtteri Bottas – Williams – 1:36.296
6. Daniil Kyvat – Red Bull- 1:36.399
7. Sergio Perez- Force India- 1:36.865
8. Carlos Saintz- Toro Rosso- 1:36.881
9. Max Verstappen – Toro Rosso- 1:37.194
10. Nico Hulkenberg – Force India- No Q3 time
11. Felipe Massa- Williams – 1:37.347
12. Fernando Alonso- McLaren- 1:38.826
13. Jenson Button – McLaren- 1:39.093
14. Romain Grosjean- Haas – 1:39.830
15. Marcus Ericsson – Sauber- 1:40.742
16. Felipe Nasr – Sauber- 1:42.430
17. Kevin Magnussen – Renault- 1:38.673
18. Esteban Gutierrez – Haas- 1:38.770
19. Jolyon Palmer – Renault – 1:39.528
20. Rio Haryanto- Manor- 1:40.264
21. Pascal Wehrlein – Manor- No time
22. Lewis Hamilton* – Mercedes- No time

*Five-place grid penalty for gearbox change.