'All-or-nothing' Norris takes sprint pole in rain chaos at Chinese GP
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Shanghai: A fearless all or nothing lap from McLaren s Lando Norris in wet and wild conditions Friday denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for the Ch...
Shanghai: A fearless "all or nothing" lap from McLaren's Lando Norris in wet and wild conditions Friday denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.
Hamilton thought he had claimed Shanghai pole in his Mercedes when Norris's lap of 1min 57.940sec on intermediate wet tyres was deleted for exceeding track limits, only to be dramatically reinstated a minute later.
Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin showed his experience and guile to come third in the treacherous conditions with championship leader Max Verstappen fourth.
It was a second career sprint pole for Norris.
"It was tricky, you are always nervous going into a session like this," said the Englishman.
