By Jonathan Mcevoy For Mail Online
Published: 08:17 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 08:20 BST, 13 April 2019
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Valtteri Bottas will start Formula One's 1,000th race on pole position after pipping Lewis Hamilton in qualifying.
The Finn had been strong through practice and ended ahead of his Mercedes team-mate by 0.023 seconds.
Hamilton was roared on by the crowd in Shanghai but, after setting the fastest first sector time, fell away slightly. 'I've been fighting the car all weekend,' he said.
Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas will start Formula One's 1,000th race on pole position
Bottas pipped team mate Lewis Hamilton by 0.023 seconds around the Shanghai circuit
Hamilton was roared on by the crowd but, after setting the fastest first sector, fell away
The Mercedes machines were dominant, with the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel, third, and Charles Leclerc,
