Bottas takes pole position at Chinese Grand Prix

Valtteri Bottas has taken pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.

The Finnish driver team-mate Lewis Hamilton in what was a tight battle in Shanghai.

Bottas cut by Hamilton to just 0.023 seconds while Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was third fastest, 0.301secs off the pace.

Meanwhile Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly took fifth and sixth place respectively.

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