Full results from qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit, round three of the 2019 Formula 1 season.<doc-sep>Charles Coates/Getty Images Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheets in second practice at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday. The Mercedes driver posted a lap of one minute, 33.330 seconds to push Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel into second place. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was third-fastest, and fans will hope all three of the top teams will be battling it out for the race win come Sunday at the Shanghai International Circuit. Here are the full standings from Friday's second session, with defending world champion Lewis Hamilton finishing in fourth: Hamilton spun early on in second practice, drawing a yellow flag but avoiding the gravel at Turn Two, and soon after Bottas followed suit: The British driver recovered to better Charles Leclerc's early benchmark, but Vettel then went fastest on the soft tyres before being eclipsed by Bottas. Leclerc, who cruelly missed out on a first race win last time out in Bahrain, had his second practice session of Friday cut short when he returned to the Ferrari garage with just under half an hour remaining. The Italian team explained the stoppage was only precautionary: Video Play Button Videos you might like Vettel was fastest in first practice earlier on Friday, heading Hamilton by two-tenths of a second despite being on medium tyres: Leclerc was third ahead of Verstappen, while Bottas and Renault's Daniel Ricciardo completed the top six. Racing Point's Lance Stroll had the only spin of the session early on at the final corner, but ended up finishing ninth-fastest with a 1:35.466.<doc-sep>Daniel Ricciardo is looking to finally reach Q3 for the first time as a Renault driver. Daniel Ricciardo has for the first time as a Renault driver qualified in the top ten following an improved showing at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday. He will start Sunday’s race – the 1000th in Formula One History – in seventh after he snuck into Q3 and finished just 0.004 seconds ahead of teammate Nico Hulkenberg. The day, however, belonged to Valtteri Bottas who narrowly held off his five-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton to make it a Mercedes front-row lockout. Live stream the Formula 1® Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019 on KAYO SPORTS. Every practice, qualifying & race live & anytime in HD. Get your 14 day free trial > Even so, the Finnish driver boldly claimed he left plenty of time out on track and still earned his first pole position of the season. "The lap was OK. Not completely how I want it. The car has been really good this weekend and Lewis improved a lot. It was super close," he said after the session. Ferrari once again failed to deliver on their early promise, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc qualifying in third and fourth respectively. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was only quick enough for fifth and blew up on team radio - refusing to complete his final run after multiple cars passed him on his outlap. "****, I'm finished mate," he said. "Everybody just ****ed it up." Earlier, Ricciardo survived the cut for Q3 by only 0.022 seconds over Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat. He took a conservative approach to the final ten minutes - completing his first run on used tyres before saving his best until last. He just pipped Hulkenberg, while Haas' Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen didn't post a time in the final session. Alexander Albon failed to make qualifying after this crash in qualifying. Source: FOX SPORTS In Q1, Charles Leclerc was put out by traffic which forced him to complete a second hotlap and burn up more rubber before the latter stages. Alexander Albon didn’t participate after putting his car into the wall on pit straight late in practice three, while Sauber’s Antonio Giovinazzi was left stranded in the pits with a power unit issue and didn’t set a time. Also out in Q1 was Lance Stroll, making it seven-consecutive times the Racing Point driver hasn’t made it to the second qualifying session. Williams suffered a double Q1 elimination again with both George Russell and Robert Kubica having an early shower. “Sorry guys, rubbish lap. Rubbish,” Russell said over team radio after his elimination. ﻿RESULTS: 1 Valtteri BOTTAS Mercedes 1:31.547 2 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes +0.023 3 Sebastian VETTEL Ferrari +0.301 4 Charles LECLERC Ferrari +0.318 5 Max VERSTAPPEN Red Bull Racing +0.542 6 Pierre GASLY Red Bull Racing +1.383 7 Daniel RICCIARDO Renault +1.411 8 Nico HULKENBERG Renault +1.415 9 Kevin MAGNUSSEN Haas F1 Team - - 10 Romain GROSJEAN Haas F1 Team OUT IN Q2 11 Daniil KVYAT Toro Rosso 12 Sergio PEREZ Racing Point 13 Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN Alfa Romeo Racing 14 Carlos SAINZ McLaren 15 Lando NORRIS McLaren OUT IN Q3 16 Lance STROLL Racing Point 17 George RUSSELL Williams 18 Robert KUBICA Williams 19 Antonio GIOVINAZZI Alfa Romeo Racing 20 Alexander ALBON Toro RossoRe-live all of the action from qualifying as it happened with the blog below… If the blog does not appear, please click here.<doc-sep>Daniel Ricciardo is looking to continue his good form at this track. Daniel Ricciardo dropped from sixth to ninth in the final practice session on Friday as Valtteri Bottas set the quickest time of the day at the Chinese Grand Prix. The Australian was only 1.006 behind the Mercedes driver despite being ninth after seemingly enjoying a rare problem-free day in his new Renault. Ricciardo, who is yet to finish a race this season let alone win any points, changed his schedule to stay in Bahrain and complete extra testing which appears to have paid off in China – a track where he has fond memories from after winning here in 2018. Live stream the Formula 1® Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019 on KAYO SPORTS. Every practice, qualifying & race live & anytime in HD. Get your 14 day free trial > He outperformed his teammate Nico Hulkenberg in an impressive showing in FP1 but the German went one better in FP2 by finishing in P5. Ricciardo had said prior to the practice sessions that he was yet to truly master his braking and overtaking in the Renault as he had in the Red Bull to earn his reputation as one of the best in the paddock. “I don’t want to say I’m nowhere [with my overtaking], but of course I was a bit of a standout in a Red Bull car,” Ricciardo told ESPN before FP1. “As yet, I haven’t had that level of confidence on braking as I did last year. “It’s more on a knife edge in that area, and I’ve noticed I’m locking a wheel here or there. “But I think your style will always be a part of you, and I still want to be that aggressive driver on the brakes, But that will come with confidence. “That’s what I want to get back to. I still want my competitors to fear me.” READ THE FULL REPORT FROM PRACTICE 1 HERE AHEAD OF PRACTICE 2 AT 16.00 (AEST) ﻿READ MORE: ‘I WANT THEM TO FEAR ME’: WHY RICCIARDO’S LOST HIS BIGGEST WEAPON ‘TALENT, MONEY, TIMING’: BLUEPRINT FOR AUSTRALIA’S NEXT RICCIARDO WHY CHINESE GRAND PRIX MIGHT NOT BE F1’S LANDMARK 1000TH RACE Elsewhere, Bottas headed the timesheets from Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, although the Red Bull driver appeared to have a problem by the end of the session. Lewis Hamilton only managed to post the fourth-quickest time, while Charles Leclerc, who was so impressive in Bahrain last time out, was on track for just the 13 laps after suffering a few problems of his own. McLaren duo Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris were also in the top 10 meaning it was an encouraging time for all those with Renault power units after a poor start to the season, reliability-wise. The drivers are back out on track for FP3 on Saturday at 13.00 (AEST) before qualifying takes place at 16.00. Re-live all the action from the day’s two practice sessions as it happened in the blog below… If the blog does not appear, please click here.<doc-sep>
Clive Mason/Getty Images Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas will start the 2019 Chinese Formula One Grand Prix from pole position at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday. He went fastest in Saturday's qualifying with a time of one minute, 31.537 seconds, just 0.023 seconds quicker than team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel qualified in third ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc and Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Earlier, Bottas had been the quickest in the final free practice session, which was cut short when Toro Rosso's Alexander Albon lost control and spun into a wall. Qualifying Recap Here's the final classification from qualifying: Video Play Button Videos you might like Antonio Giovinazzi spent Q1 stuck in the Alfa Romeo garage with a power unit problem, so he joined Albon in failing to take part in qualifying after the latter's crash. Racing Point's Lance Stroll and Williams duo George Russell and Robert Kubica were also eliminated. In Q2, Mercedes, Ferrari and Verstappen swapped to medium tyres and were rewarded with the top five places, with Hamilton and Bottas recording times under 1:32.00, which they would do again in Q3. Alfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen fell short of Q3 for the first time in 53 races: He was joined by Daniil Kvyat, Sergio Perez and McLaren pair Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. Q3 saw Pierre Gasly take P6 ahead of Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg. Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean rounded out the top 10 having failed to set a time after being caught up in traffic. FP3 Recap Here's the final classification from FP3: As he would go on to do in qualifying, Kubica was the first driver to set a time in the session with a 1:37.220. However, he was only able to shave a little more than a second off that time and finished P20. Red Bull's cars did not emerge from the garage until halfway through the session, and Verstappen only recorded five laps, but he was able to finish P7. Team-mate Gasly completed eight laps, but he only finished P15 having opted only to use medium tyres. A swap to soft tyres midway through allowed Bottas to overcome the Ferrari duo, but the switch did not yield the same results for Hamilton, who finished a slightly disappointing session in fourth behind them and his team-mate. The session was cut short five minutes from the end when Albon crashed: The crash effectively ruled him out of qualifying, but he was able to get out of the car unassisted.