It feels like it’ll be another McLaren-dominated race in Shanghai tomorrow. That’s unless the big names like Verstappen and Hamilton can conjures up some magic, or indeed if George Russell can produce the kind of pace we just saw from him in the final lap of Q3.
We’ll get the full report from Giles Richards at qualifying shortly and that’ll drop below. For now, that’s all from us, thanks for joining this live blog – we’ll be back to cover the race tomorrow morning at a similar time. Bye!
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Piastri celebrates first ever F1 pole
Oscar Piastri also believes his car “came alive” during Q3 and admits he’s “feeling pumped” after that.
"It’s the best feeling in the world,” he says on the kind of speed his McLaren is clocking at the moment. “I’ll take the fastest lap of Shanghai.”
