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They're underway at Shanghai - Vettel leads off the line but Raikkonen has a look into Turn 1!
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It is/was 19-degrees at Shanghai, with the sun beating down, which is probably Hamilton is/was so pessimistic about running long.
The formation lap gets underway, with Vettel leading Raikkonen away from Ferrari's second front row lockout in succession.
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"Rears are going to struggle today - I'd be surprised if it will be a one-stop," Hamilton predicts to Mercedes.
But it was Daniel Ricciardo who had arguably the most dramatic qualifying, as he only just got out of the pits in time to set a lap in Q1 after Red Bull rapidly worked to repair his car after a messy turbo problem in practice. Sixth on the grid was his reward, but at one point a back row start seemed inevitable.
Kimi Raikkonen starts second ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton, with the Red Bull cars forming the sixth row of the grid.
While strategic blunders from Mercedes had eased Vettel's path to victory in Australia (where he was actually the slower Ferrari driver in the race) and Bahrain, in China he 'starts' on pole.
This was the third round of the 2018 season, where Sebastian Vettel arrived as the clear standings leader after winning the opening two rounds of the season.
We'll be bringing you 'as live' updates from what was a dramatic race at the Shanghai International Circuit, as well as extra tidbits of information we learned after the event.
Hello and welcome to Autosport's 'Live' coverage of the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix, which Formula 1 is re-broadcasting today.
By: Jake Boxall-Legge
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