'All-or-nothing' Norris takes sprint pole in rain chaos at Chinese GP

Hamilton thought he had claimed pole in his Mercedes when Norris's lap of 1min 57.940sec on intermediate wet tyres was deleted for exceeding track limits, only to be dramatically reinstated a minute later. Fernando Alonso in an Aston Martin showed his experience and guile to come third in the treacherous conditions with championship leader Max Verstappen fourth after he too had a time deleted for running too wide. It was a second career sprint pole for Norris. "It was tricky, you are always nervous...