Chinese Grand Prix: final starting grid

ByAutoSport

Published 13/04/2013 at 14:02 GMT

Mark Webber's unsurprising demotion to the back of the field is the only revision to the Chinese Grand Prix starting order following Shanghai qualifying.

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Although the Australian was still credited with 14th place after the fuel pressure problem that stranded him out on the circuit in Q2, he immediately conceded that his Red Bull was unlikely to have sufficient fuel to provide the mandatory one-litre sample to the FIA.

This was duly confirmed shortly afterwards, meaning Webber drops to last.

Lewis Hamilton starts on pole for the first time in his Mercedes career, ahead of Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus and Fernando Alonso's Ferrari.

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But the intriguing element is at the foot of the top 10, where Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel can start on the longer-lasting medium tyres rather than the very short-life softs having opted out of the pole battle.

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