Genuinely starting to believe this could be one of the most exciting seasons in a long time and tomorrow's race promises to be an absolute belter - Vettel v Hamilton, Max at the back and the prospect of a bit of rain. Can't. Wait.

Let's just hope the smog stays away.

That's it from us, if you missed the race and want to see what happened then have a read of Andrew Benson's report.

Set the alarm - 07:00 BST. This is a race you won't want to miss!

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Fancy a crack at predicting the top 10 for tomorrow's race? Then head here to do just that.

If yesterday's race wasn't shaping up to be exciting enough, look at where Max Verstappen is starting from - 19th.

The lad loves an overtake. A repeat of Brazil 2016?

Jared Maobe:  This season is showing its Lewis Hamilton who is a great driver not car, even when Ferrari seems to have a better car now.

Denislov Lietnev:  Perfect last lap from Hamilton to get pole and now they should get the strategy right for race day

Josephat Okora:, external I still believe Ferrari has a better race car. Can't wait for tomorrow 

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Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas who qualified third: "It is a real shame [to miss out on front row by one thousandth]. In the race tomorrow we are first and third and that is a good place to start. 

"Lewis was strong today, Ferrari are always strong. We were always expecting it to be close and it will be the same tomorrow."

Toto Wolff says the 1,000th of a second that separated Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel is equal to 5.9cm. Incredibly close.

And a final word from Lewis Hamilton, who is clearly very excited about the potential battle he has on his hands: "We are really fighting these guys. It’s amazing. It is what racing is all about. It pushes you to have to raise the bar."

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More Lewis Hamilton:  "It has been an interesting weekend so far. Today was a real challenge we had to compile a lot of yesterday's testing into this morning and hope we hit the nail on the head with the balance of the car.

"Ferrari looked so fast. I managed to chip away, session to session, the last lap was my best which is always the plan."

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Lewis Hamilton: "We knew it would be close. We knew we'd need a perfect lap. Very, very happy and super grateful to the team.

"It's more exciting than ever fighting these guys. It's amazing."

Max-Well-Made-It : Get in Lewis!!! Get strategy right tomorrow and should be a good weekend

Kai:  Going to be a great season

Amit Mandalia:  F1 imagine if tomorrow is wet... now that would be an exciting race

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Lewis Hamilton certainly knows his way around the Shanghai International Circuit. He has taken pole position in six of the last 11 races.

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App users may need to click on the above to view a tweet about Hamilton's recent pole position record.

Lewis Hamilton now has 63 career pole position, putting him within two of Ayrton Senna's record and five of Michael Schumacher's.

Reece Young:  Lewis Hamilton absolutely stunning. Looked behind but he always pulls it out of the bag. Absolutely smashed it

Babatunde Sakiru: Lewis is magnificent, using his driving skills to relegate Sebastian. What a hot lap!!!

Rimal: The start is going to be crucial tomorrow - turn 1 could have contact.

While Lewis Hamilton gets weighed Sebastian Vettel has a right old nosey at Hamilton's car.

That is the Briton's sixth pole position in a row and sixth in China. Very much the king of qualifying.

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Vettel only 0.001 of a second faster than Bottas!

That was crucial. I think Ferrari and Vettel will be happy with that performance.

They have a great race car and Mercedes will be aware of that.

1) Hamilton 2) Vettel 3) Bottas 4) Raikkonen 5) Ricciardo 6) Massa 7) Hulkenberg 8) Perez 9) Kvyat 10) Stroll

Mark Gallagher
BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

It is a terrific sixth pole for Hamilton here but he will absolutely know he has a race on his hands.

He will be happy with that because Lewis likes a fight.

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Sebastian Vettel does a 1:31.864 to go P2, not enough to deny Lewis Hamilton but a great time and a great position on the track. He beat Valtteri Bottas by just one thousandth of a second.

So close.