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We were expecting a better result to be honest.

It is a weekend where learning quickly has been paramount and, as a team, we have responded well to the challenge of fast-evolving conditions.

In terms of speed - we're missing, but with tire degradation we weren't too bad.

Ultimately, we knew that we had outperformed where the true pace of our car was in the Sprint.

Max Verstappen takes sixth successive pole, as battle for the other front row slot provides a thrilling climax to Shanghai qualifying.

Times from today's qualifying session for the Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix.

"I just lost it," admits McLaren's Lando Norris after first corner error, whilst battling Lewis Hamilton, drops pole-sitter to seventh.

Although it doesn't morph into Audi until 2026, Alessandro Alunni Bravi believes Sauber can be a player in the 2025 driver market.

Christian Horner insists that there is no need to confirm the team's 2025 driver line-up until much later in the season.

Today's team representatives press conference with Christian Horner, Mario Isola, Andrea Stella and Alessandro Alunni Bravi.

Our pace in the dry wasn't spectacular but with Lewis, we will be looking to keep those faster cars behind us in tomorrow's Sprint.

Contrary to expectations, we did not see any graining today, while with the dry compounds we saw quite significant degradation, but it is too early to have a clear idea regarding strategies.

Fourth and sixth to start the Sprint tomorrow is obviously not what we were aiming for but it's a circuit that you can overtake on and therefore we know we are in the fight.

Today has been a positive day for us - not just for having both cars in SQ3, but also for the performance shown on the medium compound in dry conditions in SQ1.

We did not maximise the potential of the car today.