Hamilton on pole at Chinese GP

McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday ahead of Ferrari rivals Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa.

Britain's Hamilton, who can become Formula One's youngest champion this weekend, put in a flying last lap in final qualifying to head the Shanghai grid in a time of one minute and 36.303 seconds.

Australian driver Mark Webber qualified sixth-fastest for Red Bull-Renault in a time of 1:37.083.

Massa is five points behind Hamilton in the standings with BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica, who disappointingly qualified 12th, the only other driver with title ambitions.