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Pos	Driver	Times	Difference	Laps
01	Max Verstappen Red Bull	01:50.491		4
02	Felipe Massa Williams	01:52.086	+1.595	7
03	Lance Stroll Williams	01:52.507	+2.016	7
04	Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso	01:52.840	+2.349	5
05	Romain Grosjean Haas	01:53.039	+2.548	6
06	Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso	01:53.314	+2.823	4
07	Fernando Alonso McLaren	01:53.520	+3.029	5
08	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull	01:54.038	+3.547	7
09	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes	01:54.664	+4.173	4
10	Kevin Magnussen Haas	01:55.104	+4.613	8
11	Nico Hülkenberg Renault	01:55.608	+5.117	6
12	Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren	01:57.445	+6.954	4
13	Marcus Ericsson Sauber	02:15.138	+24.647	4
14	Antonio Giovinazzi Sauber	02:15.281	+24.790	4
15	Jolyon Palmer Renault	-	-	3
16	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari	-	-	2
17	Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari	-	-	1
18	Esteban Ocon Force India	-	-	2
19	Sergio Pérez Force India	-	-	3
20	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes	-	-	2


Official name: Shanghai International Circuit	Length: 5.451 kilometre
City: Shanghai	Record holder: Michael Schumacher

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07-04-2017 First free practice_{03:00 - 04:30}

07-04-2017 Second free practice_{07:00 - 08:30}

08-04-2017 Third free practice_{05:00 - 06:00}

08-04-2017 1st qualification_{08:00 - 08:18}

08-04-2017 2nd qualification_{08:25 - 08:40}

08-04-2017 3rd qualification_{08:48 - 09:00}

09-04-2017 Race_{07:00 - 09:00}

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