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McLaren’s Lando Norris was in a league of his own as he dominated a wet qualifying session for the China Grand Prix sprint race while world champion Max Verstappen struggled in fourth place on Friday. Norris clocked 1 minute 57.940 seconds on the 5.451-kilometre Shanghai International Circuit where rain set in shortly ahead of the final session in Formula One’s return to China after five years. Former world champion Lewis Hamilton was 1.261 seconds behind in second for Mercedes, and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso third, another .714 back in the tricky conditions. Red Bull’s Verstappen slid off…

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