Shanghai Rains

A fearless "all or nothing" lap from McLaren's Lando Norris in wet and wild conditions Friday denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.

Super Typhoon Lekima slammed into southeastern China early Saturday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that knocked out power, downed thousands of trees and forced more than one million people from their homes, state media reported.

Typhoon Ampil hit Chinese financial hub Shanghai around midday on Sunday, bringing heavy rainfall and disrupting transport and shipping.

One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.

Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta have blamed the rain for their qualifying and are hopeful of a dry race on Sunday.

Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Romain Grosjean, Nico Rosberg, Paul di Resta, Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil rounded off the top 10 after 2 free practices.

A fearless "all or nothing" lap from McLaren's Lando Norris in wet and wild conditions Friday denied Lewis Hamilton pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.

Super Typhoon Lekima slammed into southeastern China early Saturday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that knocked out power, downed thousands of trees and forced more than one million people from their homes, state media reported.

Typhoon Ampil hit Chinese financial hub Shanghai around midday on Sunday, bringing heavy rainfall and disrupting transport and shipping.

One of the most powerful typhoons to strike eastern China in decades disrupted air, rail and sea transport on Saturday after forcing the evacuation of more than a million people from the provinces of Zhejiang and Jiangsu, state media reported.

Force India drivers Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta have blamed the rain for their qualifying and are hopeful of a dry race on Sunday.

Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Romain Grosjean, Nico Rosberg, Paul di Resta, Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil rounded off the top 10 after 2 free practices.