Colors = id:canvas value:rgb(0.937,0.937,0.937) id:linemark value:gray(0.8) id:linemark2 value:gray(0.9) BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas PlotData = mark:(line,linemark) from:start till:end color:blue shift:(20,-5) text:Sebastian Vettel (Laps 1–44) Mercedes driver, Lewis Hamilton started on pole for the fourth consecutive race. It was the British driver's seventh consecutive front-row start, and the ninth consecutive race to feature a Mercedes on the front row. Red Bull drivers, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber started in second and third respectively.