A “gobsmacked” Lewis Hamilton obliterated the Shanghai lap record to claim pole position on Friday for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint in only his second race weekend with Ferrari.

Hamilton, who has won a record six Chinese GPs, flew around the resurfaced 5.451km Shanghai International Circuit in 1 minute 30.849 seconds. His lap easily beat the 1:32.238 set in 2004 at the inaugural Chinese GP by fellow seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, also in a Ferrari.