Three years ago on this date, Lewis Hamilton claimed the first pole position of his Mercedes career as he edged fellow world champions Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) and Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) in qualifying for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix.

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