India, April 20 -- Triple world champion Max Verstappen won Formula One's first sprint of the season and then secured Red Bull's landmark 100th pole position after dominating qualifying for Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix.

The pole was the Dutch driver's fifth in five races this season and sixth in a row including last year's Abu Dhabi finale.

Mexican team mate Sergio Perez qualified second fastest in a front row lockout for Red Bull, 15 years after the team took their first win at the Shanghai International Circuit with Sebastian Vettel.

Verstappen, who beat old rival Lewis Hamilton by 13 seconds in the morning sprint, was the first driver since double world champion Mika Hakkinen in 1999 to start a season with five successive poles.

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