Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch. It was the race where Sebastian Vettel started on pole for Sunday's race with his team mate Kimi Raikkonen on the front row as-well, lead the race. Sebastian Vettel got away well at the start, while Raikkonen lost positions, falling to fourth behind Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen.
After the first pit-stops, Bottas overtake Vettel for the lead of the race. On Lap 30, the Toro Rosso cars of Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly collided with each other, with debris left on the track resulted in the safety car being brought out. During the safety car period, both Red Bull cars pitted for fresh tyres on the same lap.
Bottas maintained the lead of the race at the safety car restart, while Daniel Ricciardo who was sixth after the safety car period show off amazing overtaking master class on fresh tyres overtaking Raikkonen, Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and Vettel. On Lap 45, Ricciardo overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he would retain until the chequered flag to conclude with a race win in this seasons Chinese Grand Prix for Daniel Ricciardo's first race win of the season.
While, Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the Mercedes, Bottas was nine seconds behind Ricciardo at the end.
Meanwhile, Kimi Räikkönen finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Räikkönen was ten seconds behind Ricciardo at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 7
Lewis Hamilton - 6 (finished fourth)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (finished second)
Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 7 (pole, finished eighth)
Kimi Räikkönen - 8 (finished third)
Red Bull Racing - 7
Daniel Ricciardo - 9 (race win, fastest lap)
Max Verstappen - 6 (finished fifth)
Force India - 5
Sergio Pérez- 5 (finished twelfth)
Esteban Ocon- 5 (finished eleventh)
Williams - 5
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished fourteenth)
Sergey Sirotkin - 5 (finished fifteenth)
Renault - 7
Nico Hülkenberg - 8 (finished sixth)
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished ninth)
Toro Rosso - 4
Pierre Gasly - 3 (finished eighteenth)
Brendon Hartley - 5 (DNF, Collision damage with Gasly)
Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 4 (finished seventeenth)
Kevin Magnussen - 6 (finished tenth)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished seventh)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (finished thirteenth)
Sauber - 4
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished sixteenth)
Charles Leclerc - 3 (finished nineteenth)
Next stop Baku, Azerbaijan for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two weeks time.
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