2014 Chinese Grand Prix Review and thoughts

2014 Chinese Grand Prix Review of the fourth round of the 2014 F1 season at Shanghai International Circuit, on the outskirts of Shanghai, and thoughts on the race as well.

Good Race

• Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton, pole, fastest lap, and race win; Nico Rosberg, finished 2nd)
• Fernando Alonso (finished 3rd)
• Red Bull Racing (Daniel Ricciardo, finished 4th; Sebastian Vettel, finished 5th)
• Force India (Nico Hülkenberg, finished 6th; Sergio Pérez, finished 9th)
• Valtteri Bottas (finished 7th)
• Daniil Kvyat (finished 10th)
• Jules Bianchi (finished 17th, ahead of team-mate Max Chilton, and the two Caterham drivers)

Bad Race

• Kimi Räikkönen (finished 8th, nearly a minute behind team-mate Fernando Alonso at the end of the rrace)
• McLaren (Jenson Button, finished 11th, lap down; Kevin Magnussen, finished 13th, lap down)
• Filipe Massa (finished 15th, lap down, a bad first pit-stop in the race) 
• Romain Grosjean (DNF, Gearbox) 
• Adrian Sutil (DNF, Engine)

Overall, I thought it wasn't that a good race to watch. But, Lewis Hamilton had a great race for him and Mercedes, on pole from Saturday's qualifying; lead the race since from start to finish, to conclude with a race win. His first third race win of the season.

While, team-mate Nico Rosberg finished in second place once again to give Mercedes another one-two finish.

And the first time that a manufacture taking three one-two finishes in a row since Ferrari in the 2004 season; where Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello taking three one-two finishes in a row at the European Grand Prix, Canadian Grand Prix and United States Grand Prix that season.

Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari finish on the final step of the podium in third place. The first Ferrari and Fernando Alonso podium of the season.

Next stop Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Spanish Grnad Prix in three weeks time.

End of blog for now, new post soon. Bye.