2015 Chinese Grand Prix Review, thoughts, and Bahrain Grand Prix Predictions

Review of the third round of the 2015 F1 season at at Shanghai International Circuit, on the outskirts of Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix. Thoughts of the race and and predictions for this weekends Bahrain Grand Prix.

Overall, I thought it was a dominating race weekend for Mercedes, dominating in practice, dominating in qualifying, and most importantly dominating in the race, with a grand slam for Mercedes driver and current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton. Fast in all practice sessions, on pole, lead most of the laps, fastest lap to conclude with a race win in this seasons Chinese Grand Prix for his second race win of the season.



While, team-mate Nico Rosberg finished second place in the Mercedes to give the team its second one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was under a second behind Hamilton at the end, after the safety car came out for the last four laps due to Max Verstappen retiring with four laps to go, due to transmission failure.



Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was three seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-six lap race.


Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 9
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (pole, fastest lap and race win)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (finished second)

Red Bull Racing - 5
Daniel Ricciardo - 6 (finished ninth)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (DNF, Engine)

Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished sixth)
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished fifth)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished third)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished forth)

McLaren - 7
Jenson Button - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Fernando Alonso - 8 (finished twelfth, lap down)

Force India - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 6 (DNF, Gearbox)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Max Verstappen - 8 (DNF/finished seventeenth, Transmission/four laps down)

Lotus - 7
Romain Grosjean - 9 (finished seventh)
Pastor Maldonado - 6 (DNF, Brakes)

Manor - 7
Will Stevens - 8 (finished fifteenth, two laps down)
Roberto Merhi - 7 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)

Sauber - 8
Marcus Ericsson - 7 (finished tenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 9 (finished eighth)

So this weekends Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir. Predictions for the race, Lewis Hamilton for the win in the Mercedes, Sebastian Vettel second in the Ferrari and third place for Kimi Räikkönen in the other Ferrari. Don't forget the Williams drivers, the Red Bull drivers, Nico Rosberg or Romain Grosjean as well for a podium place too.

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