2016 Chinese Grand Prix Review

Review of the third round of the 2016 F1 season at the Shanghai International Circuit, on the outskirts of Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix.

Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch. A race where Nico Rosberg effortlessly took control for the weekend when his rivals didn't had the luck to compete against Rosberg. Daniel Ricciardo beat pole-sitter Rosberg into the first corner for the lead, until lap three when his left-rear tyre failed on him on the back straight and give the lead to Rosberg. Rosberg stayed there to win this seasons Chinese Grand Prix for his third race win of the season and his sixth race win in a row since last seasons Mexican Grand Prix.



While, Sebastian Vettel finished second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was thirty-eight seconds behind Rosberg at the end.

Meanwhile, Daniil Kvyat finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, Kvyat was forty-six seconds behind Rosberg at the end of the fifty-six lap race.

Rate the Teams and Drivers

Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 6 (finished seventh)
Nico Rosberg - 10 (pole, race win)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished second)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fifth)

Williams - 7
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (finished tenth)
Felipe Massa - 8 (finished sixth)

Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished fourth)
Daniil Kvyat - 8 (finished third)

Force India - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 4 (finished fifteenth, lap down, fastest lap)
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished eleventh)

Renault - 4
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 3 (finished twenty-second, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 7 (finished ninth)
Max Verstappen - 7 (finished eighth)

Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 6 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 4 (finished twentieth, lap down)

McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished twelfth)
Jenson Button - 6 (finished thirteenth)

Manor - 6
Rio Haryanto - 5 (finished twenty-first, lap down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 7 (finished eighteenth, lap down)

Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished nineteenth, lap down)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)

Next stop Sochi Autodrom, Sochi in two weeks time for the Russian Grand Prix.