Overall the race itself was enjoyable and entertaining race to watch. Lewis Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. In a damp to dry Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton took the advantage in the damp conditions and comfortably lead the race throughout going into dry conditions leading all the fifty-six laps to conclude with a race win in this seasons Chinese Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's first race win of the season.
While, Sebastian Vettel finished second place in the Ferrari, Vettel was six seconds behind Hamilton at the end.
Meanwhile, Max Verstappen finished in third place in the Red Bull to complete the podium, despite qualifying in sixteenth place after a misfired engine in qualifying; Verstappen was forty-five seconds behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-six lap race.
Highlights of the race below, enjoy.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 10 (pole, fastest lap and race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 7 (finished sixth)
Red Bull Racing - 9
Daniel Ricciardo - 8 (finished fourth)
Max Verstappen - 10 (finished third)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (finished second)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished fifth)
Force India - 6
Sergio Pérez - 6 (finished ninth, lap down)
Esteban Ocon - 6 (finished tenth, lap down)
Williams - 6
Felipe Massa - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 6 (DNF, Collision with Pérez)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (DNF, Driveshaft)
Stoffel Vandoorne - 5 (DNF, Fuel pressure)
Toro Rosso - 7
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 9 (finished seventh)
Daniil Kvyat - 6 (DNF, Hydraulics)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 5 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 8 (finished eighth, lap down)
Renault - 5
Nico Hülkenberg - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)
Jolyon Palmer - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Sauber - 4
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 4 (DNF, Accident)
Next stop Bahrain International Circuit, for the Bahrain Grand Prix in a weeks time.
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