Monday, 15 April 2019

2019 Chinese Grand Prix Review, Race 1000

Review of the third round of the 2019 F1 season at the Shanghai International Circuit, on the outskirts of Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix for Formula 1's 1000th Grand Prix since the first one back in 1950.

The race itself was a good race to watch. Valtteri Bottas was on pole for the Chinese Grand Prix. However, it was the other Mercedes driver Current Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton had a lighting of a start and never looked; lead all the laps to win this seasons Chinese Grand Prix for Lewis Hamilton's second race win of the season.



While, Valtteri Bottas finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its third one-two finish of the season, Bottas was six seconds behind Hamilton at the end.

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was fourteen 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 - 9 (race win)
Valtteri Bottas - 8 (pole, finished second)

Ferrari - 7
Sebastian Vettel - 8 (finished third)
Charles Leclerc - 6 (finished fifth)

Red Bull Racing - 7
Max Verstappen - 8 (finished fourth)
Pierre Gasly - 6 (finished sixth, fastest lap)

Renault - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 9 (finished seventh, lap down)
Nico Hülkenberg - 7 (DNF, Power loss)

Haas - 5
Romain Grosjean - 6 (finished eleventh, lap down)
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (finished thirteenth, lap down)

McLaren - 6
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 6 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Lando Norris - 6 (DNF, Collision damage with Kvyat)

Racing Point - 6
Sergio Pérez- 7 (finished eighth, lap down)
Lance Stroll - 5 (finished twelfth, lap down)

Alfa Romeo - 6
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished ninth, lap down)
Antonio Giovinazzi - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)

Toro Rosso - 6
Daniil Kvyat - 4 (DNF, Collision damage with Norris)
Alexander Albon - 9 (finished tenth, lap down)

Williams - 4
George Russell - 4 (finished sixteenth, two laps down)
Robert Kubica - 4 (finished seventeenth, two laps down)


Next stop Baku, Azerbaijan for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two weeks time.

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