(Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team)
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team’s reigning world champion
Lewis Hamilton took his second victory of the season as the Englishman led home
a Silver Arrows 1-2 finish with Nico Rosberg once again forced to settle for
the runner up spot at the Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International
Circuit.
Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel finished the race in
third place following a great battle with team mate Kimi Raikkonen who finished
the race in fourth place. There was a safety car right at the end of the race
after Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Max Verstappen who crashed on the main straight
meaning that the race ended behind the safety car.
Williams Martini Racing had a great race as Felipe Massa
finished the race in fifth place just ahead of team mate Valtteri Bottas to
give the Grove based outfit 18 points.
It was a fantastic race for the Lotus F1 Team as Romain
Grosjean was able to show that the Enstone outfit have produced an extremely
competitive package with the E23 Hybrid powered by the Mercedes power unit. The
Frenchman ended the race in 7th place, scoring the team’s first
points of the season.
The Sauber F1 Team’s Felipe Nasr had a great race as the
Brazilian ended the event with yet another points scoring finish ending the
race in eighth place. Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo had a great
recovery drive to score points for the Milton Keynes based outfit a result
which moves the former world champions back ahead of their sister team Scuderia
Toro Rosso.
The Sauber F1 Team’s Marcus Ericsson rounded out the top ten
with another great drive for the Swiss outfit.
The Sahara Force India Formula One Team’s Sergio ‘Checco’
Perez ended the race just outside the top ten in eleventh place just ahead of
the McLaren Honda duo of Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button who will be very
satisfied with the progress the Woking based outfit have made. The team will
also be happy as it was the first race of the season that they have managed to
get both cars to the end of the race.
Carlos Sainz finished the race in 14th place for
Scuderia Toro Rosso just ahead of the Manor F1 Team duo of Will Stevens and
Roberto Merhi. Max Verstappen was classified in 17th place despite
retiring from the race with two laps to go.
It was a disappointing race for the Lotus F1 Team’s Pastor
Maldonado as the Venezuelan was forced to retire from the race and had a coming
together with McLaren Honda’s Jenson Button.
The Sahara Force India Formula One Team’s Nico Hulkenberg
had a disappointing race as he was forced to retire with a gearbox failure.
Infiniti Red Bull Racing Daniil Kvyat was also forced to
retire from the race with a suspected engine fire.
The result means that Lewis Hamilton has now extended his
lead over Sebastian Vettel at the top of the championship.
Drivers Championship
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 68 Points
2 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari 55
3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 51
4 Felipe Massa Williams Martini Racing Team 30
5 Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari 24
6 Valtteri Bottas Williams Martini Racing Team 18
7 Felipe Nasr Sauber F1 Team 14
8 Daniel Ricciardo Infiniti Red Bull Racing 11
9 Romain Grosjean Lotus F1 Team 6
10 Nico Hulkenberg Sahara Force India Formula One Team 6
11 Max Verstappen Scuderia Toro Rosso 6
12 Carlos Sainz Scuderia Toro Rosso 6
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber F1 Team 5
14 Daniil Kvyat Infiniti Red Bull Racing 2
15 Sergio Perez Sahara Force India Formula One Team 1
Constructors Championship
1 Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team 119 Points
2 Scuderia Ferrari 79
3 Williams Martini Racing Team 48
4 Sauber F1 Team 19
5 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 13
6 Scuderia Toro Rosso 12
7 Sahara Force India Formula One Team 7
8 Lotus F1 Team 6
© Ben Johnston 2015
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