The second edition of the 18 editions is all about the Chinese Grand Prix and we at The captain's armband shall inform you of all the facts you need to know about the race.
It was a bad qualifying session for Mark Webber going out in qualifying 1 and eighteenth on the grid, however the other driver in Red Bull (Sebastian Vettel) put a 1.33.706 in to win pole position ahead of Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. Also Nico Rosberg was 4th on the grid, whilst his team-mate Michael Schumacher went out in qualifying 2 only managing 14th.
Sebastian Vettel didn't get off to the best of starts with Button and Hamilton passing him before turn 1, it was a very good start to the Grand Prix. Around 10 laps in, the top three of Button, Hamilton and Vettel were separated by just 1.2 seconds.
The Facts
Fastest Lap: Mark Webber - 1.38.993 (in Lap 42 with an average speed of 198.232 mph).
Fastest pit stop: Mercedes (Michael Schumacher, 20.522).
Least pit stops and the highest finishing position: Sebastian Vettel with 2 (RBR-Renault).
Turns on the track: 16 turns.
Amount of drivers retired: 1 (Jaime Alguersuari).
Race distance: 305.066km.
Circuit Length: 5.451km.
Lap record: 1.32.238 - Michael Schumacher (2004).
The race was the best race of the season by a long way and the last ten laps of the race were exhilarating, at the beginning of lap 44 Sebastian Vettel was race leader with Hamilton, Button, Rosberg, Massa and Webber all in the chasing pack. Vettel's tyres were 6 laps older than Hamilton's and Lewis was cutting the time drastically each and every lap, however none of this would of been possible if Hamilton didn't overtake as well as he did. Meanwhile Webber was eating ground up on both Rosberg and Massa. When he reached them he eased past them, now in 4th position. With a few laps to go Webber passed Button for third and Hamilton went first by passing Vettel. It was a brilliant race from Hamilton but also from Webber.
The new Pirelli's the cars have to use were very interesting forcing the teams to decide whether or not to go on a two or three stop race, and teams such as McLaren and Mercedes went for the three stops, they definitely chose the right option.
Top 10 final positions:
1. Lewis Hamilton (25 points).
2. Sebastian Vettel (18 points).
3. Mark Webber (15 points).
4. Jenson Button (12 points).
5. Nico Rosberg (10 points).
6. Felipe Massa (8 points).
7. Fernando Alonso (6 points).
8. Michael Schumacher (4 points).
9. Vitaly Petrov (2 points).
10. Kamui Kobayashi (1 point).
Coming soon will be facts on the F1 teams and drivers when there isn't any races on.
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