The 8 Best Moments From The Crazy Chinese Grand Prix
1. Rosberg loses the lead
Nico Rosberg started on pole position but he didn’t hold onto the lead for long: a brilliant start saw Daniel Ricciardo take the lead, while at the back Lewis Hamilton had a great launch from the line – unlike at the last two races!
2. It all kicks off
But then, chaos ensued. Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel collided, bunching up the field behind. Romain Grosjean damaged his front wing and then Hamilton got hit by Felipe Nasr and suffered damage. We didn’t know where to look!
3. Puncture, puncture!
With so much debris around, it was no surprise someone picked up a puncture. Sadly that was race leader Ricciardo, who had to pit immediately and quickly fell down the order. Rosberg reclaimed the lead and the safety car was then deployed.
4. Cheeky Vettel
Vettel was getting impatient and did not appreciate Nico Hulkenberg’s slow pace entering the pitlane! He cheekily jumped ahead of two cars at the entrance to the pits, an opportunistic and (most importantly) legal move.
5. Pit chaos
Jenson Button had quite a view during the safety car pit phase. There were cars everywhere and he was forced to take avoiding action more than once. Pretty frantic!
6. Battles, battles everywhere
We’ve seen this at the last two races, but there really were battles and fights all over the place. Up and down the order (other than Rosberg out front), we witnessed some great racing and some frantic on-track action. Lucky us.
7. Rosberg victorious
Three out of three. It’s been quite a start to the season for Rosberg. He finished 38 seconds clear of Vettel to win the Chinese GP, his sixth consecutive victory and third of the year which puts him 36 points ahead of Hamilton in the championship. Kvyat was third for Red Bull, ahead of Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Felipe Massa and Hamilton.
Vettel called Kvyat “suicidal” at the start and blamed him for the lap one crash. The two disagreed on who was to blame and that resulted in a rather awkward conversation prior to the podium…
Comments
Vettel would have won I feel if that car didn’t suffer 2 wrecked wings. The man finished second even after pitting and going back to 14th! Hamiltons got nothing on him!
i found this on another forum topic where the gp was the topic
http://i.imgur.com/fR6tgd0.jpg
quality banter confirmed
Sebastian’s givin it to Kvyat.
Nico’s all..
U know y risberg won .
BECAUSE VTEC YO
It’s Mercedes, not McLaren Honda :/
Vettel is a wee bit salty
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There was a horrible accident
WHAT A RACE! All those who say F1 is boring should see the first 3 races of this season. Hopefully the spectacle continues. I was a little ticked off at Kvyat not just because his move on Vettel was ill advised since he couldn’t see Raikkonen, but by damaging the Ferraris it meant that Rosberg would have no challengers for the race win. Still, a brilliant race!
It must have been amazing race to watch
I feel sorry for Riccardo