A race in which a dozen things could have gone wrong – and which turned out to be thankfully processional. Get Brits on Pole’s 60-second rundown on what you need to know about the Chinese Grand Prix:
Overall race report
The stewards kept schtum, thank God
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Drivers
- 1. Lewis Hamilton
- Kept his head during composed drive.
- 2. Felipe Massa
- Never found true form all weekend
- 3. Kimi Raikkonen
- Supported Massa – showed him up, too
- 4. Fernando Alonso
- Got the result he’d hoped for
- 5. Nick Heidfeld
- Proved worth to team yet again
- 6. Robert Kubica
- Curtain fell on his title challenge
- 7. Timo Glock
- A sound, solid run to points
- 8. Nelson A Piquet
- Doing his bit for constructors’ battle
- 9. Sebastian Vettel
- Unable to make his mark today
- 10. David Coulthard
- Hauled himself up from 16th place
- 11. Rubens Barrichello
- Showed Brawn he’s not going quietly
- 12. Kazuki Nakajima
- Made best of poor qualifying position
- 13. Sebastien Bourdais
- Listen mate – you’d better avoid Trulli
- 14. Mark Webber
- Running on fumes: tactics not strategy
- 15. Nico Rosberg
- Qualified 15th, finished 15th, full stop
- 16. Jenson Button
- Each race he seems more dejected
- 17. Giancarlo Fisichella
- One-stopper couldn’t win him places
- DNF: Jarno Trulli
- He doesn’t often lose his temper…
- DNF: Adrian Sutil
- Cars need gears to finish races
- DNF: Heikki Kovalainen
- Not running in team-mate’s league
Teams
- 1. McLaren
- Will have constructors’ work cut out
- 2. Ferrari
- Made the best of the circumstances
- 3. Renault
- Continued with new front-runners’ pace
- 4. BMW Sauber
- Have already achieved their season’s target
- 5. Toyota
- Like curate’s egg, good in parts
- 6. Toro Rosso
- Fell firmly back to earth today
- 7. Red Bull
- Christian Horner’s already typing his CV
- 8. Honda
- Barrichello did well, Button not so
- 9. Williams
- Couldn’t make much impression in China
- 10. Force India
- Like Blackadder’s broken pencil, they’re pointless
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