Flying Finn

Agree with everyone, what a great race with different tire situations etc.

Awesome job from Webber & his RB team. Also of course Hammy. Rosberg too also it was a shame it kinda diminished in the end because of (what I think) bad tire strategy in the end part of the race.

Come on Land Jet, formula1.com... It was Hammy, Vettel, Webber, Button, Rosberg, Massa, Alonso etc.

MJSpeed

Great race from Webber and Hammy. Both put in superb drives although my nod goes to Lewis. Not take away anything from Webbo's epic drive, however IMHO it is much harder to beat Vettel in a RedBull than it is to pass 15 other cars whilst driving a RedBull.

Nico was the recipient of the Ross Brawn brilliance only the came up just short. Kudos to him for making it work.

Please someone put Kobayashi and Di Resta in competitive drives!

The fail award goes to Ferrari, for not understanding what the right strategy is for these tires.

Sean F

how come nobody is talking about massa beating alonso or alonso's illegal use of the wing flap?

Ray S

Wow, what a difference ****ty tires, KERS, and DRS make on a Tilke track. Very exciting race.

+1 on Alonso's illegal use of the DRS. 20 second penalty??? For anyone else probably, for Alonso in a Ferrari I doubt it.

Chinese Grand Prix Results - 17 April 2011 - 56 Laps
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT LAPS TIME/RETIRE
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 56 1h36m58.226
2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 56 5.198
3. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 56 7.555
4. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 56 10.000
5. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 56 13.448
6. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 56 15.840
7. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 56 30.622
8. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 56 31.026
9. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 56 57.404
10. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 56 63.273
11. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 56 68.757
12. Nick Heidfeld Germany Renault 56 72.739
13. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 56 90.189
14. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 56 90.671
15. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 55 1 Lap
16. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Renault 55 1 Lap
17. Sergio Perez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 55 1 Lap
18. Pastor Moldonado Venezuela Williams-Cosworth 55 1 Lap
19. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Renault 55 1 Lap
20. Jerome d'Ambrosio Belgium Virgin-Cosworth 54 2 Laps
21. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 54 2 Laps
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy HRT-Cosworth 54 2 Laps
23. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth 54 2 Laps

R Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9 Rear Wheel
FASTEST LAP:
Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 42 1:38.993

multi21

We were so close Patrick. Oh so close

multi21

Absolutely!!! Schumi finished just 4/10 seconds behind Alonso. Where is the drive thru penalty for illegal use of the wing to close up on Schumacher?

Massa ahead of Alonso. Classic!

RajDatta

DRS is controlled by "system" which is activated by race control. Seems like Alonso's DRS was malfunctioning and working in sections it shouldn't.

Flying Finn

+1!

We already kinda knew about Koba but Di Resta's rookie season has been highly impressive! Sutil is no slouch but he's been heated by this, what seams, very mature rookie driver, impressive.

Regarding Alonso's wing: It had some kind of malfunction and during that lap (it was open in wrong spot), it opened too late on the straightaway and stayed up through the turn and the short straight.
It was decided that he gained nothing by it so no penalty was given.

I think that's a good decision.

ilko

What a fun race! Definitely the best Since Canada last year. I wish there is another one next weekend to keep the momentum going. Too bad we have 3 weeks until the next one and that's an eternity in this sport, almost like pressing a reset button.

bobt993

He has to engage it for it to work. If it was "stuck" open then he would have not made the prior corner. Controversy as usual follows a certain driver. The wing was clearly open and operated in the video to open. Supporting your driver is one thing, but closing your eyes over and obvious infraction is pathetic. Great job by Web Hamilton, and Rosberg. Button's pit stop most def hurt his chances of a podium.

ltc

The pace at which Alonso is developing the 2011 Ferrari is fantastic. Clearly shows what can happen when the best current race and development driver in F1 gets the opportunity to drive for the best team in F1 history.
By sandbagging through the first 3 races of the season, no one will see Alonso coming forward to claim the WDC.
Clearly their offer to hire Newey away from RBR was masterfully played as well.

Sleep well tonight Luca

The difference in RB7 vs MP4-26 today was all KERS...IMHO. If RBR cant get their KERS working soon, I don't see anyone challenging McLaren as the season progresses. The RBR chassis seems to be superior at this point to anything else on track.

mdrums

Really enjoyed this race...FINALLY a good F1 race...it's been awhile. I love Massa in front of Alonso...LOL

Viperbob1

Just cant understand why Red Bull cannot seem to fix the KERS on their cars. Agree with Joe. RBR's dominance will come to an early end if they can not get it working.....

morganabowen

I agree that this is the best race of the season. Lots and lots of passing and just plain old fashion racing. Hamilton deserves the win because he really earned it. The races keep getting better and better. Now we just sit back and enjoy them

333pg333

Except if you doing all that passing without KERS...

We just needed 5 more laps to win Pete. Trifle optimistic. I'd have taken 2 more laps just to pass Vettel. I actually have nothing against Vettel either, but it would have been special had this happened.