Hamilton Springs a Shanghai Surprise

by The Badger on Apr 17th, 2011

To say the Chinese Grand Prix was action packed, would be one heck of an understatement - there was plenty of overtaking, different strategies and the new toys in F1 worked well to keep the race close to the chequered flag, with Lewis Hamilton taking the lead with less than 5 laps remaining and Mark Webber grabbing a podium place after being down in 7th before the final 7laps - an immense effort from 16th - one that Nigel Mansell would have been proud of.

We'll have our full race highlights up here soon, for now here's the race result...

1		Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36'58.226
2		Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull
3		Mark Webber	Red Bull
4		Jenson Button	McLaren
5		Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
6		Felipe Massa	Ferrari
7		Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
8		M.Schumacher	Mercedes
9		Vitaly Petrov	Renault
10		Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber
11		Paul Di Resta	Force India
12		Nick Heidfeld	Renault
13		R.Barrichello	Williams
14		Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso
15		Adrian Sutil	Force India	1 Lap
16		H.Kovalainen	Lotus	1 Lap
17		Sergio Perez	Sauber	1 Lap
18		Pastor Maldonado	Williams	1 Lap
19		Jarno Trulli	Lotus	1 Lap
20		J.D'Ambrosio	Virgin	2 Laps
21		Timo Glock	Virgin	2 Laps
22		Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT	2 Laps
23		N.Karthikeyan	HRT	2 Laps
24		J.Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Retired