2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX

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2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Post by KevC » 08 Apr 2015, 20:02

2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX


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Shanghai
Lap length 5.451km (3.387 miles)
Race laps 56
Race distance 305.066km (189.559 miles)
Pole position Left-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’32.238 (212.75 kph) by Michael Schumacher, 2004
Fastest lap 1’32.238 (212.75 kph) by Michael Schumacher, 2004
Maximum speed 316kph (196.353 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Pit straight and longest straight
Distance from grid to turn one 380m

UK Times
Fri 10th Apr Start
Practice 1 3:00am
Practice 2 7:00am
Sat 11th Apr Start
Practice 3 5:00am
Qualifying 8:00am
Sun 12th Apr Start
Grand Prix 7:00am

Previous Winners
2014 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2013 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
2012 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2011 Lewis Hamilton McLaren
2010 Jenson Button McLaren
2009 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull

Button on board 2011


Schumacher on board 2004


Facts and Figures from the last race
Sebastian Vettel needs just one more victory to equal Ayrton Senna’s tally of wins.

Vettel lies fourth on the all-time list of winners following his 40th grand prix victory in Malaysia, which also made him the first driver to win the Malaysian Grand Prix four times.

This was the 222nd win for Ferrari, who are now 40 victories clear of McLaren at the top of the all-time team winners’ table. It ended a win-less streak for the team which stretched back to Fernando Alonso’s win in the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix, 34 races ago.

This isn’t their longest win-less run: between 1990 and 1994 they went 58 races without a victory. Gerhard Berger brought that to an end with their 104th win, which at the time put them level with McLaren as the most successful F1 team in terms of wins.

Uniquely, Vettel is the first driver to score his debut win for Ferrari having already won an F1 race using one of their engines. This is because he is the only driver in F1 history to have won a race powered by Ferrari but not in a Ferrari – his breakthrough victory in the 2008 Italian Grand Prix for Toro Rosso.

Vettel started the race from second position, which was the first front row start for a Ferrari driver since Felipe Massa’s second place at the same race two years ago.

Following a win-less 2014, Ferrari took their first win with turbo power in F1 since 1988. On that occasion the team also halted a streak of domination by one of their rivals.

While Vettel scored his 40th win, Lewis Hamilton took his 40th pole position. This was also Hamilton’s 150th F1 start.

The fastest lap went to Nico Rosberg, who has now scored ten during his career, as many as world champions Graham Hill, John Surtees and Mario Andretti.

Not only does 17-year-old Max Verstappen have a great chance to to break many ‘youngest ever…’ records, he will probably get to keep them as the FIA is setting a minimum age limit of 18 for F1 racers next year.

Having become the youngest driver to start a race in Australia two weeks ago, he is now the youngest driver ever to score points in a race at the age of 17 years and 184 days. He took the record off Daniil Kvyat who set it in last year’s Australian Grand Prix aged 19 years and 329 days.

Sixth place on the grid was not only Max Verstappen’s best starting position so far, it also equalled the best result achieved by his father Jos, at the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix. The elder Verstappen took third place in that race but did not get to stand on the podium – he was promoted from fourth after team mate Schumacher was disqualified.

Roberto Merhi started his first race and achieved the first finish for himself and Manor.


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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Post by Vlad-SRB » 08 Apr 2015, 22:08

Nice job, mate. :)
Can't wait to see the race!
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Post by Joey Zyla » 11 Apr 2015, 07:21

Top 18 in Q1 separated by less than 1.8s

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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Post by iceman1 » 12 Apr 2015, 06:24

Will Ferrari do soft / medium / soft? Mercedes soft / medium / medium?

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Post by iceman1 » 12 Apr 2015, 06:27

Vettel pits and go out on soft. Massa on medium.

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Re: 2015 FORMULA 1 CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Post by donald29 » 12 Apr 2015, 09:36

Not the best of races, never really came to life.

Unfortunately it looks like Rosberg is a Webber, he has not come back stronger after 2014. Mercedes definitely has the most whiny driver line-up now :p

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