Lewis Hamilton extended his lead at the top of the Formula One championship standings with a pole-to-flag victory at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, the Briton leading a Mercedes one-two ahead of Nico Rosberg.
The race finished behind a safety car after Max Verstappen’s Toro Rosso suffered an engine failure on the start-finish straight with two laps remaining for the leaders but it had been a routine afternoon at the head of the field otherwise.
The Mercedes pair pulled clear of Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari at the start and managed the race perfectly to ensure their would be no repeat of the German’s stunning win in Malaysia last time out.
Four-time world champion Vettel finished ahead of Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen to claim a third podium in as many races since joining the Italian team from Red Bull at the end of last season.
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RESULTS
1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
305.066km in 1hr 39 min 42.008 sec
(average speed: 183.590 kph)
2. Nico Rosberg (GER/Mercedes) at 0.714
3. Sebastian Vettel (GER/Ferrari) at 2.988
4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/Ferrari) at 3.835
5. Felipe Massa (BRA/Williams) at 8.544
6. Valtteri Bottas (FIN/Williams) at 9.885
7. Romain Grosjean (FRA/Lotus) at 19.008
8. Felipe Nasr (BRA/Sauber AG) at 22.625
9. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS/Red Bull) at 32.117
10. Marcus Ericsson (SWE/Sauber AG) at 1 lap
11. Sergio Perez (MEX/Force India) at 1 lap
12. Fernando Alonso (ESP/McLaren) at 1 lap
13. Jenson Button (GBR/McLaren) at 1 lap
14. Carlos Sainz Jr (ESP/Toro Rosso) at 1 lap
15. Will Stevens (GBR/Marussia) at 2 laps
16. Roberto Merhi (ESP/Marussia) at 2 laps
17. Max Verstappen (NED/Toro Rosso) at 4 laps
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