McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton captured victory in Sunday’s Grand Prix of China held in Shanghai in what was the most exciting Formula 1 race of the season so far.
Hamilton scored an impressive victory for McLaren, catching and passing Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on lap 52 of 56 as the reigning world champion's gamble on a two-stop strategy - and a 25-lap run on Pirelli's hard rubber - just failed to pay off.
Behind Hamilton and Vettel, Mark Webber drove a brilliant race from 18th to third in the second Red Bull, only seven seconds behind Hamilton.
Webber also drive a stunning race, catching and despatching Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, then doing the same to Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg in the second Mercedes and McLaren's Jenson Button in the closing stages.
Button finished fourth ahead of Nico Rosberg and the disillusioned Massa and Alonso for whom two-stop strategies had not worked out, while a decent afternoon's work left Schumacher eighth.
Hamilton scored an impressive victory for McLaren, catching and passing Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on lap 52 of 56 as the reigning world champion's gamble on a two-stop strategy - and a 25-lap run on Pirelli's hard rubber - just failed to pay off.
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| Mark Webber, Red Bull (Photo: WRI2) |
Behind Hamilton and Vettel, Mark Webber drove a brilliant race from 18th to third in the second Red Bull, only seven seconds behind Hamilton.
Webber also drive a stunning race, catching and despatching Mercedes' Michael Schumacher and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, then doing the same to Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg in the second Mercedes and McLaren's Jenson Button in the closing stages.
Button finished fourth ahead of Nico Rosberg and the disillusioned Massa and Alonso for whom two-stop strategies had not worked out, while a decent afternoon's work left Schumacher eighth.
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