Formula One Season Starts This Weekend

[SteveB]

Early days yet, but if Ferrari keep this up, this could mean the end of the “free reign” race between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. It could mean team orders to Lewis’s advantage and Rico’s disadvantage.

[nicko1]

Each year, its becoming more and more distanced between garages

[bobten]

Great to see someone at least threaten to stop Mercedes dominance. Hopefully Vettel can keep it up, at least it will make the season more interesting to watch.

[SteveB]

This weekend,
Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit. Fri 10 – Sun 12 Apr 2015

• First Grand Prix 2004
• The circuit configuration has never changed, meaning the current 5.451-kilometre layout is the same as used in that inaugural race more than a decade ago. The layout itself reflects the shape of the Chinese character ‘shang', which stands for high or above.
• In 2006, the Chinese Grand Prix was won by Michael Schumacher - his last victory [91st]in Formula One.
• Number of Laps 56
• Circuit Length 5.451KM [3.38709 Miles]
• Race Distance 305.066KM [189.6 Miles]
• Lap Record 1:32.239 by Michael Schumacher (2004)

Practice 1 Friday 10:00 – 11:30
Practice 2 Friday 14:00 – 15:30
Practice 3 Saturday12:00 – 13:00
Qualifying Saturday 15:00 – 16:00

Race Sun 14:00 – 16:00

[SteveB]

Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit.

Qualifying. How they will line up tomorrow.

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4 Felipe Massa Williams
5 Valtteri Bottas Williams
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
7 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus
9 Felipe Nasr Sauber
10 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
11 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
12 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull
13 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
14 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
15 Sergio Perez Force India
16 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
17 Jenson Button McLaren
18 Fernando Alonso McLaren
19 Will Stevens Manor
20 Roberto Merhi Manor


Race Sun 14:00 – 16:00

[SteveB]

2015 Chinese Grand Prix Results

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes grid pos-1 01:39:42.008 25 points

2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes grid pos-2 +00:00.714 18 points

3 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari grid pos-3 +00:02.988 15 points

4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari grid pos-4 +00:03.835 12 points

5 Felipe Massa Williams grid pos-5 +00:08.544 10 points

6 Valtteri Bottas Williams grid pos-6 +00:09.885 8 points

7 Sebastian Grosjean Lotus grid pos-7 +00:19.008 6 points

8 Felipe Nasr Sauber grid pos-8 +00:22.625 4 points

9 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull grid pos-16 +00:32.117 2 points

10 Marcus Ericsson Sauber grid pos-9 Lapped 1 point

11 Sergio Perez Force India grid pos-14 Lapped 0 points

12 Fernando Alonso McLaren grid pos-15 Lapped 0 points

13 Jenson Button McLaren grid pos-17 Lapped 0 points

14 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso grid pos-20 Lapped 0 points

15 Will Stevens Manor grid pos-19 Lapped 0 points

16 Roberto Merhi Manor grid pos-18 Lapped 0 points

17 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso grid pos-11 Lapped 0 points

R Pastor Maldonado Lotus grid pos-10 Retired (50th lap) 0 points

R Daniil Kvyat Red Bull grid pos-13 Retired (15th lap) 0 points

R Nico Hulkenberg Force India grid pos-12 Retired (9th lap) 0 points

[SteveB]

2015 Driver Standings

1 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 68

2 Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari 55

3 Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 51

4 Felipe Massa BRA Williams 30

5 Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 24

6 Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams 18

7 Felipe Nasr BRA Sauber 14

8 Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull Racing 11

9 Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus 6

10 Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India 6

11 Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso 6

12 Carlos Sainz ESP Toro Rosso 6

13 Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber 5

14 Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Racing 2

15 Sergio Perez MEX Force India 1

16 Jenson Button GBR McLaren 0

17 Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren 0

18 Roberto Merhi ESP Marussia 0

19 Will Stevens GBR Marussia 0

[SteveB]

2015 Constructor Standings

1 Mercedes 119

2 Ferrari 79

3 Williams 48

4 Sauber 19

5 Red Bull Racing 13

6 Toro Rosso 12

7 Force India 7

8 Lotus 6

9 McLaren 0

10 Marussia 0

[SteveB]

Bahrain Qualifying result. How they will line up

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 32.571s

2. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 32.982s

3. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 33.129s

4. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 33.227s

5. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams-Mercedes 1m 33.381s

6. Felipe Massa BRZ Williams-Mercedes 1m 33.744s

7. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull-Renault 1m 33.832s

8. Nico Hulkenberg GER Force India-Mercedes 1m 34.450s

9. Carlos Sainz Jr ESP Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 34.462s

10. Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus-Mercedes 1m 34.484s

11. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 34.704s

12. Felipe Nasr BRZ Sauber-Ferrari 1m 34.737s

13. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber-Ferrari 1m 35.034s

14. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 35.039s

15. Max Verstappen NED Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 35.103s

16. Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus-Mercedes 1m 35.677s

17. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull-Renault 1m 35.800s

18. Will Stevens GBR Manor Marussia-Ferrari 1m 38.713s

19. Roberto Merhi ESP Manor Marussia-Ferrari 1m 39.722s

20. Jenson Button GBR McLaren-Honda No time

Two Mercedes split by Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari. With the other Ferrari driven by Kimi Raikkonen in fourth, could be interesting.

[SteveB]

Bahrain Grand Prix, How They Finished

1] 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

2] 7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari

3] 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes

4] 7 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes

5] 5 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari

6] 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault

7] 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Mercedes

8] 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes

9] 26 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull-Renault

10] 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes

11] 14 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Honda

12] 12 Felipe Nasr Sauber-Ferrari

13] 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes

14] 9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari

15] 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Mercedes

16] 28 Will Stevens Manor-Ferrari

17] 98 Roberto Merhi Manor-Ferrari

Not classified
33 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso-Renault Electrics
55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Toro Rosso-Renault Handling
22 Jenson Button McLaren-Honda Did not start