Chinese F1 Grand Prix 2015 Results: Winner, Standings, Highlights and Reaction

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Published: April 12, 2015

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After watching Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel reign supreme at March’s Malaysian Grand Prix, Mercedes hit back with a familiar one-two in China, with Lewis Hamilton taking the crown over Nico Rosberg once again.

Sky Sports F1 revealed the result:



Starting in pole for the third Grand Prix on the spin, Hamilton sprung out of the traps and established a one-second lead over his team-mate after the very first lap.

He was almost angled in the grid, sending a message out to Rosberg that he was coming over immediately and getting his nose in front.

That’s how it remained until the chequered flag came down, with Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen making up the top four, as we see below:



 

Hamilton and Mercedes Return to Form

In Malaysia, there was simply nothing Hamilton or Mercedes could do about the brilliance of Ferrari’s Vettel, but the roles were reversed in China, as the Englishman put on a masterclass display.

The rivalry between Hamilton and Rosberg in last year’s season once again ignited, with the German pressing his team-mate all the way in the early exchanges.

Rosberg even got on the Mercedes team radio and demanded that Hamilton speed up but, keen to pit first and press home his advantage, Hamilton duly accepted the request.



Sure, he wasn’t exactly driving out of sight in the way that he did in last year’s race, where he finished 18 seconds clear of Rosberg, but he was in control.

An impressive turn of pace ahead of his lap 33 pit saw him come back out with a six-second lead, and from then on, there was only going to be one winner.

He crossed the line in rather unexciting fashion thanks to Max Verstappen’s issues bringing out the safety car, but it was a big statement from Mercedes.

As Hamilton crossed the line, Mercedes tweeted ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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