Will the Chinese GP Provide a Shanghai Surprise?

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Published: April 13, 2010

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Fresh from the searing heat of Sepang, the F1 circus moves onto the last of the flyaway races in China before heading back to Europe for the Spanish Grand Prix on the 9th of May. 

A number of talking points were raised over the 56 laps of the Malaysian race. Lewis Hamilton once again found himself as the centre of attention due to his robust defence against Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov, a storm in a teacup, owing to the fact that the race stewards let him off with a warning, and there have been no traditional media scrums as is the case whenever Hamilton does so much as go for a toilet break. Red Bull finally exhibited the overall pace that they threatened to show in Bahrain and Australia.  Sebastian Vettel leading an easy 1-2 after his team mate Mark Webber decimated the field in qualifying after his brave call to run intermediates on a soaking wet track. 

Both Ferrari and Mercedes had underwhelming weekends for differing reasons. The former made a royal mess of Q3 along with Mclaren, relying solely on the Meteo France system shared by the pitlane when others simply looked up to the sky for their weather forecast. Nico Rosberg's solid podium aside, Schumacher and the Ferrari's struggled during the race. Schumacher retiring with a loose wheel nut, Alonso being unable to downshift properly (although putting in a storming drive considering his maladies), and Massa failing to make a big impression.

The combination of results in Sepang left the drivers championship tantalisingly close, with 8 points separating the top 6 drivers. There is a slightly artificial look to the table due to Red Bull's obvious superiority, where one might think that it is simply a matter of time before they pull away a la BrawnGP in 2009. This assertion could come under scrutiny however when the ban on sidepod mirrors comes into effect from Barcelona onwards, which will be a fairly major hinderance speed-wise according to Red Bull sources.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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