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Lewis Hamilton has all the tactics feints his German Formula 1 challenger repelled cool and not even be in his comfortable victory in Shanghai bothered by a hot seat. The championship leader and defending champion celebrated Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix before his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg and Ferrari star Sebastian Vettel his second win of the season. Fourth place went to Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari. After a defect in the Toro Rosso car of Max Verstappen just before the end Hamilton and his defeated challenger, however, were flagged down behind the safety car.
In the championship standings started from pole position after Hamilton built three races his lead from. After his 35th career victory with 68 points, he travels to the next race this coming Sunday in the desert of Bahrain.
Vettel, who once again came to the podium after his third place in Australia and the victory in Malaysia, defended his second place with 55 points, ahead of Rosberg (51). Born in Wiesbaden is still waiting for his first win of the season. Even in Shanghai, where Rosberg was three years before the first race success succeeded by now eight wins, it did not work. Compatriot Nico Hulkenberg it happened, however, significantly worse: The Emmericher retired on lap ten with a gearbox failure on his Force India from.
Mercedes and Ferrari from the start ahead
It took only seconds until everything was perfect for racing duel silver to red. Hamilton defended his 41 poles in battle mode: The Brit turned his car diagonally into the parking box, in order to draw directly to the right before Rosberg can. The plan worked, behind Vettel has joined the ranks and soon after his team-mate Raikkonen.
The Finn moved before the first round past the Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa. In the Ferrari pit team manager Maurizio Arrivabene clenched fist full of determination. Thus, the two packs were put together: the two Mercedes with a good three seconds ahead of the two Ferraris, and with about five seconds ahead of the two Williams. Now everything depended on the tactic: Who comes sometime in the box? “It gets very complicated from the strategy,” Rosberg predicted immediately before the start. “It is somewhat complicated, it could be very spontaneous,” said Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff.
On lap 13 Vettel got the order: Box, Box! Even Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery was assumed that the Ferraris would be more economical with the soft tires as Mercedes. Hamilton was but further gas, drove between the time until then fastest lap and then came in for a tire change. Then Rosberg and Raikkonen could raise the new, but also soft rubber on their cars.
The Silver Arrow duo tried to conserving the tires. However, Hamilton was so restrained that Rosberg complained: “Lewis runs very slowly, tells him to go faster.” Immediately, called the command post Hamilton to give a little more gas, because by now Vettel had zoom worked on one and a half seconds Rosberg , The two Williams with Mercedes-Power had long since left behind. Then Vettel came first the top drivers to tire exchange
Re-heat problems in Hamilton Cockpit
Mercedes responded, especially Rosberg had previously complained. “My left front tire is a problem. “In round 31 and Rosberg got the harder tires and came ahead of Vettel back on track.
As cool as Hamilton also drove the car to the 30-year-old was again unintentionally warm. “My seat is hot again,” he lamented over the radio. A problem that he had had the day before. But one thing that he did to make ends meet cool.
For Vettel, however, it seemed again to be tight. Raikkonen came later to the second tire change to the box and pulled out with better rubber finally steadily on. With two laps but remained Verstappen on the start-finish straight stand, the safety car had to get out and stayed until the end, so the 56th round at the 5.451 kilometers long track, outside. (AP)
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