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15 mins Before the race start:
Sky is looking bright with Sun shining.
Lewis Hamilton car is still in the garage just 15min left for the race start. Pit crew rushed to finish the car due to fuel leak in the car. They stopped the car and started it again.
Hamilton Car is perfectly ready to start the race. Have they not reached the grid within the last 30sec, they would have to start from the pitlane.
Malaysia have seen Pirelli Marbles / rubber coming out of the car, it may be the problem again in Chinese GP.
FIA reduced the drs area for Chinese GP in the morning that can be activated in turn 12.
Formation Lap:
All the front running car are using option tyre(soft tyre) while Mark Webber is on the prime tyres (harder compound tyres) In the mid field also all are on option tyres. Mark Webber car does not have KERS.
5 Red Lights Illuminate
Lap 1:
Good start for Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. As Button moves in on 1st and Hamilton on 2nd on the Turn 1. Rosberg on 3rd. Vettel dropped to 4th again gain a place on Rosberg to 3rd. Good start for Force India also Paul Di Resta in 7th place and Adrian Sutil up in 8th position. Michael Schumacher up in 9th position at the end of the lap overtaking Jaime Alguersuari. Sebastien Buemi and Petrov losing the ground on the opening lap. Petrov lost 2 more places.
Lap 2:
Liuzzi up in 22nd position while Webber moves to 17th.
Lap 3:
DRS Enabled. Hamilton set the fastest lap (Lap 2): 1min 44:461sec. Kobayashi in 10th using DRS kicking Jaime Alguersuari on 10th. As there is lot of dirt on track.
Lap 5:
Webber in 15th. Ferrari closing in on Nico Rosberg in 4th while Michael Schumacher closing in on Force India for 8th.
Lap 6:
Paul Di Resta complains for rear tyres as they are quickly wearing off.
Lap 7:
Kobayashi in 10th. Petrov in 11th.
Lap 8:
Heidfeld trying to pass Toro Rosso’s as Webber closes behind Heidfeld. Heidfeld using DRS on the front of the car of Buemi where Buemi also uses DRS on the car in front of Jaime Alguersuari.
Lap 9:
Sergio Perez overtakes Webber for 15th position.
Lap 10:
Heidfeld overtakes Buemi. Alguersuari in pits. First one to come in pits. Dropped to 22nd position. Liuzzi also comes in pits.
Jaime Alguersuari right rear wheel come off as he struggle on coming out of the pits.
Lap 11:
Micahel Schumacher comes in for pits and dropped to 16th position. Webber also comes in pits. Webber changed the tyres to option tyres. Dropped to 20th position. This means he is going for 3 pit stop strategy.
Jaime Alguersuari park his car. He is out of race.
Lap 12:
Paul Di Resta in pits. Come out on 14th. Michael Schumacher up on 14th as Di Resta slides to 16th.
Lap 13:
Nico Rosberg in pits. Comes out on 10th. Makes a move up to 9th.
Lap 14:
Mark Webber set the fastest lap (Lap 13) 1min 43:313sec. Michael in 13th and Resta in 14th. Sebastian Vettel up in 2nd place. Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel both dives into the pits. Button makes a mistake, moves into Red Bull pitcrew. The mistake cost him a place to Vettel. Vettel comes ahead of Button in 7th.
Lap 15:
Massa ahead of Hamilton as both come in pits. Massa comes out ahead of Hamilton, as Hamilton charges him in the pits. But they were separated by Sergio Perez on track as Massa comes out in 7th with Hamilton on 9th.
Lap 16:
Order on track: Alonso, Rosberg, Petrov, Vettel, Button, Heidfeld, Massa, Hamilton, Perez, Schumacher, Barrichello, Di Resta, Sutil, Kovalainen, Kobayashi, Webber.
Lap 17:
Massa and Hamilton overtakes Heidfeld as they enable DRS. Alonso in pits. Lost lot of places as some mistake in pits. Comes out in 9th position. Michael up in 8th. Rosberg leading the race.
Lap 18:
Vettel overtakes Petrov. Michael overtakes Heidfeld. Both the Renault cars have lost places as tyres are warmed up. Fresh Tyres required. Alonso also passes Heidfeld up in 8th. Petrov in pits. comes out in 14th.
Rosberg leading the pack.
As the pit lane scenario started, the one with fresh tyres taking positions on others. As the tyres warm up, they are way to slow to compete. As seen with Renault.
Lap 19:
Heidfeld in pits comes out in 16th.
Lap 20:
Debris coming out of Alonso car. Di Resta on 8th. Michael on 6th. Alonso fighting for position with Michael.
Lap 21:
Order on track:
Rosberg, Vettel, Button, Massa, Hamilton, Schumacher, Alonso, Di Resta, Sutil, Kobayashi, Webber, Petrov, Perez, Heidfeld, Barrichello, Maldonado, Trulli, Kovalainen, Buemi.
Lap 22:
Webber moved to 11th position. Sutil, Kobayashi, Webber fighting for 9th position.
Lap 23:
Schumi and Alonso fighting for 6th position. Alonso used DRS. Speed of Schumi on turn - 300km/h and Alonso 313km/h due to DRS. Both used KERS.
Lap 25:
Button in pits. Dropped to 8th from 3rd. Button first to go in for new set of tyres. Alonso tight on brakes as he inches more closer to Michael Schumacher. Schumacher eager to fight and winning is been seen in the race.
Lap 26:
Rosberg pitted from 1st position comes out at 4th.
Lap 27:
Button passes Di Resta on 7th position. Michael in pits. Dropped to 13th. Vettel on 1st.
Lap 28:
Hamilton moves in 6th overtaking Di Resta now in 7th. Rosberg closing in on Alonso. As with fresh tyres, Rosberg moves up in 3rd pushing Alonso to 4th.
Lap 29:
Sebastian Vettel radio not working as some disturbance in the Vettel's Mic. Webber overtakes Barrichello. Button passes Alonso for 4th easily.
Lap 30:
Michael up in 12th as he overtakes Heidfeld. Hamilton passes Alonso.
Lap 31:
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap (Lap 30): 1min 40:736sec. A heavy competition for last point as Petrov, Michael, Perez fights for it.
Lap 32:
Vettel in pits. Dropped to 6th. Looking for a 2pit stop strategy for Vettel. Massa leading the race. Sutil in 13th place.
Lap 33:
Alonso in pits. Comes out in 10th. Michael behind Petrov, find a way pass through him for 6th position. Webber in 8th. Steadily climbing the mountain as he started the race in 18th. Di Resta in 6th.
Lap 34:
Massa also in pits. Comes out in 5th. Behind Vettel. Massa puts his left tyres on the white line as he comes out of the pits, this could mean a penalty if stewards decides.
Webber pass Petrov easily for 7th. Alonso passes Perez for 9th.
Lap 35:
Hamilton fighting Button for 2nd position. Hamilton used DRS. Button doing everything to defeat Hamilton. Great driving from the teammates. This could knock them both out. Hamilton up in 2nd position.
Lap 37:
Order on track:
Rosberg, Hamilton, Button, Vettel, Massa, Schumacher, Webber, Petrov, Alonso, Perez, Di Resta, Kobayashi, Sutil, Heidfeld, Kovalainen, Barichello, Maldanado, Trulli, Buemi, Glock, D Ambrosio, Karthikeyan, Liuzzi.
Lap 38:
Vettel could be aiming for 2stop strategy. Button comes in pits. Dropped to 5th. Webber overtakes Schumacher, but Schumi fights to take back the position but could not able to do it.
Lap 39:
Hamilton also pits. Dropped to 4th. This is the final pit stop for Mclaren. Rosberg leads the race. 11second ahead of Vettel. Rosberg in pits. Dropped to 3rd but Hamilton fights for the position.
Lap 40:
Rosberg defends the position as hammer Hamilton out on dirt. Michael dropped to 8th. Di Resta on 9th.
Vettel, Alonso and Massa on 2stop strategy.
Lap 41:
Hamilton nearly tucked at back of Rosberg. Rosberg is advised to conserve fuel. He has to reduce his pace. Rosberg comes in close to Massa for 2nd position.
Lap 43: Hamilton up in 3rd. Mark Webber set the fastest lap of the race (Lap 42) : 1min 38.993sec
Petrov and Heidfeld dances for the position as Heidfeld hit Perez. Perez losses his front wing during collision.
Lap 45:
Hamilton tries on Massa. He got pass Massa for 2nd. Alonso and Webber fighting for 6th position. Rosberg trying to pass Massa on 3rd, locked tyres lost 2 places. Button pass Rosberg for 4th position.
Lap 46:
Massa, Button and Rosberg fighting for 3rd position.
Lap 47:
Schumacher quickly closing in of Alonso up ahead of him in 6th place.
Lap 48:
Sergio Perez caused an accident with Adrian Sutil, Sutil lost his front wing, damage dropped him to 16th position. Perez is given a drive through penalty for the act.
Hamilton is advised to save tyres.
Lap 49:
Perez serve his drive through.
Lap 50:
Vettel cannot be heard on radio. Button pass Massa for 3rd position. Rosberg closes him on Massa.
Sutil and Perez accident to be further evaluated by Race Stewards after the race.
Hamilton tries on Vettel for 1st position. Vettel saved his position.
Rosberg passes Massa, as Massa gets on grass.
Lap 51:
Order at top:
Vettel, Hamilton, Button, Rosberg, Massa
DRS enabled for Hamilton as he closes in on Vettel. Hamilton still cant able to overtake him. But Hamilton has tyre advantage.
Lap 52:
Hamilton become the race leader. Pass Vettel. This could go all the way to chequered flag.
Order on track:
Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Alonso, Schumi, Di Resta, Petrov, Kobayashi, Heidfeld, Barrichello, Buemi.
Lap 53:
Rosberg and Webber fights for 4th position. Michael closes in on Alonso. Webber up in 5th position after starting from back of the grid at 18th. The race by Webber is without KERS on his car.
Lap 54:
Webber trying harder to overtake Rosberg. Webber overtakes Rosberg for 4th.
Adrian Sutil unlap himself from Sebastian Vettel.
Lap 55: Second Last Lap:
Webber attacking on Button now as on fresh tyres for podium position. Hamilton is going to win the race. With Michael closing in on Alonso. Webber overtakes Button. Webber speed is 317km/hr at the moment even without KERS. Button has only 296km/hr. Button closes in on Webber, not give up easy for the position but could not manage to hold.
Lap 56: Final Lap:
Hamilton won the race. Vettel comes 2nd. What a race for Webber as he finished 3rd after starting from 18th.
Button 4th, Rosberg 5th, Massa 6th, Alonso 7th, Michael just not able to beat Alonso at the finish settled for 8th position, Petrov in 9th, Kobayashi 10th.
As the race is far from over yet, Di Resta hits Heidfeld as he finished 11th, Heidfeld 12th. Barrichello is also involved in accident on last lap with Buemi to finish in 13th. Buemi 14th. Sutil 15th. Rest are Kovalainen, Perez, Maldonado, Trulli, D Ambrosio, Glock, Liuzzi, Karthikeyan.
Narain Karthikeyan finishes the race with one stop strategy.
Only one driver not able to complete the race, Jaime Alguersuari.
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