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Webber is still P15.

 

Perez has just passed Webber. Webber's on hard tyres and most of the other cars are on softs.

 

Alguersuari comes in for new tyres on only lap 9. Shortly after he rejoins the race a rear tyre comes adfift and he has to limp round until he can pit again. And retires.

 

Webber loses another place and pits for new tyres, he exits P20

 

Kobayashi and Di Resta pit from P10 and P7

 

Schumacher pits too and emerges ahead of Di Resta.

 

Rosberg pits from P4 and is now P9.

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McLaren team are out of the garage, Button and Hamilton are both struggling to find grip. Vettel is closing on Hamilton and passes him, bu both Vettel and Button pit.

 

Button stops briefly in the wrong pit!

 

Vettel gets out ahead of Button.

 

Massa and Alonso pass Hamilton who now pits.

 

Vettel, Button AND Rosberg are all now ahead of Hamilton.

 

Massa pits from the lead and manages to exit in front of Hamilton.

 

Alonso pits now  and falls to P9 on exit.

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Heidfeld pits now and comes out P16....

 

....and Petrov is P12 after his pit stop.

 

Webber is now 11th, just behind Kobayashi.

 

Di Resta is back in eigth place with Sutil now in ninth.

 

Heidfeld has made it up to P14.

 

Sutil in P9 is being pressed by Kobayashi in P10

 

Alonso is pressing Schumacher, but Schumacher is defending hard

 

Button pits again and exits P8

 

Rosberg and Hamilton pit now and exit P5 and P8 respectively

 

Webber has another pit stop and is down to P15 on his exit

 

Alonso has another go at Schumacher and after a 3 corner battle he emerges ahead. Schumacher immediately pits.

 

Alonso is now P3 and Schumacher is back in P13

 

Di Resta has pitted to and is now P7

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Hamilton and Button have a close shave....and Hamilton is ahead.

 

Di Resta has pitted again and is down to P11, but now passes Perez for P10

 

The McLaren team are in the pit lane again....and it's Button who comes in andexits P5

 

Webber is pressing Schumacher

 

Hamilton pits from P2 and is now P4

 

Webber passes Schumacher for P6

 

Rosberg pits from the lead and emerges P3, just ahead of Hamilton

 

Hamilton presses hard, but Rosberg defends successfully

 

Hamilton locks his tyres, there is lots of smoke. That certainly won't help his chances of passing Rosberg.

 

Order:-

 Vettel

 Massa

 Rosberg

 Hamilton

 Button

 Alonso

 Webber

 Schumacher

 Di Resta

 Kobayashi

 

Hamilton has another attempt at passing Rosberg, they both lock their tyres, Hamilton emerges from the encounter the victor

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The final results of the Chinese GP on 17 April were:

 

Hamilton

Vettel

Webber

Button

Rosberg

Massa

Alonso

Schumacher

Petrov

Kobayashi

 

Next race is the Turkish GP on 8 May.

 

Re the postponed Bahrain GP. Organisers have been given until 1 May to see if this can be rearranged, but Eccleston had hinted that this might be extended.

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Hamilton has another attempt at passing Rosberg, they both lock their tyres, Hamilton emerges from the encounter the victor

 

Webber is catching Alonso and has just put in the fastest lap.

 

Heidfeld loses a place to Perez.

 

Hamilton is now P2 after passing Massa

 

Webber now passes Alonso for P6

 

Button has managed to pass Rosberg too and is now eying up Massa

 

Hamilton is visibly closing on Vettel

 

Sutil and Perez collide and lose at least two places each, as they slide off track

 

Perez is given a drive through penalty for that collision.

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Button in now P3 having passed Massa who is now being sorely pressed by Rosberg

 

Vettel and Hamilton are now fighting for the lead.

 

Vettel wins the first round.

 

Hamilton challenges again - Vettel wins again!

 

Rosberg passes Massa, who Runs wide.

 

And now Webber passes Massa

 

Hamilton challenges Vettel for the third tine - and this time he succeeds. Hamilton P1!

 

Webber is mounting a serious charge and is now pressing Rosberg for 4th place

 

And Webber and Rosberg are both closing in on Button.

 

Webber, having now passed Rosberg, is closing fast on Button.

 

Abrief tussle between Webber and Button sees Webber gain another place - P3 from P18!

 

Webber finishes the race only 2.4 seconds behind Vettel

 

Heidfeld and Di Resta are under investigation for a collision

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Result:-

 

1. Hamilton

2. Vettel

3. Webber

4. Button

5. Rosberg

6. Massa

7. Alonso

8. Schumacher

9. Petrov

10. Kobayashi

11. Di Resta

12. Heidfeld

13. Barrichello

14. Buemi

15. Sutil - Lapped

16. Kovalainen - Lapped

17. Perez - Lapped

18. Maldonado - Lapped

19. Trulli - Lapped

20. d'Ambrosio - Lapped

21. Glock - Lapped

22. Liuzzi - Lapped

23. Karthikeyan - Lapped

24. Alguersuari - Retired

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Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Oi, you're messing up my race report! You can't give the result BEFRORE I've finished typing up the 'As it Happened' stuff.  

 

Now I'll have to post the rest of it in one huge long post and attach it as an edit to the previous stuff.

 

No, I'll just post as originally intended and pretend this bit isn't here.

I didn't mean to take over, it was just that I thought something had happened with your internet connection because of the delay

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Q1

 

Q1 starts with no action, but Kobayashi is soon on track.

 

Some of the cars are still up on jacks in their garages.

 

Kobayashi has a problem, he can't get back to the pits - so that's his qualifying over

 

Several cars are now on track

 

Di Resta is P1 at the moment, but no 'big guns' have been out yet/

 

Schumacher makes P5. Di Resta runs again and goes faster than before.

 

Vettel running now and goes straight to P1 and Alonso follows him to P2, but is immediately replaced by Buemi.

 

Kobayashi's problem seems to have been hydrolics.

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Massa and Kovalainen are in danger at P16 and P17

 

Di Resta goes up, so Kovalainen goes into the drop zone

 

d'Ambrosio runs faster, but is still in the drop zone.

 

Kovalainen runs - but is still P18

 

Trulli runs now - but is still P19

 

A few more changes and Barrichellois in danger in P17

 

Sutil was in the drop zone briefly, but his final run takes him to P7

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Barrichello in danger at P10

 

7 minutes to go and the cars are back in their garages.

 

With no pit lane refuelling allowed, the cars have to go into the garages for this now during the qualifying sessions. No refuelling allowed at all during the race of course.

 

Schumacher and Petrov are back out now. Schumacher goes to P4 and Petrov to P6, so Barrichello and Buemi are now in the Drop Zone.

 

Perez now in danger

 

Barrichello goes to P8, so that is Perez down and Rosberg in danger.

 

Rosberg improves and Perez and Di Resta go up dropping Massa and Maldonado into the drop zone.

 

Massa immediately goes up and Di Resta is in the Zone again.

 

At the last Heidfeld sneaks into P10

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Q3

 

Once again we start the session with no activity.

 

Petrov and Button come out first.

 

Button P1 with 1:26:982

Petrov P1 with 1:26:411

Alonso P1 with 1:25:851

Webber P1 with 1:25:454

Hamilton P2 with 1:25:618

Vettel P1 with 1:25:049

 

2 1/2 minutes of the session left and those are the only times set.

 

Hamilton and Alonso are back on track, accompanied by those with no times.

 

Heidfeld to P7

Rosberg to P3

Schumacher to P8

Hamilton stays P4

Petrov stays P7

 

Massa put in no time, so he's P10

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Vettel gets a good start and is away staying P1, but Webber is beaten by Rosberg who now takes P2

 

Webber now defending hard against Hamilton.

 

Hamilton edges ahead, but runs wide and loses three places.

 

Hamilton has just flown past Button, but Button takes the place right back.

 

Perez is in for a new nose and Glock is out of the race. (He didn't actually start)

 

Petrov and Schumacher have a bit of a Tussle and collide resulting in Schumacher pitting for a new nose.

 

Kobayashi (starting from 24th) is P16 already.

 

Webber now passes Rosberg no problem to take P2 back.

 

Hamilton and Button are yo-yoing.

 

Alonso attacks Rosberg now, but doesn't get past - he has a second attempt and is successful this time.

 

Button is presently ahead of Hamilton who is under attack from Massa

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