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.
Order:-
Button
Hamilton
Vettel
Massa
Alonso
Sutil
Kobayashi
Petrov
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.
Order:-
Rosberg
Petrov
Vettel
Button
Massa
Hamilton
Heidfeld
Schumacher
Alonso
Di Resta
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
Order:-
Vettel
Massa
Alonso
Rosberg
Button
Hamilton
Di Resta
Sutil
Rosberg sails past Alonso for third place
Webber passes Barrichello for P14
Hamilton passes Alonso now who has already been passed by Button
Vettel is under pressure from Massa, but pits before it becomes serious. Massa now leading
Vettel down to sixth.
Order:-
Massa
Rosberg
Button
Hamilton
Alonso
Vettel
Di Resta
Petrov
Schumacher
Webber
Several more cars, including Massa's pit, Rosberg leading again.
Webber was up to P7, but has just lost it to Petrov, who gives it back to him a few corners later.
Alonso looks hard at Petrov, but doesn't pass.
Order:-
Rosberg
Button
Hamilton
Vettel
Massa
Schumacher
Webber
Petrov
Alonso
Perez
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
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.
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. 
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
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.
Order:-
Vettel
Hamilton
Massa
Button
Rosberg
Webber
Alonso
Schumacher
Di Resta
Kobayashi
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
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
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
Don't worry El Loro, I'm just joking!
Didn't mean for there to be such a long break before posting the rest.
RL getting in the way again! 
