The 2014 Chinese Grand Prix is the fourth race of the 2014 Formula One Season. It will be held over the weekend of April 18–20th 2013 at the Shanghai International Circuit in the Jiading District of Shanghai, China. It is the eleventh running of the Chinese Grand Prix, all of which have been held at the Shanghai circuit.
Background
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Nico Rosberg and his Mercedes team lead the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships going into the Chinese Grand Prix. Rosberg's lead over Lewis Hamilton is 11 points, while Mercedes have more than twice the points of their nearest rivals, Force India - a lead of 67 points.
Pastor Maldonado will take a five-place grid drop for this race as a result of an avoidable accident in Bahrain in which Esteban Gutiérrez' car was sent somersaulting across the track. The incident also earned the Lotus driver three penalty points on his Super License.
Entry list
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Practice Overview
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FP1
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FP2
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Track conditions were cold for the second free practice session in Shanghi. The tempurature remained in the 23°C range causing many teams to experience tyre graining late in the session.

Lotus driver, Pastor Maldonado exits his car after crashing into the wall during FP2
While entering pit lane, Lotus' Pastor Maldonado crashed into the wall in the pit entrance.
Caterham's Kamui Kobayashi had some trouble when the team detected an issue with the car. He was forced to return to the pits, but later returned to the track.
Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes managed to post the fastest lap for the session, but claims that there was something not right with his car.
FP3
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Practice Results
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No | Driver | Team | ||||||
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Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | |||
1 | 1:41.629 | 9 | 1:39.015 | 5 | 1:56.233 | 11 | ||
3 | 1:40.772 | 3 | 1:38.811 | 4 | 1:53.958 | 1 | ||
4 | 1:44.782 | 20 | 1:43.473 | 20 | 1:56.841 | 14 | ||
6 | 1:40.181 | 2 | 1:38.726 | 3 | No time | 19 | ||
7 | No time | 22 | 1:39.283 | 7 | 1:55.062 | 5 | ||
8 | 1:42.090 | 12 | 1:39.537 | 9 | 1:54.514 | 3 | ||
9 | 1:44.835 | 21 | 1:43.679 | 22 | 1:59.507 | 18 | ||
10 | 1:44.038 | 17 | 1:43.530 | 21 | 1:57.812 | 16 | ||
11 | 1:42.733 | 15 | 1:40.124 | 15 | 1:56.019 | 10 | ||
13 | 1:43.731 | 16 | 1:40.455 | 18 | 1:55.228 | 6 | ||
14 | 1:39.783 | 1 | 1:38.456 | 2 | No time | 21 | ||
17 | 1:44.270 | 19 | 1:42.327 | 19 | 1:57.976 | 17 | ||
19 | 1:41.699 | 10 | 1:39.118 | 6 | 1:54.492 | 2 | ||
20 | 1:41.366 | 6 | 1:39.744 | 12 | No time | 20 | ||
21 | 1:44.162 | 18 | 1:40.359 | 16 | 1:57.468 | 15 | ||
22 | 1:40.970 | 4 | 1:39.491 | 8 | 1:55.673 | 9 | ||
25 | 1:41.505 | 7 | 1:39.759 | 13 | 1:56.380 | 12 | ||
26 | 1:41.977 | 11 | 1:39.648 | 10 | 1:55.235 | 7 | ||
27 | 1:41.175 | 5 | 1:39.736 | 11 | 1:55.032 | 4 | ||
36 | 1:42.615 | 14 | ||||||
40 | 1:42.265 | 13 | ||||||
44 | 1:41.560 | 8 | 1:38.315 | 1 | No time | 22 | ||
77 | 1:39.830 | 14 | 1:55.381 | 8 | ||||
99 | 1:40.395 | 17 | 1:56.760 | 13 |
Qualifying
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Q1
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Q2
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Q3
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Qualifying Results
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Grid
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Pos | Pos | |
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Driver | Driver | |
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Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
Lewis Hamilton | 2 | |
______________ | Daniel Ricciardo | |
Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
Sebastian Vettel | 4 | |
______________ | Nico Rosberg | |
Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
Fernando Alonso | 6 | |
______________ | Felipe Massa | |
Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
Valtteri Bottas | 8 | |
______________ | Nico Hülkenberg | |
Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
Jean-Éric Vergne | 10 | |
______________ | Romain Grosjean | |
Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
Kimi Räikkönen | 12 | |
______________ | Jenson Button | |
Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
Daniil Kvyat | 14 | |
______________ | Adrian Sutil | |
Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
Kevin Magnussen | 16 | |
______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
Esteban Gutiérrez | 18 | |
______________ | Kamui Kobayashi | |
Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
Jules Bianchi | 20 | |
______________ | Marcus Ericsson | |
Row 11 | 21 | ______________ |
Max Chilton | 22 | |
______________ | Pastor Maldonado [1] |
- ↑ Pastor Maldonado is serving a 5 place grid penalty for causing a collision at the 2014 Bahrain Grand Prix
Race
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Results
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*Note: Race initially scheduled for 56 laps. However, the chequered flag was mistakenly shown to Lewis Hamilton at the end of the 55th lap. Results were therefore taken as of the end of Lap 54, in line with Article 43.2 of the FIA Sporting Regulations:
Milestones
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- Lewis Hamilton: 34th pole, stands alone as the fourth-most pole positions.
- Lewis Hamilton: 25th win, ties Niki Lauda and Jim Clark, equal best by a British driver.
- Lewis Hamilton: Third consecutive victory.
- Lewis Hamilton: Lead his 1,500th lap (1,506 laps at the end of the race).
- Mercedes: 100th consecutive points score for Mercedes-engined cars.
Standings after race
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