The 2019 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019)[1] was the third race of the 2019 Formula One season, and the sixteenth Chinese Grand Prix overall. It also marks the 1,000th Formula One Grand Prix.[2][3] It was held between 12 April and 14 April 2019.
In qualifying, Valtteri Bottas took his first pole position of the season, also marking his first pole at the Shanghai International Circuit. Lewis Hamilton qualified second behind, marking the first time he qualified on the front row at the Shanghai International Circuit without securing pole position, not counting when he was pushed back with a five-place grid penalty in 2012. Sebastian Vettel, the polesitter in 2018, could only manage third on the grid.
In the race, Hamilton made a better start and immediately snatched the lead from Bottas, while Charles Leclerc overtook Vettel at Turn 1. The virtual safety car was briefly deployed on lap 1 after a collision involving Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz, Jr. and Lando Norris resulted in some debris left on the track, though it quickly ended on lap 2. Leclerc was later given team orders to let Vettel back past, doing so on the start/finish straight on lap 11, and then fell behind Max Verstappen following their first pit stops. Hamilton went on to take his seventy-fifth victory, while Bottas finished in second place, thus making Mercedes the first constructor to score three consecutive 1-2 finishes since Williams in 1992. Behind them, Vettel settled for third place, completing the podium.
Background[]
| Driver | Hard | Med | Soft | Driver | Hard | Med | Soft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 1 | 4 | 8 | Bottas | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Vettel | 2 | 4 | 7 | Leclerc | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Verstappen | 2 | 3 | 8 | Gasly | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Ricciardo | 1 | 4 | 8 | Hülkenberg | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Magnussen | 2 | 3 | 8 | Grosjean | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Sainz | 2 | 2 | 9 | Norris | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Pérez | 2 | 3 | 8 | Stroll | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Räikkönen | 2 | 3 | 8 | Giovinazzi | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Kvyat | 2 | 3 | 8 | Albon | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Russell | 1 | 5 | 7 | Kubica | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Source[4] | |||||||
Entry list[]
Practice Overview[]
FP1[]
FP2[]
FP3[]
Practice Results[]
| No | Driver | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | ||||||||
| 3 |  Daniel Ricciardo
|
 Renault
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1:35.239 | 6 | 1:34.336 | 9 | 1:35.142 | 13 | |||||
| 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Renault
|
1:35.631 | 13 | 1:34.296 | 8 | 1:34.938 | 11 | |||||
| 5 |  Sebastian Vettel
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 Ferrari
|
1:33.911 | 1 | 1:33.357 | 2 | 1:33.222 | 2 | |||||
| 7 |  Kimi Räikkönen
|
 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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1:35.729 | 15 | 1:34.551 | 11 | 1:34.246 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
 Haas-Ferrari
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1:35.507 | 10 | 1:35.704 | 17 | 1:35.771 | 17 | |||||
| 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
 Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
1:35.428 | 7 | 1:34.455 | 10 | 1:35.326 | 15 | |||||
| 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:35.820 | 17 | 1:34.784 | 15 | 1:35.078 | 12 | |||||
| 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari
|
1:34.167 | 3 | 1:34.158 | 7 | 1:33.248 | 3 | |||||
| 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-Mercedes
|
1:35.466 | 9 | 1:34.779 | 14 | 1:35.223 | 14 | |||||
| 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
1:35.517 | 11 | 1:34.788 | 16 | 1:35.998 | 18 | |||||
| 23 |  Alexander Albon
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:35.695 | 14 | 1:34.634 | 12 | 1:34.600 | 9 | |||||
| 26 |  Daniil Kvyat
|
Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
1:35.447 | 8 | 1:34.694 | 13 | 1:34.783 | 10 | |||||
| 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
1:35.591 | 12 | 1:34.096 | 5 | 1:33.974 | 5 | |||||
| 33 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda
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1:34.334 | 4 | 1:33.551 | 3 | 1:34.447 | 7 | |||||
| 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
|
1:34.118 | 2 | 1:34.037 | 4 | 1:33.689 | 4 | |||||
| 55 |  Carlos Sainz, Jr.
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McLaren-Renault
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1:35.756 | 16 | 1:34.141 | 6 | 1:34.510 | 8 | |||||
| 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:37.619 | 19 | 1:36.229 | 20 | 1:36.124 | 19 | |||||
| 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
|
1:34.653 | 5 | 1:33.330 | 1 | 1:32.830 | 1 | |||||
| 88 |  Robert Kubica
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Williams-Mercedes
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1:36.847 | 18 | 1:36.121 | 19 | 1:36.176 | 20 | |||||
| 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
No Time | 20 | 1:35.914 | 18 | 1:35.726 | 16 | |||||
| Source: [5][6][7] | |||||||||||||
Qualifying[]
Q1[]
Q2[]
Q3[]
Qualifying Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Mercedes
|
1 | 1:32.658 | 2 | 1:31.728 | 1 | 1:31.547 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes
|
3 | 1:33.115 | 1 | 1:31.637 | 2 | 1:31.570 | 2 | |||
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel
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Ferrari
|
5 | 1:33.557 | 3 | 1:32.232 | 3 | 1:31.848 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
|
Ferrari
|
2 | 1:32.712 | 4 | 1:32.324 | 4 | 1:31.865 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 33 | Max Verstappen
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
4 | 1:33.274 | 5 | 1:32.369 | 5 | 1:32.089 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
|
Red Bull Racing-Honda
|
11 | 1:33.863 | 6 | 1:32.948 | 6 | 1:32.930 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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Renault
|
8 | 1:33.709 | 10 | 1:33.214 | 7 | 1:32.958 | 7 | |||
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
|
Renault
|
6 | 1:33.644 | 7 | 1:32.968 | 8 | 1:32.962 | 8 | |||
| 9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari
|
13 | 1:34.036 | 8 | 1:33.150 | 9 | no time | 9 | |||
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean
|
Haas-Ferrari
|
9 | 1:33.752 | 9 | 1:33.156 | 10 | no time | 10 | |||
| 11 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
10 | 1:33.783 | 11 | 1:33.236 | 11 | |||||
| 12 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Racing Point-Mercedes
|
12 | 1:34.026 | 12 | 1:33.299 | 12 | |||||
| 13 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen
|
Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
|
14 | 1:34.125 | 13 | 1:33.419 | 13 | |||||
| 14 | 55 | Carlos Sainz, Jr.
|
McLaren-Renault
|
7 | 1:33.686 | 14 | 1:33.523 | 14 | |||||
| 15 | 4 | Lando Norris
|
McLaren-Renault
|
15 | 1:34.148 | 15 | 1:33.967 | 15 | |||||
| 16 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Racing Point-Mercedes
|
16 | 1:34.292 | 16 | |||||||
| 17 | 63 | George Russell
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Williams-Mercedes
|
17 | 1:35.253 | 17 | |||||||
| 18 | 88 | Robert Kubica
|
Williams-Mercedes
|
18 | 1:35.281 | 18 | |||||||
| 107% time: 1:39.144 | |||||||||||||
| NC | 99 | Antonio Giovinazzi
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Alfa Romeo-Ferrari
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19 | no time | 19* | |||||||
| NC | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda
|
20 | no time | PL† | |||||||
| Source: [8] | |||||||||||||
- * Giovinazzi failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race.[8]
- † Albon did not participate in qualifying due to his car being repaired following a crash in FP3, but was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race. With the chassis being changed, Albon had to start from the pit lane.[8][9] Albon was later given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[10]
Grid[]
| Pos. | Pos. | |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | Driver | |
| ______________ | ||
| Row 1 | 1 | ______________ |
| Valtteri Bottas | 2 | |
| ______________ | Lewis Hamilton | |
| Row 2 | 3 | ______________ |
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | |
| ______________ | Charles Leclerc | |
| Row 3 | 5 | ______________ |
| Max Verstappen | 6 | |
| ______________ | Pierre Gasly | |
| Row 4 | 7 | ______________ |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 8 | |
| ______________ | Nico Hülkenberg | |
| Row 5 | 9 | ______________ |
| Kevin Magnussen | 10 | |
| ______________ | Romain Grosjean | |
| Row 6 | 11 | ______________ |
| Daniil Kvyat | 12 | |
| ______________ | Sergio Pérez | |
| Row 7 | 13 | ______________ |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 14 | |
| ______________ | Carlos Sainz, Jr. | |
| Row 8 | 15 | ______________ |
| Lando Norris | 16 | |
| ______________ | Lance Stroll | |
| Row 9 | 17 | ______________ |
| George Russell | 18 | |
| ______________ | Robert Kubica | |
| Row 10 | 19 | ______________ |
| Antonio Giovinazzi* | 20 | |
| ______________ | Alexander Albon† |
- * Giovinazzi failed to set a lap time within the 107% rule, but was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race.[8]
- † Albon did not participate in qualifying due to his car being repaired following a crash in FP3, but was given permission from the stewards to participate in the race. With the chassis being changed, Albon had to start from the pit lane.[8][9] Albon was later given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.[10]
Race[]
Report[]
Marcus Dudley Mercedes team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.
Results[]
- * 8 points for sixth place and 1 point for the fastest lap.
Milestones[]
- The 1,000th Grand Prix.
- Daniil Kvyat's 75th start (77th entry).
- Lewis Hamilton's 75th victory.
- Hamilton leads his 4,000th lap.
- Mercedes becomes the first team to score three consecutive 1-2 finishes at the start of a season since Williams in 1992.
- Pierre Gasly's first fastest lap.
- Hamilton overtakes Giancarlo Fisichella for the tenth highest number of race entries.
Standings[]
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Only point-scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
Notes[]
- ↑ "Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019". formula1.com. Formula One Administration. https://www.formula1.com/en/racing/2019/China.html. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Formula 1 announces draft 2019 season calendar". Formula1.com. 31 August 2018. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/8/formula-1--announces-draft-2019-season-calendar.html. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ Morlidge, Matt (15 May 2018). "F1 chiefs wanted to move British GP to stage 1,000th GP at Silverstone". skysports.com. http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/11370249/f1-chiefs-wanted-to-move-british-gp-to-stage-1000th-gp-at-silverstone. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Chinese Grand Prix – Selected sets per driver". Pirelli. 2 April 2019. https://press.pirelli.com/2019-chinese-grand-prix--selected-sets-per-driver/. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Chinese Grand Prix – Practice 1 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/practice-1.html. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Chinese Grand Prix – Practice 2 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 12 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/practice-2.html. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ "2019 Chinese Grand Prix – Practice 3 results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/practice-3.html. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "2019 Chinese Grand Prix – Qualifying results". Formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 13 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/qualifying.html. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "MUST-SEE: Albon on the huge FP3 crash that ruled him out of Chinese Grand Prix qualifying | Formula 1®". www.formula1.com. 13 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.must-see-albon-out-of-qualifying-after-huge-fp3-crash.3zBLfjoLntmfqySQMlg8fL.html. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "FIA Stewards Decision — Document No. 28". FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 April 2019. https://www.fia.com/file/79497/download. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "Chinese Grand Prix 2019 Race Results". formula1.com (Formula One Administration). 14 April 2019. https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1002/china/race-result.html. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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