Lewis Hamilton logically wins in China

Mercedes resumed his march forward. The two Silver Arrows of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg dominated the Chinese Grand Prix this Sunday, contested on the Shanghai route. The hierarchy of the top 6 of this third event of the 2015 season was mainly defined at the start. If Hamilton, Rosberg and Hag (Ferrari) retained their positions, Kimi Räikkönen made a very good takeoff to impose his SF15-T in front of the two Williams FW37 by Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas and get into the rhythm of your teammate.

The order will not change until the finish, despite the pressure initially exerted by the Scuderia single-seaters on the W06 Hybrids, nor by the intervention of the safety car to allow evacuation at the very end of the test of the Toro Rosso de Max Verstappen, immobilized on the pit straight following a mechanical problem.

Behind the first six, Romain Grosjean lifts his Lotus E23 to 7th place, and ahead of Felipe Nasr's Sauber, the Red Bull de Daniel Ricciardo and the second Sauber C34 of Marcus Ericsson. Clan Renault experienced a complicated race since, in addition to Verstappen's retirement, Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull) was also stopped by a mechanical failure on his RB11, while Carlos Sainz (Toro Rosso), victim of a spin at the start of the Grand Prix, finally finished 14th behind the two McLaren de Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. The two Manors of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi rank 15th and 16th.

Pastor Maldonado (Lotus), who missed his entry into the pit lane during his last stop, was subsequently involved in a collision with Jenson Button, and was forced to retire moments later.

The next round of the World Championship will take place on the weekend of April 17-19 in Bahrain.

Discover the analysis of the Chinese GP in the 2007 issue of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.