F1 2018 - Ricciardo (Red Bull) Surprise Wins Chinese Grand Prix - Formula 1

F1 2018 - Ricciardo (Red Bull) Surprise Wins Chinese Grand Prix - Formula 1

Unexpected victory for Riccardo and Red Bull at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai: thanks to the safety car and excellent strategy

Riccardo surprisingly won China GP a Shanghai - third test F1 world 2018 - with Red Bull, a race full of twists and turns (in the second half), won by intervention safety car - entered the track on lap 32 after contact between two riders Toro Rosso (Pierre Gasti e Brandon Hartley) - and the impeccable strategy of the Austrian team's engineers.

Behind the Australian driver Valtteri Bottas (2 ° C Mercedes) AND Kimi Raikkonen (3 ° C Ferrari). However, a race to be forgotten Sebastian Vettel: started from pole and in the first pit stop he was bullied by Bottas, he lost position due to entering safety car and finished in 8th place with a car damaged Max Verstappen.

F1 World Championship 2018 - Chinese Grand Prix: report cards

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

Il GP China 2018 di Kimi Raikkonen To summarize: on Saturday he conquers the first row, at the start he is pulled up by Vettel, and after a few laps he is pushed back by the wall. Ferrari postpone the break and run with the tires ready to slow down Bottas and thus allow his teammate to return. But that's not all: when safety car he is not invited to the pits to change bus as the drivers of Red Bull did. Despite all this bad luck, he closes in third position and takes the second podium in the first three races of the season: from a round of applause.

Daniel Riccardo (Red Bull)

Riccardo won the victory as successfully as it was sought. Despite being in the same conditions as comrade Verstappen, he was able to triumph by performing - unlike his colleague, as elegant in duels as a hippopotamus in a pot shop - very clean overtakes. He deserves a more competitive car

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes)

A Shanghai we saw very good Valtteri Bottas: at the start, he harshly marks Vettel, and at the pit stop he manages to get to the first position, taking advantage of the excessive slowness of the mechanics Ferrari... He manages to keep up with his German rival despite Raikkonen's slowdown and market entry safety car but there is little he can do against Riccardo with brand new tires. For the Finnish driver, this is the fifth podium in the last six races held: not bad.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Seven on the report card Lewis Hamilton, but only for the fact that he was able to bite off 8 points from Vettel in F1 world 2018... Slower than his teammate Bottas in qualifying (for the second race in a row), he never seems to be able to fight for the podium. The reigning world champion has not won the Grand Prix for almost six months: one can officially speak of a crisis.

Mercedes

Third dry race wins for Mercedes but also the first place in F1 world 2018 The constructors made money on the placements. The low wall has no flaws in Bottas' strategy (input safety car he started after the Finn and Vettel entered the garage) but he could have changed tires at least in Hamilton.

F1 World Championship 2018 - Chinese Grand Prix Results

Free practice 1

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1: 33.999

2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) – 1:34.358

3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 1: 34.457

4. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) - 1: 34.537

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 1: 34.668

Free practice 2

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1: 33.482

2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) – 1:33.489

3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 1: 33.515

4. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) - 1: 33.590

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 1: 33.823

Free practice 3

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) - 1: 33.018

2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) – 1:33.469

3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 1: 33.761

4. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 1: 33.969

5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1: 34.057

Qualifications

1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) - 1: 31.095

2. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) – 1:31.182

3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) - 1: 31.625

4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 1: 31.675

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) – 1: 31.796

Race

1 Daniel Riccardo (Red Bull) 1: 35: 36.380

2. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) + 8.9 s

3 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) + 9.6 p.

4.Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) + 17.0 p.

5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) + 20.4 s

1 F2018 World Championship standings after Chinese Grand Prix

World Drivers Ranking

1.Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 54 points

2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) - 45 points

3. Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 40 points

4. Daniel Riccardo (Red Bull) 37 points

5.Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) £ 30

World ranking of constructors

1 Mercedes 85 points

2 Ferrari 84 points

3 pawls Red Bull-TAG Heuer 55

4 McLaren – Renault 28 points

5 Renault 25 points

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