| 2019 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 3 of 21 in the2019 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 14 April 2019 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1HeinekenChinese Grand Prix 2019 | ||||
| Location | Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai,China | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Partly cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 160,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:31.547 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Pierre Gasly | Red Bull Racing-Honda | |||
| Time | 1:34.742 on lap 55 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2019 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as theFormula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019) was aFormula One motor race that took place on 14 April 2019 at theShanghai International Circuit inShanghai, China. The race was the 3rd round of the2019 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 16th time that theChinese Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race also marked the 1000th World Championship race since thefirst World Championship race was held at theSilverstone Circuit in1950. This was also the lastChinese Grand Prix until2024 as the 2020–2023 Grands Prix were not held due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Heading into the race,Valtteri Bottas was leading the Drivers' Championship by one point fromLewis Hamilton.[3] Bottas's teamMercedes was leading the Constructors' Championship by 39 points fromFerrari.[3]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand in drivers for either the race or practice.[4]
Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the first practice session withValtteri Bottas fastest in the second practice.[5][6] Bottas was again fastest in FP3 on Saturday, however the session was brought to a premature end whenAlexander Albon lost control of hisToro Rosso and hit the wall on the exit of the final corner, smashing into the wall rear-first with an impact of 49g. He would not compete in qualifying due to the damage sustained from the accident and therefore started from the pitlane.[7]
The first qualifying session ended with no incidents withValtteri Bottas setting the fastest lap of the session ahead ofCharles Leclerc and teammateLewis Hamilton. Qualifying ended with the elimination ofLance Stroll,George Russell,Robert Kubica,Antonio Giovinazzi andAlex Albon, the last two of whom failed to set a time in the session.
The second qualifying session ended without incident withLewis Hamilton setting the fastest lap on themedium compound tyre.Valtteri Bottas,Sebastian Vettel,Charles Leclerc andMax Verstappen also set their laps on themedium compound tyre.Daniil Kvyat,Sergio Pérez,Kimi Räikkönen,Carlos Sainz Jr. andLando Norris were eliminated from qualifying.
The third qualifying session ended without incident with most drivers having two chances to set a fastest lap. After the first runs,Valtteri Bottas was quickest withLewis Hamilton andSebastian Vettel rounding off the top 3. When setting up their second runs,Max Verstappen was overtaken at turn 14 bySebastian Vettel and bothRenault cars, this prevented him from crossing the line before the end of the session.Pierre Gasly and bothHaas cars were also unable to start a lap before the session ended as a result. At the end of the session,Valtteri Bottas was on pole position 0.023 seconds ahead ofLewis Hamilton in second.Sebastian Vettel qualified third. The rest of the top ten consisted of, in qualifying order,Charles Leclerc,Max Verstappen,Pierre Gasly,Daniel Ricciardo,Nico Hülkenberg,Kevin Magnussen andRomain Grosjean.
Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of his teammateValtteri Bottas andFerrari'sSebastian Vettel.[11]
At the start of the race Bottas got a bad start allowing Hamilton to lead into the first corner. At the fourth cornerDaniil Kvyat,Carlos Sainz Jr. andLando Norris collided which would cause Norris and Kvyat to retire later in the race, despite Kvyat receiving a drive-through penalty as the stewards blamed him for the incident. On lap 11Charles Leclerc was ordered by Ferrari to let his teammate Vettel past.Nico Hülkenberg retired on lap 17 with anMGU-K problem.Daniel Ricciardo managed to score his first points of the season and his first points forRenault.Pierre Gasly got the first fastest lap of his career.[12] It was alsoMercedes' third 1–2 finish of theseason and the first time that a team has managed a 1–2 in the first three races of a season sinceNigel Mansell andRiccardo Patrese did so forWilliams in1992.[13]
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