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2019 Chinese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Shanghai

Session Reports

FP1: Vettel edges Hamilton in opening practice session in Shanghai

FP2: Bottas takes over for Mercedes in second practice in Shanghai

FP3: Bottas stays ahead on Saturday morning as big Albon crash ends session

Qualifying: Bottas beats Hamilton to Race 1000 pole in Shanghai

Race: Hamilton makes history with Race 1000 victory in Shanghai

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from practice day in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from qualifying day in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Shanghai

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.911s		19
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.118s	+ 0.207s	21
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.167s	+ 0.256s	21
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.334s	+ 0.423s	20
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:34.653s	+ 0.742s	23
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:35.239s	+ 1.328s	23
7	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:35.428s	+ 1.517s	23
8	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:35.447s	+ 1.536s	24
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:35.466s	+ 1.555s	25
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.507s	+ 1.596s	24
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.517s	+ 1.606s	25
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:35.591s	+ 1.680s	22
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:35.631s	+ 1.720s	24
14	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:35.695s	+ 1.784s	26
15	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:35.729s	+ 1.818s	23
16	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:35.756s	+ 1.845s	24
17	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:35.820s	+ 1.909s	24
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:36.847s	+ 2.936s	27
19	George Russell	Williams	1:37.619s	+ 3.708s	28
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo			2

Free Practice 2 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:33.330s		37
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.357s	+ 0.027s	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.551s	+ 0.221s	29
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:34.037s	+ 0.707s	32
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:34.096s	+ 0.766s	31
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:34.141s	+ 0.811s	36
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.158s	+ 0.828s	13
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.296s	+ 0.966s	38
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:34.336s	+ 1.006s	32
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:34.455s	+ 1.125s	32
11	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:34.551s	+ 1.221s	33
12	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:34.634s	+ 1.304s	37
13	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:34.694s	+ 1.364s	20
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:34.779s	+ 1.449s	37
15	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.784s	+ 1.454s	35
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.788s	+ 1.458s	34
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.704s	+ 2.374s	32
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.914s	+ 2.584s	40
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:36.121s	+ 2.791s	38
20	George Russell	Williams	1:36.229s	+ 2.899s	35

Free Practice 3 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.830s		11
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.222s	+ 0.392s	12
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.248s	+ 0.418s	10
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.689s	+ 0.859s	10
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.974s	+ 1.144s	11
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:34.246s	+ 1.416s	14
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.447s	+ 1.617s	5
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:34.510s	+ 1.680s	9
9	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	1:34.600s	+ 1.770s	11
10	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:34.783s	+ 1.953s	10
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.938s	+ 2.108s	11
12	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:35.078s	+ 2.248s	9
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:35.142s	+ 2.312s	11
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:35.223s	+ 2.393s	10
15	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:35.326s	+ 2.496s	8
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	1:35.726s	+ 2.896s	12
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:35.771s	+ 2.941s	14
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.998s	+ 3.168s	15
19	George Russell	Williams	1:36.124s	+ 3.294s	10
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:36.176s	+ 3.346s	11

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.658s	1:31.728s	1:31.547s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.115s	1:31.637s	1:31.570s
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.557s	1:32.232s	1:31.848s
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.712s	1:32.324s	1:31.865s
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.274s	1:32.369s	1:32.089s
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:33.863s	1:32.948s	1:32.930s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:33.709s	1:33.214s	1:32.958s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.644s	1:32.968s	1:32.962s
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.036s	1:33.150s
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.752s	1:33.156s
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:33.783s	1:33.236s
12	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.026s	1:33.299s
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:34.125s	1:33.419s
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	1:33.686s	1:33.523s
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.148s	1:33.967s
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:34.292s
17	George Russell	Williams	1:35.253s
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:35.281s
19	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo
20	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso

Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	56 laps - 1:32:06.350s	2
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+ 6.552s	2
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	+ 13.744s	2
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+ 27.627s	2
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 31.276s	2
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	+ 89.307s	3
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	+ 1 lap	1
8	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	1
9	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	1
10	Alexander Albon	Toro Rosso	+ 1 lap	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	+ 1 lap	2
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 1 lap	2
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	+ 1 lap	2
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo	+ 1 lap	2
16	George Russell	Williams	+ 2 laps	2
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	+ 2 laps	1
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ dnfs	4
19	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	DNF	4
20	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNF	2

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