The Chinese Grand Prix is the 3rd race in the Formula One World Championship season.
The Shanghai International Circuit is one of the most expensive and trickiest race tracks in the world. Upon its completion in 2004, it was the most expensive Formula One Circuit facility at $240M. That record was broken in 2009 when Abu Dhabi was completed at $6B. The 5.451 km long circuit has one of the trickiest corners combination in all of Formula 1, with the ever tightening Turns 1 and 2 which are 270 degree, right handed corner combinations.
Last year, Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari won Pole Position but it was Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo who won the race at 1:35:36.380. Finishing second at +8.894 was Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes while Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen completed the podium at +9.637 in third place.
Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was second in the Chinese Grand Prix in 2016 and 2017 before coming up 8th last year. Seb finished fourth behind Bottas, Hamilton and Verstappen in Australia and fifth in Bahrain, meaning that the German driver will need to bounce back and score a good result as not get behind in the points standings.
Join us for the latest updates and results from the Shanghai International Circuit, as the first practice session for the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix is about to get underway, with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc at the wheel of the SF90, ready to evaluate the ideal set-up ahead of the qualifying session and the race on Sunday.
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