2019 Chinese Grand Prix

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2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 3 of 21 in the 2019 Formula One World Championship
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Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race details [1]
Date14 April 2019
Official name Formula 1 Heineken Chinese 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 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda
Time 1:34.742 on lap 55
Podium
First Mercedes
Second Mercedes
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 2019 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2019 Chinese Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2019) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 14 April 2019 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. The race was the 3rd round of the 2019 Formula One World Championship, and marked the 16th time that the Chinese Grand Prix had been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. The race also marked the 1000th World Championship race since the first World Championship race was held at the Silverstone Circuit in 1950. This is also the last Chinese Grand Prix until 2024 as the 2020–2023 Grands Prix were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

Contents

Background

Championship standings before the race

Heading into the race, Valtteri Bottas was leading the Drivers' Championship by one point from Lewis Hamilton. [3] Bottas's team Mercedes was leading the Constructors' Championship by 39 points from Ferrari. [3]

Entrants

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]

Free practice

Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the first practice session with Valtteri 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 when Alexander Albon lost control of his Toro 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]

Qualifying

The first qualifying session ended with no incidents with Valtteri Bottas setting the fastest lap of the session ahead of Charles Leclerc and teammate Lewis Hamilton. Qualifying ended with the elimination of Lance Stroll, George Russell, Robert Kubica, Antonio Giovinazzi and Alex Albon, the last two of whom failed to set a time in the session.

The second qualifying session ended without incident with Lewis Hamilton setting the fastest lap on the medium compound tyre. Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen also set their laps on the medium compound tyre. Daniil Kvyat, Sergio Pérez, Kimi Räikkönen, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando 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 with Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel rounding off the top 3. When setting up their second runs, Max Verstappen was overtaken at turn 14 by Sebastian Vettel and both Renault cars, this prevented him from crossing the line before the end of the session. Pierre Gasly and both Haas 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 of Lewis 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 and Romain Grosjean.

Qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
177 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:32.6581:31.7281:31.5471
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:33.1151:31.6371:31.5702
35 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:33.5571:32.2321:31.8483
416 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:32.7121:32.3241:31.8654
533 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:33.2741:32.3691:32.0895
610 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda 1:33.8631:32.9481:32.9306
73 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 1:33.7091:33.2141:32.9587
827 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:33.6441:32.9681:32.9628
920 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:34.0361:33.150No time9
108 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:33.7521:33.156No time10
1126 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1:33.7831:33.236N/A11
1211 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:34.0261:33.299N/A12
137 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 1:34.1251:33.419N/A13
1455 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 1:33.6861:33.523N/A14
154 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 1:34.1481:33.967N/A15
1618 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 1:34.292N/AN/A16
1763 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 1:35.253N/AN/A17
1888 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 1:35.281N/AN/A18
107% time: 1:39.144
99 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari No timeN/AN/A19 1
23 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda No timeN/AN/APL 2
Source: [8] [9]
Notes

Race

Lewis Hamilton won the race ahead of his teammate Valtteri Bottas and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. [11]

At the start of the race Bottas got a bad start allowing Hamilton to lead into the first corner. At the fourth corner Daniil Kvyat, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando 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 11 Charles Leclerc was ordered by Ferrari to let his teammate Vettel past. Nico Hülkenberg retired on lap 17 with an MGU-K problem. Daniel Ricciardo managed to score his first points of the season and his first points for Renault. Pierre Gasly got the first fastest lap of his career. [12] It was also Mercedes' third 1–2 finish of the season and the first time that a team has managed a 1–2 in the first three races of a season since Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese did so for Williams in 1992. [13]

The podium celebration 2019 Chinese Grand Prix, Champagne Time (47553430762).jpg
The podium celebration

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 561:32:06.350225
277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 56+6.552118
35 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 56+13.774315
433 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda 56+27.627512
516 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 56+31.276410
610 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Red Bull Racing-Honda 56+1:29.30769 1
73 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Renault 55+1 lap76
811 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 55+1 lap124
97 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 55+1 lap132
1023 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 55+1 lapPL1
118 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 55+1 lap10
1218 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Racing Point-BWT Mercedes 55+1 lap16
1320 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 55+1 lap9
1455 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. McLaren-Renault 55+1 lap14
1599 Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing-Ferrari 55+1 lap19
1663 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Williams-Mercedes 54+2 laps17
1788 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica Williams-Mercedes 54+2 laps18
18 2 4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Renault 50Collision damage15
Ret26 Flag of Russia.svg Daniil Kvyat Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 41Collision damage11
Ret27 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 16Power unit8
Fastest lap: Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly (Red Bull Racing-Honda) – 1:34.742 (lap 55)
Source: [9] [11] [14]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

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