Formula 1-Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) has the GP of China, the third race of the current Formula 1 season and the 1,000 th F1 race ever, won. The Briton rushed at the start polepakker and team-mate Valtteri Bottas past and gave that position not from the hands. Bottas was second, with Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) third. Five-fold world champion Hamilton is thanks to his second victory of the season, the new world cup leader. Mercedes now has three in three, Bottas won the openingsmanche.
On the circuit of Shanghai overtook the British world champion in his Mercedes for his Finnish team-mate Valtteri Bottas. That was from the pole moved on, but it was at the start immediately surpassed by Hamilton. The five-time world champion rode a flawless race and had the finish line six seconds ahead of his team mate. For Hamilton, it was the 75th victory of his career, the second this season after Bahrain and the sixth in China.
The German Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) came third over the finish line, thirteen seconds, and kept the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) from the last spot on the podium. The Monegask Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) completed the top five. Pierre Gasly, the French team-mate of Verstappen, finished sixth.
In the standings of the world cup jumping Hamilton on Bottas into the lead. He has 68 points, six more than the Fin. Vettel has 31 points behind. About two weeks (28 april) in the Azerbaijani Baku the next Major Price organized.
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