The 8 Best Moments From The Crazy Chinese Grand Prix

1. Rosberg loses the lead

Nico Rosberg started on pole position but he didn’t hold onto the lead for long: a brilliant start saw Daniel Ricciardo take the lead, while at the back Lewis Hamilton had a great launch from the line – unlike at the last two races!

2. It all kicks off

But then, chaos ensued. Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel collided, bunching up the field behind. Romain Grosjean damaged his front wing and then Hamilton got hit by Felipe Nasr and suffered damage. We didn’t know where to look!

3. Puncture, puncture!

With so much debris around, it was no surprise someone picked up a puncture. Sadly that was race leader Ricciardo, who had to pit immediately and quickly fell down the order. Rosberg reclaimed the lead and the safety car was then deployed.

4. Cheeky Vettel

Vettel was getting impatient and did not appreciate Nico Hulkenberg’s slow pace entering the pitlane! He cheekily jumped ahead of two cars at the entrance to the pits, an opportunistic and (most importantly) legal move.

5. Pit chaos

Jenson Button had quite a view during the safety car pit phase. There were cars everywhere and he was forced to take avoiding action more than once. Pretty frantic!

6. Battles, battles everywhere

We’ve seen this at the last two races, but there really were battles and fights all over the place. Up and down the order (other than Rosberg out front), we witnessed some great racing and some frantic on-track action. Lucky us.

7. Rosberg victorious

Three out of three. It’s been quite a start to the season for Rosberg. He finished 38 seconds clear of Vettel to win the Chinese GP, his sixth consecutive victory and third of the year which puts him 36 points ahead of Hamilton in the championship. Kvyat was third for Red Bull, ahead of Ricciardo, Raikkonen, Felipe Massa and Hamilton.

Vettel called Kvyat “suicidal” at the start and blamed him for the lap one crash. The two disagreed on who was to blame and that resulted in a rather awkward conversation prior to the podium…