The race was scheduled for 56 laps but the result declared after 54 due to the chequered flag being waved in error.
2014 Chinese Grand Prix
- Alonso wins Driver of the Weekend after China podium
- Dull Chinese Grand Prix gets lowest score so far
- 2014 Chinese Grand Prix team radio transcript
- 2014 Chinese GP Predictions Championship results
- Top ten pictures from the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix
2014 Chinese Grand Prix
- Alonso wins Driver of the Weekend after China podium
- Dull Chinese Grand Prix gets lowest score so far
- 2014 Chinese Grand Prix team radio transcript
- 2014 Chinese GP Predictions Championship results
- Top ten pictures from the 2014 Chinese Grand Prix
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Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 9:47
Do not like Red Bull and Team Orders.
Alfie (@alfie)
20th April 2014, 9:54
Tough luck
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 9:57
LOL
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 10:02
lol I wish there was no team radios, would make much more difficult to pass along team orders.
pastaman (@)
21st April 2014, 1:48
bahahaha
Mayank (@mjf1fan)
20th April 2014, 10:19
The thing I disliked most was they lied to vettel that ricciardo was on different strategy to him and after he let past ricciardo, they put him on the same strategy.
Abnash (@abnash)
20th April 2014, 10:55
They had to get him out of Ricciardo’s way, his fault for being non compliant. He brought it on himself
GB (@bgp001ruled)
21st April 2014, 3:55
well, if he doesnt like it, he can search for another team…
remengo
4th April 2015, 13:26
He found it man….
Aimal (@aimalkhan)
20th April 2014, 9:48
Fantastic drive from Alonso. where would he be if he had a car to match the Mercedes? :( i wonder how Stefano would be feeling right now?
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 9:51
Great Driver. Does not need team orders to succeed.
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 9:54
Felipe, Fernando is faster than you… Please confirm you understand that message.
Kingshark (@kingshark)
20th April 2014, 9:57
That was predictable.
Ed Marques (@edmarques)
20th April 2014, 23:53
But true.
Aimal (@aimalkhan)
20th April 2014, 10:01
well…he WAS faster than Felipe.
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 9:49
Brilliant from Ricciardo to pass Vettel on merit. Big mental gain that.
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 9:50
That pass wasn’t on merit, it was based on lies form the pit box. rewatch the race. Vettel let him by based on bad information from the Australian team.
Oletros (@oletros)
20th April 2014, 9:54
Austrian team not Australian
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 9:56
I did not watch the race but rather followed on twitter and times on f1 site. From the tweets it seems they had a din-dong and Vettel made little error by going wide and Ric passed. From what I saw on the tweets I repeat.
hello
20th April 2014, 10:03
It happened at turn 1 when ric had drs
Tifoso1989 (@tifoso1989)
20th April 2014, 10:01
The pass on Kvyat was on merit
PaulT (@pault)
20th April 2014, 10:19
@f1andy83 It certainly was on merit. Ricciardo caught and passed Vettel who ignored team orders but ran deep into turn 1 while defending (I watched the race…………..)
What lies, BTW? Vettel was told the truth – Ricciardo was on the same tyre but several laps newer.
AlokIn (@)
20th April 2014, 10:00
4 times WC’s shame second time in row “Let Ricciardo pass through “.
John H (@john-h)
20th April 2014, 10:03
Not sure what Red Bull are playing at? I actually can’t believe they told Vettel to move over not understanding what it would mean. Very odd.
smokinjoe (@smokinjoe)
20th April 2014, 10:10
Red Bull ask vettel to move over because at that time Daniel was on a two stop strategy and vettel on three but they later realized it was not possible.When the team ask Vettel to move over he told red bull that daniel had to pass him on merit and he did exactly that …..fair play i reckon
Patrick (@paeschli)
20th April 2014, 10:25
I don’t buy this, they just tried to convince Vettel to let Ricciardo through.
Ricciardo is doing a better job with the car at the moment, but I still rate Vettel very high. I don’t expect Ricciardo to ‘crush’ him anytime soon.
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 10:04
Yeah. Like I said above. Can’t stand team orders. Here is hoping that Vettel moves to mclaren when they get their honda engine.
Daniel (@brooks)
20th April 2014, 10:12
At the rate he’s going, I think McLaren would rather take Riccardo than Vettel if choosing between the two.
Breno (@austus)
21st April 2014, 2:40
Yes, because Honda equals sucessful. Just because 88 and 89 were total dominations, it doesnt mean it’ll be the same next year, you just have to look at Honda in the 2000s: the only car that won the championship (Brawn GP), won it because of aero, not because of engine. Look at Mclaren, they have the weakest aero among the Mercedes, and can barely catch Ferrari and Red Bull, despite the superior engines.
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 10:10
Well no matter how we look at it, seems Ric has the grip on Vet neck and very strong. If we recall EVERYONE (Including Vet old teammate) said Vet on a single lap is crazy fast. However Ric so far is schooling crazy boy Vet. So now we must say Vet has been having issues, bad days… period pains… etc. All comes down to, RIC WAS RACING, RIC WAS FASTER. RIC PASSED HIM. IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN AGAIN, HE WOULD DO THE SAME.
Daniel (@brooks)
20th April 2014, 10:12
LOL
StefMeister (@stefmeister)
20th April 2014, 10:19
Vettel let him past so it wasn’t really Riciardo passing him on merit.
Sam (@)
20th April 2014, 9:51
Thanks to Mattiaci and the resignation of Domencicalli Alonso was on the podium today.
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 9:52
LOL
David Margono (@woshidavid95)
20th April 2014, 9:52
What in the world happened for Vettel to finish 20+ seconds behind Ricciardo? All I know was that Alonso undercut him for 2nd place, Vettel backed off and then what happened?
John H (@john-h)
20th April 2014, 10:04
No point to push I guess. Maybe he was preserving rubber just in case a safety car appeared?
Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
20th April 2014, 10:05
Team orders. Only red bull would lie to a 4 times wdc to get their favorite driver ahead. Great job red bull, I never liked you and now somehow I like you even less.
Giggsy11 (@giggsy11)
20th April 2014, 10:54
@f1andy83 I can tell you don’t like them but the amount if comments you have left here on how despicable Red Bull are. Give it a rest, if Seb gave the position over straight away Ricciardo would have been right alongside Alonso for 3rd. Seb obviously had no pace as you can see he finished 20 seconds behind.
TMF (@)
20th April 2014, 10:24
Just saw the interview with Vettel on German TV. He said he didn’t have the speed on the primes – at the time he was asked to let RIC pass he was a bit reluctant but conceded the position and in hindsight he thinks it was just down to him and his struggles with the tyres that put him behind 24s.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
20th April 2014, 22:19
I think Brundle made a very good point. Ricciardo is used to driving cars with lower downforce levels (particularly at the rear), Vettel is not. So he will take more time to re-adjust to the new regulations, especially as his driving style was so honed and refined around Newey’s design philosophy.
So one would expect the deficit to reduce over time, and go back in Vettel’s favour (as I still think inherently he is the better driver. You don’t just go and win four world titles in a row and not be at least a bit good).
AbeyG (@1abe)
20th April 2014, 10:00
So the supposedly “second fastest cars” in Bahrain does not even finish in points this race and even gets lapped by the race leader. McLaren have their foot in their mouth now!!
KwekuQ (@kwekuq)
20th April 2014, 10:11
I bet Martin is still laughing right now, at this moment. “Kicked me out huh”.
Patrick (@paeschli)
20th April 2014, 10:26
Didn’t they improve the car by 2 seconds in Bahrein? :P
smokinjoe (@smokinjoe)
20th April 2014, 10:47
Mclaren is really going backwards after the first race ,they said they bringing 0.5 second before every race but that never happened.Mclaren butterly rear suspension doesn’t turn out to a holy grail either,why cant they just make small changes and make the car faster like rest of the teams do.I really wonder that maybe there chassis is not that good and if that the case then even Ron or boullier cant do any thing
Giggsy11 (@giggsy11)
20th April 2014, 11:00
What I don’t really get is why people think they have gone backwards, the result in Australia was down to Red Bull, Ferrari and Lotus not getting their act together (plus Bottas’ mistake), they were nowhere in Malaysia, and Bahrain suited the Merc powered cars perfectly. Take away the engine from all the cars and the Mclaren is behind the Merc, Red Bull and Ferrari at least, with Williams and Force India possibly better.
Eggry (@eggry)
20th April 2014, 10:15
Superb drive from Alonso. I almost screamed when Alonso and Massa tangled. Still perfect weekend for him except Mercedes is out of reach.
Corrado (@)
20th April 2014, 10:30
Strong drive from Alonso. As I said yesterday, it’s proof that Ferrari is not that slow as some think, in dry conditions, of course. Too bad things don’t go well for Kimi.
luisml
20th April 2014, 10:47
funny thing is we are talking about a WC person… where is that Vettel that many said it was the best driver on the planet? now has no car… or wait maybe no talent and this new boy is ….kicking him… where is that vettlel? lol he was just another shumi with a good car… periot.
Jules Winfield (@jules-winfield)
20th April 2014, 11:22
Anyone care to translate?
elbasque
20th April 2014, 12:21
“The funny thing is we are talking about a world champion. So where is the Vettel that many say is the best driver in the world?
Is it that he hasn’t got a race-winning car under him? Oh wait, maybe he just haven’t got the skill, and this new teammate is thoroughly beating him.
So where is this world champion Vettel? Lol. He’s just another Michael Schumacher, winning only when he has the best car.
Period (or peridot).”
AbeyG (@1abe)
20th April 2014, 13:33
Hehe..Nice work.
Neel Jani (@neelv27)
20th April 2014, 19:02
@jules-winfield – Luisml, “I hate him!”
usukpam
20th April 2014, 13:09
Is this win another Grand Slam for Lewis ? I mean: Pole+Win+Fastest Lap+Leading all race laps.
Please can someone confirm this. Thanks
AbeyG (@1abe)
20th April 2014, 13:57
Not a Grand Slam. Nico Rosberg did the fastest lap around lap 39.
usukpam (@usukpam)
20th April 2014, 13:51
@ keith Collantine : Can you please confirm if this is another grand slam for Lewis Hamilton
AbeyG (@1abe)
20th April 2014, 13:58
@usukpam answered above
trotter
20th April 2014, 15:20
@usukpam
Write it again. Third time’s a charm.
Vaibhav
21st April 2014, 16:35
Vettel is really struggling with this year’s regulations. He is certainly used to the high downforce cars.
He hasn’t cope with the new way of driving as his team mate has done. It’s not like that he is struggling with the car.
As his team mate has always driven the low downforce cars, so I guess it’s not very tough for him to drive.