Chinese Grand Prix LIVE results: Lewis Hamilton wins F1’s 1,000th GP ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian vettel
Re-live the action from the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive victory to seize the world championship lead after a perfect performance in winning the Chinese Grand Prix.
In what was Formula One's 1,000th race in history, Hamilton beat Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas off the line into turn one, and never looked back. Behind, Bottas was able to hold off the Ferraris with ease, given their intra-team battle that threatens to boil over. Ferrari used early team orders to release Sebastian Vettel, gifting him third place but infuriating Charles Leclerc.
And subsequently, Leclerc lost fourth place to Red Bull's Max Verstappen, with the fallout from Ferrari's decision set to rumble on to the next race in Baku. Re-live the live updates below.
What time does it start?
The Chinese Grand Prix begins at 7:10am BST on Sunday 14 April.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Highlights will be shown on Channel 4 from 3pm.
Starting grid
1 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1min 31.547secs
2 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:31.570
3 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:31.848
4 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Ferrari 1:31.865
5 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:32.089
6 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Red Bull 1:32.930
7 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Renault 1:32.958
8 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:32.962
9 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 No time set
10 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 No time set
11 Daniil Kvyat (Rus) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33.236
12 Sergio Perez (Mex) Racing Point 1:33.299
13 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Alfa Romeo Racing 1:33.419
14 Carlos Sainz (Spa) McLaren 1:33.523
15 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren 1:33.967
16 Lance Stroll (Can) Racing Point 1:34.292
17 George Russell (Gbr) Williams 1:35.253
18 Robert Kubica (Pol) Williams 1:35.281
19 Antonio Giovinazzi (Ita) Alfa Romeo Racing No time set
20 Alexander Albon (Tha) Scuderia Toro Rosso No time set
Verstappen spins! The Red Bull goes round on the warm-up lap! He's kept it going though and is back in position.
And now Kubica goes around too!
Finally, Bottas brings the field round to the grid, and thankfully there are 20 cars in the right order as Kubica also got going again. Here we go...
Lap 1: It's a whopping start from Hamilton and he leads Botas into the first corner! Bottas follows suit, with Leclerc getting ahead of teammate Vettel for third! Verstappen leads the Red Bull challenge ahead of Gasly and it's two by two by two.
But there's drama behind! Coming out of the turn five hairpin, Kvyat gets into the McLaren of Sainz, and it pings the Toro Rosso left and straight into the other McLaren of Norris. Disaster for McLaren, and their both to the back of the field.
Virtual safety car!
Lap 2: The VSC is completed within half a lap as the track is cleared of debris, and all three cars involved in the crash are still running. Kvyat didn't even need to pit and runs 16th, but McLaren had to stack both Sainz and Norris and eventually sent both back out on their way.
Lap 3: Hamilton is concerned with his left-front after hitting debris, and as the first man along he essentially became the roadsweeper through the second sector. He's got a healthy hap of 1.4s as DRS is activated, and his pace is looking ok for now.
"Everything looks OK Lewis," comes the radio reply.
Lap 6: The front five have settled down and, separated by 7.3s, have pulled a healthy gap away from Gasly. Behind, Kvyat is still providing the best action out there as he tries an ambitious move around the outside of Stroll into the Turn 6 hairpin, but he's pushed out wide and remains in 14th. There's worse news to follow as the stewards hand the Toro Rosso driver a drive-through penalty for causing that collision with the McLarens.
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