2015 UBS Chinese Grand Prix

[SVT Cobra GT]

Two weeks and Easter have separated this race from F1's last outing in Malaysia where Ferrari took a surprise win in the hands of Vettel. Many predict that Ferrari won't repeat that this weekend. But the burning question is. Will they? Find out at the 2015 Chinese Grand Prix

Event date: 10-12 April 2015
Number of Laps: 56
Circuit Length: 5.451 km (3.387 mi)
Race Distance: 305.066 km (189.559 mi)
Lap Record: Michael Schumacher (2004) - 1:32.238


2014 Podium:
1st - Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
2nd - Nico Rosberg - Mercedes
3rd - Fernando Alonso - Ferrari


Sky Sports Classic Races;
Wednesday - 2011
Thursday - 2007
Friday - None
Saturday - None
Sunday - 2015 & France 1990 ​

 

[ShiftingGears]

It's going to be hard watching as a Ricciardo fan.

 

[spyrrari]

Go Max




Spy.

 

[TheBook]

BBC is forecasting a high of around 20 degrees Celsius for the race. Cooler weather = more reliability = a double finish for McLaren and Manor?

 

[Dennisch]

BBC is forecasting a high of around 20 degrees Celsius for the race. Cooler weather = more reliability = a double finish for McLaren and Manor?

Double finish for Manor. Double DNF for McLaren.

 

[Jimlaad43]

If Barcelona wasn't on the calendar, this would be the dullest circuit this season. Roll on the next race.

 

[Nooboogering]

If Barcelona wasn't on the calendar, this would be the dullest circuit this season. Roll on the next race.

Don't be so pessimistic, the race has yet to start and you never know.
Rosberg, Vettel and Raikkonen can all fight for 2nd 3rd and 4th which will be good spectacle.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Don't be so pessimistic, the race has yet to start and you never know.
Rosberg, Vettel and Raikkonen can all fight for 2nd 3rd and 4th which will be good spectacle.

Circuit, not race We have to wait for Russia for that bit.

 

[GTlondoner]

Don't be so pessimistic, the race has yet to start and you never know.
Rosberg, Vettel and Raikkonen can all fight for 2nd 3rd and 4th which will be good spectacle.

10 years Shanghai has hosted this GP, This will be the 11th race, And no driver has won consecutive races ( so far )

Hamilton Has has won the race three times, taken four pole positions, set two fastest laps and claimed six podiums in total - all unmatched feats. He has also led more laps, and therefore kilometres, than any other driver in Shanghai.

Another record won't hurt

 

[Nooboogering]

Circuit, not race We have to wait for Russia for that bit.

Last season race was decent enough and had it's moments. Sport is sport no matter what the station is.

 

[Lizard]

BBC is forecasting a high of around 20 degrees Celsius for the race. Cooler weather = more reliability = a double finish for McLaren and Manor?

Not likely. They just close the radiators more for colder races.

 

[SagarisGTB]

If Barcelona wasn't on the calendar, this would be the dullest circuit this season. Roll on the next race.

F1fanatic readers rated the Chinese GP as the 7th best race of 2009, 4th best race of 2010, outright best race of 2011, 5th best race of 2012 and 5th best race of 2013. The 2011 Chinese GP is the second highest rated event in that time period.

It may be a dull circuit, but it provides a good show more often than not.

 

[Kenocar]

Opinion wise: I think the dullest circuit has got to be Bahrain.

As for China, I hope its not a total snoozefest, I want wheel to wheel, opportunistic racing, not a follow the leader exercise.

 

[Tired Tyres]

If Barcelona wasn't on the calendar, this would be the dullest circuit this season. Roll on the next race.

Or watch ELMS and WEC or Blancpain 3 hours from Monza? which is what I'll be doing.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Opinion wise: I think the dullest circuit has got to be Bahrain.

As for China, I hope its not a total snoozefest, I want wheel to wheel, opportunistic racing, not a follow the leader exercise.

I'll second that all day long.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Not likely. They just close the radiators more for colder races.

Yup, and teams with more money fit smaller rads (lower CoG and a saving of a few grams of coolant).

 

[shoemaker]

Or watch ELMS and WEC or Blancpain 3 hours from Monza? which is what I'll be doing.

thats some multitasking. il be watching 1 after the other. my wife will miss me

 

[TenEightyOne]

Jolyon proves what a wally he is and spins the Lotus. What a wally.

 

[Robin]

Chinese Gran Prix has usually produced some exciting races, I like the circuit, at least it's one of Tilke's better efforts.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Jolyon proves what a wally he is and spins the Lotus.

Yes, but he's TALENTED. He told me so himself. And you know someone is serious when they use all-caps in their everyday speech.

He also told me that EVERYONE thinks that he is TALENTED, but that they were all too busy to confirm it just then, and could I come back in half an hour? So I did, and I met another Lotus driver named Julian. I don't know if you've seen him, but he wears horn-rimmed classes and a Groucho Marx moustache that's a different colour to his hair. He was wearing Jolyon Palmer's racing overalls, but that's because it was laundry day. Anyway, Julian told me that Jolyon is TALENTED, and that EVERYONE thinks so. In fact, he also told me that they think the grid would be incomplete without him.

He seemed legit.

 

[NW48]

That was different. Some dude just ran across the main straight in FP2, whilst two cars went by, and launched himself over the pit wall. He wasn't a marshall by the looks of it.

 

[Robin]

That was different. Some dude just ran across the main straight in FP2, whilst two cars went by, and launched himself over the pit wall. He wasn't a marshall by the looks of it.

Maldonado late back after lunch.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Not sure what to make of the times, Vettel and Rosberg were distant compared to their team mates and that just doesn't seem right. So I'm going to chalk this up as second practice not telling us much, and only first practice to go off of. Cause from here on out I don't expect to see the mediums until the race.

 

[TenEightyOne]

That was different. Some dude just ran across the main straight in FP2, whilst two cars went by, and launched himself over the pit wall. He wasn't a marshall by the looks of it.

Maldonado late back after lunch.

Beeb reporting he was then arrested, he went to the Ferrari garage and said he wanted to "try a car". Alonso?

 

[Robin]

Beeb reporting he was then arrested, he went to the Ferrari garage and said he wanted to "try a car". Alonso?

LMAO ppleeeease take me back!

But that silhouette does look suspiciously like Clarkson...

 

[mister dog]

It's going to be hard watching as a Ricciardo fan.

I'm an Alonso fan...

 

[Pezzarinho17]

I think I know the answer already, however...

Have they shortened the DRS section this year?

 

[Lewis_Hamilton_]

Chinese Gran Prix ... at least it's one of Tilke's better efforts.

He was doing alright until he got half way round drawing the track and then remembered he forgot to plonk some perfectly lined straights with a ruler and 40mph hairpins at the end of each one.

Placing some varied, smooth kinks here and there or something other than a 1st gear hairpin at the end of every long straight would just be too exciting for him to deal with. Why would you want variety when all your tracks can basically look the same?

 

[mister dog]

He was doing alright until he got half way round drawing the track and then remembered he forgot to plonk some perfectly lined straights with a ruler and 40mph hairpins at the end of each one.

Placing some varied, smooth kinks here and there or something other than a 1st gear hairpin at the end of every long straight would just be too exciting for him to deal with. Why would you want variety when all your tracks can basically look the same?

Indeed. I got to know the Slovakia Ring through R3R recently, and although it is also an new circuit it has a nice flow between fast sweepers and slow corners and it has grass run off zones . It can still be done right if they would just hand it over to another architect for once...

 

[Cap'n Jack]

I hope Sky aren't going to complain about the removal of the gravel trap at pit entry. It's not even a big deal, they're almost treating it as if a famous corner on a classic track has been altered for the worse.