Sunday, April 15, 2012

Nico Rosberg wins 2012 Chinese Grand Prix!

Just watched the Chinese Grand Prix through live streaming. Boy, was it an interesting race! So much overtaking and exciting moments! Also glad to see Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas get his first victory in his Formula One career. It also happened to be Mercedes' first win as a works team since 1955! He started from pole position, and went on to hold off the other drivers to grab his first win. Great drive from Nico, but a shame his teammate, Michael Schumacher retired with a loose wheel early in the race. Apparently a mechanic failed to screw the nut into the wheel, resulting in Schumacher stopping the car to prevent any more damage to the car. Such bad luck, as he was then running in second position. Could have been a Merc 1-2... Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, both of Mclaren Mercedes, came in second and third respectively. Here are the rest of the results:

4.au Mark Webber Red Bull+27.924
5.de Sebastian Vettel Red Bull+30.483
6.fr Romain GrosjeanLotus+31.491
7.br Bruno SennaWilliams+34.597
8.ve Pastor MaldonadoWilliams+35.643
9.es Fernando AlonsoFerrari+37.256
10.jp Kamui KobayashiSauber+38.720
11.mx Sergio PerezSauber+41.066
12.uk Paul di RestaForce India+42.273
13.br Felipe MassaFerrari+42.779
14.fi Kimi RäikkönenLotus+50.573
15.de Nico HülkenbergForce India+51.213
16.fr Jean-Eric VergneToro Rosso+51.756
17.au Daniel RicciardoToro Rosso+1:03.156
18.ru Vitaly PetrovCaterham+1 Lap
19.de Timo GlockMarussia+1 Lap
20.fr Charles PicMarussia+1 Lap
21.es Pedro de la RosaHRT+1 Lap
22.in Narain KarthikeyanHRT+2 Laps
23.fi Heikki Kovalainen Caterham   +3 Laps


All said and done, just good that F1 is not so predictable this year. Hope to see more new winners!
Next stop: Bahrain Grand Prix, next weekend!

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