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15 Apr 2018

Thanks for joining our coverage of the Chinese GP, we hoped you enjoyed the race as much as we did. The next race on the calendar is Azerbaijan in two weeks, see you then.

15 Apr 2018

An emotional win ?? #ChineseGP ???? #F1 pic.twitter.com/imQiLC6I2N
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

LAP 56/56 (END OF RACE)

TOP TEN
RIC
BOT
RAI
HAM
VER
HUL
ALO
VET
SAI
MAG#ChineseGP ???? #F1 pic.twitter.com/ZOOvpQZs4o
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

BREAKING: Ricciardo storms to his first #ChineseGP victory! ???? pic.twitter.com/ZhIoYU8FL6
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Daniel Ricciardo wins the Chinese GP!!! What a race, Bottas second and Kimi Raikkonen in third.

15 Apr 2018

FINAL LAP

15 Apr 2018

ALO overtaking #Seb5, hard time for him #ChineseGP
— Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Hartley told to pit to retire the car. #ChineseGP #F1
— F1 Madness ?? (@F1_Madness) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Three laps to go in Shanghai, Ricciardo out in front with a 6 second lead over Bottas.

15 Apr 2018

Verstappen overtakes a struggling Hamilton for P4.

15 Apr 2018

"What are you doing for Christmas, Dan?"
"Dunno. Might get around to some braking mate"
— Sniff Petrol (@sniffpetrol) April 15, 2018

Ricciardo's race in a tweet:

15 Apr 2018

Verstappen slapped with 10 sec penalty for crashing into Vettel.

15 Apr 2018

Lap 46/56: RIC, BOT, RAI, HAM, VER, HUL, VET, MAG, ALO, SAI

15 Apr 2018

Ricciardo completes another overtake and removes Bottas from P1. P6 to P1...what a race by the cray Aussie.

15 Apr 2018

LAP 43/56: More drama!

VET ??VER at the hairpin#ChineseGP ???? #F1 pic.twitter.com/oqgngIgfn1
— Formula 1 (@F1) April 15, 2018

Incident between Vettel and Verstappen under investigation.

15 Apr 2018

Lap 45/56: Bot, Ric, Rai, Ham, Ver, Hul, Vet

15 Apr 2018

Drama in Shanghai! Both cars swing around.

15 Apr 2018

Verstappen hits Vettel!

15 Apr 2018

Ricciardo on the rampage! He passes Vettel and takes P2. RB's pace is unbelievable.

15 Apr 2018

And Max quickly follows him past! Bulls P3 and P4! ?? #ChineseGP
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Lap 42/56: Top 5 Bot, Vet, Ric, Ver, Ham, Rai.

15 Apr 2018

Ricciardo overtakes Hamilton for P3! Sensational pass on the inside at a hairpin turn, how did that happen!?

15 Apr 2018

Hamilton coming under pressure from Verstappen. Verstappen tries a move around the outside of T7 and he's pushed wide.
Hamilton defending quite well there #ChineseGP #F1
— F1 Madness ?? (@F1_Madness) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Sweet Jeebus, Ricciardo didn't brake until this evening.
— Sniff Petrol (@sniffpetrol) April 15, 2018

Pretty much.

15 Apr 2018

Lap 3/56: BOT VET HAM VER RIC RAI HUL MAG ALO SAI GRO OCO PER VAN STR GAS SIR LEC ERI HAR

15 Apr 2018

The Aussie is up to P5.

15 Apr 2018

Ricciardo passes Raikkonen on the inside down into the first corner, brilliant overtake!

15 Apr 2018

Seeing your drivers collide on track pic.twitter.com/FhPpRXsNPm
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Bottas nails the restart and pulls 1.3s clear of Vettel. Hamilton putting pressure on Vettel.

15 Apr 2018

Race is on again!

15 Apr 2018

SC in on this lap.

15 Apr 2018

Debris from the Toro Rosso collision still being cleared up.

15 Apr 2018

The race is still under the SC

15 Apr 2018

The double, double! ?? It's how we roll. ??
Both Bulls onto softs under the safety car. #ChineseGP ???? pic.twitter.com/hAWJngtBfG
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Pierre and Brendon come together on track at the hairpin...

That wasn’t supposed to happen ??
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) April 15, 2018

Reason for the SC:

15 Apr 2018

Safety car deployed

15 Apr 2018

Halfway through the Chinese GP.

15 Apr 2018

"Kimi, let Sebastian through. Give the place to Sebastian"
"Who?"
— Sniff Petrol (@sniffpetrol) April 15, 2018

Lol...Kimi:

15 Apr 2018

"Kimi, let Sebastian through. Give the place to Sebastian"
"Who?"
— Sniff Petrol (@sniffpetrol) April 15, 2018

Lol...Kimi:

15 Apr 2018

Raikkonen finally into the pits, he takes on a set of medium tyres.

15 Apr 2018

Valterri Bottas leads outright with Vettel breathing down his neck, we're in for an epic battle.

15 Apr 2018

The undercut worked! Leclerc pits and rejoins behind Gasly ??
— Toro Rosso (@ToroRosso) April 15, 2018

Undercuts working in Shanghai...

15 Apr 2018

Bottas out lap was a scorcher. #F1
— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

Raikkonen, who hasn't pitted, leads the race.

15 Apr 2018

Woah! Undercut works for Merc as Bottas inches ahead of Vettel who pitted on lap 21.

15 Apr 2018

I fear that could be the only pit stop of the race for most. That will be a shame. #F1
— Jennie Gow (@JennieGow) April 15, 2018

15 Apr 2018

He rejoins in 5th, ahead of Kevin Magnussen and crucially ahead of Daniel Ricciardo in 6th.

15 Apr 2018

Hamilton into the pits, takes on medium compounds.

15 Apr 2018

Raikkonen puts in the fastest lap so far: 1:39.386

15 Apr 2018

Vettel's lead has extended to 3.4 seconds over 2nd placed Bottas.

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