Chinese Grand Prix 2019

Shanghai
14 April 2019
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionValtteri BottasMercedes · 1:31.547
Fastest lapPierre Gasly1:34.742 · lap 55
Winner started fromP2on the grid
Driver of the DayAlexander Albon17.7% of the fan vote

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	44	Mercedes	2	56	1:32:06.350	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	77	Mercedes	1	56	+6.552	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	5	Ferrari	3	56	+13.744	15
4	Max Verstappen	33	Red Bull · Honda	5	56	+27.627	12
5	Charles Leclerc	16	Ferrari	4	56	+31.276	10
6	Pierre Gaslyfastest lap	10	Red Bull · Honda	6	56	+1:29.307	9
7	Daniel Ricciardo	3	Renault	7	55	+1 lap	6
8	Sergio Pérez	11	Racing Point · BWT Mercedes	12	55	+1 lap	4
9	Kimi Räikkönen	7	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	13	55	+1 lap	2
10	Alexander Albon	23	Toro Rosso · Honda	–	55	+1 lap	1
11	Romain Grosjean	8	Haas · Ferrari	10	55	+1 lap
12	Lance Stroll	18	Racing Point · BWT Mercedes	16	55	+1 lap
13	Kevin Magnussen	20	Haas · Ferrari	9	55	+1 lap
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	55	McLaren · Renault	14	55	+1 lap
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	99	Alfa Romeo · Ferrari	19	55	+1 lap
16	George Russell	63	Williams · Mercedes	17	54	+2 laps
17	Robert Kubica	88	Williams · Mercedes	18	54	+2 laps
18	Lando Norris	4	McLaren · Renault	15	50	Collision damage
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	26	Toro Rosso · Honda	11	41	Collision damage
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	27	Renault	8	16	Power unit

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Lewis Hamilton 56. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Lewis Hamilton	2	1	1	1	1	56
Valtteri Bottas	1	2	2	2	2
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	3	3	3
Max Verstappen	5	5	4	5	4
Charles Leclerc	4	4	5	4	5
Pierre Gasly	6	6	6	6	6
Daniel Ricciardo	7	7	7	7	7
Sergio Pérez	12	8	8	8	8
Kimi Räikkönen	13	9	9	9	9
Alexander Albon	–	11	12	10	10
Romain Grosjean	10	14	10	12	11
Lance Stroll	16	10	13	11	12
Kevin Magnussen	9	16	11	13	13
Carlos Sainz Jr.	14	19	15	15	14
Antonio Giovinazzi	19	17	14	14	15
George Russell	17	12	17	16	16
Robert Kubica	18	18	19	17	17
Lando Norris	15	20	18	18	18
Daniil Kvyat	11	13	16	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	8	15	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

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Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Lewis Hamilton	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Valtteri Bottas	+4.7	+3.1	+7.9	+6.6
Sebastian Vettel	+11.1	+11.4	+11.5	+13.7
Max Verstappen	+14.7	+15.7	+22.5	+27.6
Charles Leclerc	+12.4	+23.7	+16.6	+31.3
Pierre Gasly	+23.4	+36.6	+56.9	+89.3
Daniel Ricciardo	+31.5	+62.1	+69.3	+109.7
Sergio Pérez	+33.3	+63.5	+70.5	+111.7
Kimi Räikkönen	+35.8	+67.3	+72.3	+118.3
Alexander Albon	+48.1	+75.6	+87.9	+130.9
Romain Grosjean	+61.2	+67.7	+100.9	+132.0
Lance Stroll	+47.4	+77.9	+90.5	+138.6
Kevin Magnussen	+63.9	+74.3	+109.6	+139.5
Carlos Sainz Jr.	+80.2	+85.3	+127.4	+149.4
Antonio Giovinazzi	+67.0	+80.8	+118.4	+152.4
George Russell	+56.4	+110.4	+144.8	+217.5
Robert Kubica	+67.8	+138.6	+172.5	+233.6
Lando Norris	+93.4	+132.3	+173.3	+204.9
Daniil Kvyat	+60.3	+93.8	–	out
Nico Hülkenberg	+61.9	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:32.658	1:31.728	1:31.547
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.115	1:31.637	1:31.570
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:33.557	1:32.232	1:31.848
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.712	1:32.324	1:31.865
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.274	1:32.369	1:32.089
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull	1:33.863	1:32.948	1:32.930
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	1:33.709	1:33.214	1:32.958
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:33.644	1:32.968	1:32.962
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:34.036	1:33.150
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas	1:33.752	1:33.156
11	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:33.783	1:33.236
12	Sergio Pérez	Racing Point	1:34.026	1:33.299
13	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo	1:34.125	1:33.419
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren	1:33.686	1:33.523
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.148	1:33.967
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	1:34.292
17	George Russell	Williams	1:35.253
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	1:35.281
NC	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Alexander Albon	–	PL	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Alexander Albon	1	19	23.215 s
Daniel Ricciardo	1	18	23.506 s
Sergio Pérez	1	20	23.733 s
Kimi Räikkönen	1	25	23.888 s
Nico Hülkenberg	1	11	24.107 s
Robert Kubica	1	26	32.627 s
Valtteri Bottas	2	21, 36	22.196 s
Sebastian Vettel	2	18, 35	22.316 s
Max Verstappen	2	17, 34	22.365 s
Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	1, 36	22.532 s
Lewis Hamilton	2	22, 36	22.644 s
Charles Leclerc	2	22, 42	22.921 s
Romain Grosjean	2	8, 35	23.261 s
Kevin Magnussen	2	9, 33	23.383 s
Lance Stroll	2	20, 44	23.466 s
George Russell	2	22, 49	23.965 s
Antonio Giovinazzi	2	7, 30	25.137 s
Daniil Kvyat	3	7, 25, 30	17.257 s
Pierre Gasly	3	19, 39, 53	22.301 s
Lando Norris	3	1, 17, 34	22.524 s

Every stop, lap by lap (37)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1	45.878 s
1	Lando Norris	1	50.738 s
7	Daniil Kvyat	1	17.257 s
7	Antonio Giovinazzi	1	25.184 s
8	Romain Grosjean	1	23.261 s
9	Kevin Magnussen	1	23.964 s
11	Nico Hülkenberg	1	24.107 s
17	Max Verstappen	1	23.223 s
17	Lando Norris	2	33.638 s
18	Sebastian Vettel	1	22.749 s
18	Daniel Ricciardo	1	23.506 s
19	Pierre Gasly	1	22.301 s
19	Alexander Albon	1	23.215 s
20	Lance Stroll	1	23.466 s
20	Sergio Pérez	1	23.733 s
21	Valtteri Bottas	1	22.196 s
22	Lewis Hamilton	1	22.644 s
22	Charles Leclerc	1	22.921 s
22	George Russell	1	24.332 s
25	Kimi Räikkönen	1	23.888 s
25	Daniil Kvyat	2	26.050 s
26	Robert Kubica	1	32.627 s
30	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	25.137 s
30	Daniil Kvyat	3	43.206 s
33	Kevin Magnussen	2	23.383 s
34	Max Verstappen	2	22.365 s
34	Lando Norris	3	22.524 s
35	Sebastian Vettel	2	22.316 s
35	Romain Grosjean	2	23.520 s
36	Carlos Sainz Jr.	2	22.532 s
36	Lewis Hamilton	2	23.597 s
36	Valtteri Bottas	2	24.083 s
39	Pierre Gasly	2	22.722 s
42	Charles Leclerc	2	24.227 s
44	Lance Stroll	2	23.515 s
49	George Russell	2	23.965 s
53	Pierre Gasly	3	22.408 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Pierre Gasly	55	1:34.742
2	Sebastian Vettel	37	1:34.836	+0.094
3	Charles Leclerc	45	1:34.860	+0.118
4	Valtteri Bottas	38	1:34.872	+0.130
5	Lewis Hamilton	47	1:35.892	+1.150
6	Max Verstappen	45	1:36.143	+1.401
7	Lance Stroll	46	1:36.678	+1.936
8	Romain Grosjean	37	1:36.873	+2.131
9	George Russell	51	1:37.283	+2.541
10	Kevin Magnussen	35	1:37.471	+2.729

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 3. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 3
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Lewis Hamilton	68	▲1
2	Valtteri Bottas	62	▼1
3	Max Verstappen	39
4	Sebastian Vettel	37	▲1
5	Charles Leclerc	36	▼1
6	Pierre Gasly	13	▲4
7	Kimi Räikkönen	12	▼1
8	Lando Norris	8	▼1
9	Kevin Magnussen	8	▼1
10	Nico Hülkenberg	6	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 3
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	130
2	Ferrari	73
3	Red Bull	52
4	Renault	12	▲3
5	Alfa Romeo	12	▼1
6	Haas	8
7	McLaren	8	▼2
8	Racing Point	7	▲1
9	Toro Rosso	4	▼1
10	Williams	0