Race · Round 3 of 21 · 14 April 2019

2019 Chinese Grand Prix

Sir Lewis Hamilton won for Mercedes from 2nd on the grid at Shanghai International Circuit. 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 20 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Sir Lewis HamiltonMercedes
Pole: Valtteri Bottas
Fastest lap: Pierre Gasly
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	F1 W10	2	56	Finished	25
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	F1 W10	1	56	Finished	18
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	SF90	3	56	Finished	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB15	5	56	Finished	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF90	4	56	Finished	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	RB15	6	56	Finished	9	fastest lap
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	R.S.19	7	55	Finished	6
8	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	RP19	12	55	Finished	4
9	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	C38	13	55	Finished	2
10	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	PL	55	Finished	1
11	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	10	55	Finished	0
12	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	RP19	16	55	Finished	0
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	VF-19	9	55	Finished	0
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	MCL34	14	55	Finished	0
15	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	C38	19	55	Finished	0
16	George Russell	Williams	FW42	17	54	Finished	0
17	Robert Kubica	Williams	FW42	18	54	Finished	0
18	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL34	15	50	Collision damage	0
DNF	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR14	11	41	Collision damage	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	R.S.19	8	16	Power unit	0

F1DB layout shanghai-1 · 5.451 km · 16 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sir Lewis Hamilton	2	1	56
Valtteri Bottas	1	2	56
Sebastian Vettel	3	3	56
Max Verstappen	5	4	56
Charles Leclerc	4	5	56
Pierre Gasly	6	6	56
Daniel Ricciardo	7	7	55
Sergio Perez	12	8	55
Kimi Raikkonen	13	9	55
Alexander Albon	PL	10	55
Romain Grosjean	10	11	55
Lance Stroll	16	12	55
Kevin Magnussen	9	13	55
Carlos Sainz	14	14	55
Antonio Giovinazzi	19	15	55
George Russell	17	16	54
Robert Kubica	18	17	54
Lando Norris	15	18	50
Daniil Kvyat	11	DNF	41
Nico Hulkenberg	8	DNF	16

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.658	1:31.728	1:31.547	—	0 m	—
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.115	1:31.637	1:31.570	+0.023	1 m	+0.023
3	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.557	1:32.232	1:31.848	+0.301	18 m	+0.278
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:32.712	1:32.324	1:31.865	+0.318	19 m	+0.017
5	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.274	1:32.369	1:32.089	+0.542	32 m	+0.224
6	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:33.863	1:32.948	1:32.930	+1.383	82 m	+0.841
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:33.709	1:33.214	1:32.958	+1.411	84 m	+0.028
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:33.644	1:32.968	1:32.962	+1.415	84 m	+0.004
9	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.036	1:33.150	—	—	90 m	—
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:33.752	1:33.156	—	—	90 m	—
11	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:33.783	1:33.236	—	—	95 m	—
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:34.026	1:33.299	—	—	99 m	—
13	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:34.125	1:33.419	—	—	106 m	—
14	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:33.686	1:33.523	—	—	112 m	—
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.148	1:33.967	—	—	139 m	—
16	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:34.292	—	—	—	96 m	—
17	George Russell	Williams	63	1:35.253	—	—	—	153 m	—
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:35.281	—	—	—	154 m	—
NC	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	—	—	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sir Lewis Hamilton	1	56	2	22, 36	22.6, 23.6
Valtteri Bottas	2	56	2	21, 36	22.2, 24.1
Sebastian Vettel	3	56	2	18, 35	22.7, 22.3
Max Verstappen	4	56	2	17, 34	23.2, 22.4
Charles Leclerc	5	56	2	22, 42	22.9, 24.2
Pierre Gasly	6	56	3	19, 39, 53	22.3, 22.7, 22.4
Daniel Ricciardo	7	55	1	18	23.5
Sergio Perez	8	55	1	20	23.7
Kimi Raikkonen	9	55	1	25	23.9
Alexander Albon	10	55	1	19	23.2
Romain Grosjean	11	55	2	8, 35	23.3, 23.5
Lance Stroll	12	55	2	20, 44	23.5, 23.5
Kevin Magnussen	13	55	2	9, 33	24.0, 23.4
Carlos Sainz	14	55	2	1, 36	45.9, 22.5
Antonio Giovinazzi	15	55	2	7, 30	25.2, 25.1
George Russell	16	54	2	22, 49	24.3, 24.0
Robert Kubica	17	54	1	26	32.6
Lando Norris	18	50	3	1, 17, 34	50.7, 33.6, 22.5
Daniil Kvyat	DNF	41	3	7, 25, 30	17.3, 26.1, 43.2
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	16	1	11	24.1

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Valtteri Bottas · Sir Lewis Hamilton	1 · 2	2 · 1	21 · 22	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Sebastian Vettel	2 · 3	1 · 3	22 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Valtteri Bottas · Sebastian Vettel	1 · 3	2 · 3	21 · 18	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Max Verstappen	3 · 5	3 · 4	18 · 17	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Sebastian Vettel · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	3 · 5	18 · 22	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Max Verstappen	4 · 5	5 · 4	22 · 17	Max Verstappen	Swapped places
Max Verstappen · Pierre Gasly	5 · 6	4 · 6	17 · 19	Max Verstappen	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Pierre Gasly	4 · 6	5 · 6	22 · 19	Pierre Gasly	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Daniel Ricciardo	6 · 7	6 · 7	19 · 18	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Daniel Ricciardo · Sergio Perez	7 · 12	7 · 8	18 · 20	Daniel Ricciardo	Kept their order
Sergio Perez · Kimi Raikkonen	12 · 13	8 · 9	20 · 25	Sergio Perez	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Carlos Sainz	13 · 14	9 · 14	25 · 1	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Romain Grosjean	9 · 10	13 · 11	9 · 8	Romain Grosjean	Swapped places
Romain Grosjean · Lance Stroll	10 · 16	11 · 12	8 · 20	Romain Grosjean	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Lance Stroll	9 · 16	13 · 12	9 · 20	Kevin Magnussen	Swapped places
Lando Norris · Lance Stroll	15 · 16	18 · 12	1 · 20	Lando Norris	Swapped places
Lance Stroll · George Russell	16 · 17	12 · 16	20 · 22	Lance Stroll	Kept their order
Kevin Magnussen · Carlos Sainz	9 · 14	13 · 14	9 · 1	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Antonio Giovinazzi	14 · 19	14 · 15	1 · 7	Carlos Sainz	Kept their order
Carlos Sainz · Lando Norris	14 · 15	14 · 18	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
George Russell · Antonio Giovinazzi	17 · 19	16 · 15	22 · 7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
Robert Kubica · Antonio Giovinazzi	18 · 19	17 · 15	26 · 7	Antonio Giovinazzi	Swapped places
George Russell · Robert Kubica	17 · 18	16 · 17	22 · 26	George Russell	Kept their order
Lando Norris · Robert Kubica	15 · 18	18 · 17	1 · 26	Lando Norris	Swapped places

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.911	—	0 m	—	19
2	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.118	+0.207	12 m	+0.207	21
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.167	+0.256	15 m	+0.049	21
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.334	+0.423	25 m	+0.167	20
5	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:34.653	+0.742	43 m	+0.319	23
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:35.239	+1.328	77 m	+0.586	23
7	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:35.428	+1.517	88 m	+0.189	23
8	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:35.447	+1.536	89 m	+0.019	24
9	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:35.466	+1.555	90 m	+0.019	25
10	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.507	+1.596	93 m	+0.041	24
11	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.517	+1.606	93 m	+0.010	25
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:35.591	+1.680	98 m	+0.074	22
13	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:35.631	+1.720	100 m	+0.040	24
14	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:35.695	+1.784	104 m	+0.064	26
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:35.729	+1.818	106 m	+0.034	23
16	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:35.756	+1.845	107 m	+0.027	24
17	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:35.820	+1.909	111 m	+0.064	24
18	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:36.847	+2.936	170 m	+1.027	27
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:37.619	+3.708	215 m	+0.772	29
20	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:33.330	—	0 m	—	37
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.357	+0.027	2 m	+0.027	33
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:33.551	+0.221	13 m	+0.194	29
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:34.037	+0.707	41 m	+0.486	32
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:34.096	+0.766	45 m	+0.059	31
6	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:34.141	+0.811	47 m	+0.045	36
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:34.158	+0.828	48 m	+0.017	13
8	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.296	+0.966	56 m	+0.138	38
9	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:34.336	+1.006	59 m	+0.040	32
10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:34.455	+1.125	66 m	+0.119	32
11	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:34.551	+1.221	71 m	+0.096	33
12	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:34.634	+1.304	76 m	+0.083	37
13	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:34.694	+1.364	80 m	+0.060	20
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:34.779	+1.449	85 m	+0.085	37
15	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:34.784	+1.454	85 m	+0.005	35
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:34.788	+1.458	85 m	+0.004	34
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.704	+2.374	139 m	+0.916	32
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:35.914	+2.584	151 m	+0.210	40
19	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:36.121	+2.791	163 m	+0.207	38
20	George Russell	Williams	63	1:36.229	+2.899	169 m	+0.108	35

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	77	1:32.830	—	0 m	—	11
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	5	1:33.222	+0.392	23 m	+0.392	12
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.248	+0.418	25 m	+0.026	10
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	44	1:33.689	+0.859	50 m	+0.441	10
5	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	27	1:33.974	+1.144	67 m	+0.285	11
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Sauber	7	1:34.246	+1.416	83 m	+0.272	14
7	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	33	1:34.447	+1.617	95 m	+0.201	5
8	Carlos Sainz	McLaren	55	1:34.510	+1.680	99 m	+0.063	9
9	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso	23	1:34.600	+1.770	104 m	+0.090	11
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	26	1:34.783	+1.953	115 m	+0.183	10
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	1:34.938	+2.108	124 m	+0.155	11
12	Sergio Perez	Racing Point	11	1:35.078	+2.248	132 m	+0.140	9
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	3	1:35.142	+2.312	136 m	+0.064	11
14	Lance Stroll	Racing Point	18	1:35.223	+2.393	141 m	+0.081	10
15	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing	10	1:35.326	+2.496	147 m	+0.103	8
16	Antonio Giovinazzi	Sauber	99	1:35.726	+2.896	170 m	+0.400	12
17	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	8	1:35.771	+2.941	173 m	+0.045	14
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	20	1:35.998	+3.168	186 m	+0.227	15
19	George Russell	Williams	63	1:36.124	+3.294	193 m	+0.126	10
20	Robert Kubica	Williams	88	1:36.176	+3.346	196 m	+0.052	11

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 3 of 2019
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 14 Apr 2019
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: Mercedes
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.