F1, Shanghai is still Rosberg but Vettel wins a great second place – Il Sole 24 Ore

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This article was published April 17, 2016 at 11:56.

As always, when it is not raining, the Chinese Grand Prix Formula 1 confirmed an exciting race and no matter who won for the third time in a row, almost no flaws, a certain Nico Rosberg, because everything happened, and no one can say he had fallen asleep in front of the screen even a second, despite the way to Italy was at eight in the morning.

Vettel, qualified not good and even worse Party, has shown his whole cloth and coldness managed to finish second, as the best realistic forecasts. Too bad for Raikkonen because, starting from third place, he was dreaming of a podium, especially on a day with Hamilton last on the grid.

But the tarot and predictive analytics today counted for little, as the race was intense and full of events from the first meters. The really excited early in Shanghai has done excellent victims just from Vettel, who is set back up to seventh place due to a contact with Raikkonen, regular party front and suddenly widened the exit of the first corner to avoid a Kvyat undoubtedly impetuous nell’infilarsi within both Maranello car. An event that will be widely discussed but all in all within the normal race events. Penalized by red debris Hamilton also that, as the Finnish, has been forced to pit already at the end of the first lap, and then called into the pits on the fifth well: it will be for him a Sunday of passion.

They spend yes and no five minutes and another plot twist is served: Ricciardo explodes the left rear tire in a straight line while leading the race, thanks to a masterful overtaking Rosberg at the first corner. And its debris forced the race direction to bring out the safety car, causing a second distortion of the top teams in the strategies but also for all the other teams, who take advantage of the opportunity to make the first change of tires. Surprisingly, Rosberg was the only one who renounces to return, probably with the intention to stay on only two stops: winning an intuition that will only succeed to him and Massa.

At the fifteenth Vettel looks back competitive, dates back to the fourth place but, after a nice passing move on Alonso, leaving fragments of front wing side skirt on the street, putting serious doubts about the possibility of maintaining the new strategies until the checkered flag. Up front, a quarter of the race, the virtual podium is very unusual: Rosberg, Massa and Kvyat not seem indicative of a reliable end result, but the fact remains that Ricciardo, after an excellent qualifying right behind Rosberg and ahead of both Ferrari, in this Chinese afternoon had shot in the head after a few meters and there remained until the unexpected tire default. Sign of a Red Bull actually reborn in the beginning of 2016.

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