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Free practice 1
April 8 - 10:00 local | 02:00 GMT | 22:00 EDT -1d
Free practice 2
April 8 - 14:00 local | 06:00 GMT | 02:00 EDT
Free practice 3
April 9 - 13:00 local | 05:00 GMT | 01:00 EDT
Qualifying
April 9 - 16:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 04:00 EDT
Race
April 10 - 16:00 local | 08:00 GMT | 04:00 EDT
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| 1 | Vettel | ![]() |
Red Bull | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | Button | ![]() |
McLaren | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Heidfeld | ![]() |
Renault | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Webber FL | ![]() |
Red Bull | 56 | 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Massa | ![]() |
Ferrari | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 6 | Alonso | ![]() |
Ferrari | 56 | 4 | ||||||||
| 7 | Kobayashi | ![]() |
Sauber | 56 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | Hamilton | ![]() |
McLaren | 56 | 4 | ||||||||
| 9 | Schumacher | ![]() |
Mercedes | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 10 | di Resta | ![]() |
Force India | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 11 | Sutil | ![]() |
Force India | 56 | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | Rosberg | ![]() |
Mercedes | 55 | 3 | ||||||||
| 13 | Buemi | ![]() |
Toro Rosso | 55 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | Alguersuari | ![]() |
Toro Rosso | 55 | 2 | ||||||||
| 15 | Kovalainen | ![]() |
Team Lotus | 55 | 2 | ||||||||
| 16 | Glock | ![]() |
Virgin | 54 | 2 | ||||||||
| 17 | Petrov | ![]() |
Renault | 52 | 3 | ||||||||
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| ignition | Liuzzi | HRT | 46 | 4 | |||||||||
| spun off | d'Ambrosio | Virgin | 42 | 2 | |||||||||
| engine | Trulli | Team Lotus | 31 | 2 | |||||||||
| fire extinguisher | Perez | Sauber | 23 | 1 | |||||||||
| accident | Barrichello | Williams | 22 | 3 | |||||||||
| overheating | Karthikeyan | HRT | 14 | ||||||||||
| hydraulics | Maldonado | Williams | 8 | 1 | |||||||||
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So, as the champagne is sprayed our text commentary comes to an end. Another win for Vettel and Red Bull, but McLaren are closing. Thanks very much for following, join us for the Chinese Grand Prix next weekend. Vettel celebrates his second consecutive victory on the podium, though it was a little tougher than his first. Button says to Vettel about the fast-starting Renaults: "Unbelievable, I don't know where they came from!" Vettel stands on his car and celebrates his win. His lead in the championship is already 24 points over Jenson Button. Massa appears to run out of fuel on his way back to the pits, and has to leave his car out on the track. The gap between Webber and Heidfeld was 1.3 seconds at the end. Kovalainen finishes 15th for Lotus only one lap down, just 0.4 seconds behind Alguersuari. "In the heat we kept our heads cool. Every week it's a pleasure" says Vettel on the radio. |
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Massa comes home in fifth and Alonso sixth, with Hamilton seventh and Kobayashi eighth. Schumacher finishes ninth ahead of Paul Di Resta who secures the final point.
Vettel cruising home at the front ahead of Button. The action is all for third place, while Massa has Alonso close behind in fifth. |
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Lap 55 |
Liuzzi has also joined the list of retirements. Heidfeld locks up in to turn nine and runs wide, Webber within half a second behind him. Webber right up behind Heidfeld but unable to use his DRS. |
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Lap 53 |
Webber is closing on Heidfeld, and his race engineer tells him the the Renault has been on the hard tyre for four laps longer. |
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Lap 52 |
Hamilton pits, and drops behind Alonso and Petrov. Rejoining in eighth place. In fact, Hamilton goes off at turn seven and allows Webber through. Webber is closing on Hamilton now. Heidfeld gets past the struggling Hamilton up the inside in to turn one for third place. 5 laps to go, and Button is beind told not to push too hard. |
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