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Button’s brilliant victory – Chinese GP 2010
by Aman ChaudhryNo CommentsJenson Button marked his second victory for 2010 in a very exciting Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today.
Team mate Lewis Hamilton secured 2nd position with some exceptional driving making it a 1-2 win for McLaren while Nico Roseberg beat Alonso for third position.
A rainy wet start to the race led the leading drivers namely both Red Bulls, both Ferraris, Schumacher and Hamilton into the pit lane for a change to intermediate tyres only to switch them in the next couple of laps while Button, Roseberg, Kubica and Pertov chose to continue on slicks which gave them a good lead.
This was a complete action packed race day with almost 4-5 pit stops for each driver, penalties and pending decisions.
Fernando Alonso got a penalty for a jump-start and was pulled down from his leading position during the race itself. Hamilton and Vettel decided to race wheel to wheel inside the pit lane with Hamilton drive on the blue line could cost this Brit some time. The decision is still pending.
Nico Roseberg who was leading at that time was caught off guard when the rain gods opened up once again, letting Button take a lead on him.
The safety cab was brought on the track, as there was debris on the track left after Alguersuari clipped an HRT car.
With all the drivers bunched up this time with Button leading, there was a lot of shoving and pushing on this track.
While Hamilton desperately (almost aggressively) tried to make his way to the top, he really had to fight Schumacher out of his way. The brilliant chase lasted for a while till Schumacher could not hold his defense any longer and Hamilton sqeezed past between turns 8 and 9.
Hamilton was on fire today as he soon went after chasing Roseberg for the second position. Both these drivers who started their racing careers at the same time with Karting knew each others moves quite well, showing some excellent driving.
The excitement mellowed down with 20 laps remaining as Button secured his pole position kept Hamilton running number 2 at a safe distance. It all came down who had looked after their tyres the most and Hamilton drove in a composed manner.
Formula One rookie, Vitaly Petrov marked his first ever F1 points by finishing seventh, while Webber, Massa and Schumi rounded in the top 10 of the grid.
Published on April 18, 2010 · Filed under: Uncategorized;




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