\n| Most wins manufacture<\/td>\n | Mercedes (5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Fast facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Shanghai s the most populated city in all of China, it tops the list of world cities by population within the city and comes third in the world in terms of commuter zone population\u00a0with the population of the metropolitan area being thirty five million<\/li>\n
- The circuit configuration has never changed, meaning the current 5.451-kilometre layout is the same as used in that inaugural race more than a decade ago.<\/li>\n
- The circuit was designed around the Chinese character in the name of the city Shanghai, which means “above” or “ascend”.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Event timetable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSession <\/strong><\/td>\nLocal<\/strong><\/td>\nBST<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nFriday<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nP1<\/strong><\/td>\n| 10:00-11:30<\/td>\n | 03:00-04:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nP2<\/strong><\/td>\n| 14:00-15:30<\/td>\n | 07:00-08:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nSaturday<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nP3<\/strong><\/td>\n| 11:00-12:00<\/td>\n | 04:00-05:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nQualifying\u00a0 <\/strong><\/td>\n| 14:00-15:00<\/td>\n | 07:00-08:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \nSunday<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nRace<\/strong><\/td>\n| 14:10<\/td>\n | 07:20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n What happened in 2017?<\/strong><\/p>\nLewis Hamilton took a grand slam in damp conditions to dominate the race and take his sixth win in Shanghai ahead of Sebastian Vettel. The then three times champion made a better start pulling away and left Vettel to fend off his teammate Valtteri Bottas.<\/p>\n In his debut race, Ferrari\u2019s young driver Antonio Giovinazzi crashed out. The Italian aquaplaned as he\u00a0cross\u00a0the finish line losing control of his Sauber and spun off into the wall. That gave everyone a free stop and aided Hamilton\u2019s victory. McLaren\u2019s difficult start to the season continued as both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne retired<\/p>\n What to watch for?<\/strong><\/p>\nLewis Hamilton has always gone well in Shanghai and Mercedes have been dominating here since 2013. Hamilton should have the straight-line speed advantage from the Mercedes and as we have seen in the last few races that following cars have been difficult in the last two years.<\/p>\n It will be interesting how far Honda has recovered that deficit in straight line speed, because they have struggled here in the past three years. Ferrari will give us more answers about how genuine the performance is to Mercedes, as I believe the team need to start beating Ferrari has started the season stronger than expected.<\/p>\n 2016 vs 2017 Race Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nP1 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nP2 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nP3 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nQ1 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nQ2 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nQ3 Fastest<\/strong><\/td>\nRace Time<\/strong><\/td>\nFastest Lap<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| 2017<\/td>\n | 01:50.491<\/td>\n | Cancelled<\/td>\n | 01:33.336<\/td>\n | 01:33.078<\/td>\n | 01:32.181<\/td>\n | 01:31.406<\/td>\n | 01:37:36.158<\/td>\n | 01:35.423<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| Diff<\/td>\n | +12.466<\/td>\n | N\/a<\/td>\n | -24.025<\/td>\n | -4.077<\/td>\n | -4.077<\/td>\n | -4.003<\/td>\n | -01:40.747<\/td>\n | -4.401<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| 2016<\/td>\n | 01:38.037<\/td>\n | 01:36.896<\/td>\n | 01:57.351<\/td>\n | 01:37.001<\/td>\n | 01:36.118<\/td>\n | 01:35.402<\/td>\n | 01:38:53.891<\/td>\n | 01:39.824<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Data Profile<\/p>\n A lap of Shanghai \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nLewis Hamilton comes across the line heads to the outside gets into eighth gear before turning to the inside breaking un the middle of the corner then goes to the centre before hitting the kerb. Hits outside kerb, before running through to the inside, runs straight through four.<\/p>\n Breaks at 100 metres for six staying on the outside before turning in hits the apex, then runs to the outside opening the throttle up. Goes through the centre of seven then tries to stay left to keep the speed through eight. Little understeer at nine nicely through then nine and ten, then accelerates along the inside.<\/p>\n Breaks 50 metres before twelve, goes to the outside good exit for thirteen. then runs to the outside while opening the car up through the corner, exiting on the outside hits kerb. He keeps the steering wheel as straight as possible before going to the outside breaks at 100 metres turns in and hits the apex.<\/p>\n Runs all the way to the outside re-crosses the track taking as much speed into sixteen runs along the pit side and across the side. doing a 01:31.678.<\/p>\n Tyres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n| \n Driver<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\nTeam<\/strong><\/td>\nUltrasoft<\/strong><\/td>\nSoft<\/strong><\/td>\nMedium<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n| \n L. Hamilton<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Mercedes<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| V. Bottas<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n S. Vettel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Ferrari<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| K. Raikkonen<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n D. Ricciardo<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Red Bull \u2013 Tag Heuer<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| M. Verstappen<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n S. Perez<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Force India \u2013 Mercedes<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| E. Ocon<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | \n 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n S. Sirotkin<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Williams \u2013 Mercedes<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| L. Stroll<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | \n 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n F. Alonso<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | McLaren \u2013 Renault<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| S. Vandoorne<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | \n 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n P. Gasly<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Toro Rosso \u2013Honda<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| B. Hartley<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n R. Grosjean<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Haas \u2013 Ferrari<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| K. Magnussen<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| \n N. Hulkenberg<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | Renault<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| C. Sainz<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n | \n 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| M. Ericsson<\/td>\n | Sauber \u2013 Alfa Romeo<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | \n 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n| C. Leclerc<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n | \n 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Related<\/strong><\/p>\nGoogle Collection<\/a>
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