Formula 1: McLaren Rule China

Formula 1: McLaren Rule China
Formula 1 at its best! Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton held their nerves in a thrilling Shanghai race to make it a 1-2 for McLaren at the Chinese Grand Prix.
The race kicked off with drama. There was rain and then a false start by Fernando Alonso. The first corner itself saw contact between Vitantonio Luizzi, Kamui Kobayashi and Sebastien Buemi, resulting in a safety car deployment. Then due to the rain there was a rush in the pits for changing from slicks to wet tires. Then Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton got into a situation in the pits where Hamilton passed Vettel on entry, and then both drivers were side-by-side as they left their respective pits. This ended in a reprimand for both of them from the race stewards.

The safety car was once again deployed around the 21st lap when Alguersuari's Toro Rosso went off track damaging the nose wing and leaving debris on the track. The safety car was out for 4 laps and this saw Button's lead negated, and all cars were close by in line. But in the end the McLaren's of Button and Hamilton made sure they took away maximum points for their team, which got them right up there in the constructor's table, with Nico Rosberg taking the last podium place.

Race Classification
1.Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 25 pts
2.Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 18 pts
3.Nico Rosberg (Mercedes Benz GP Ltd) 15 pts
4.Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 12 points
5.Robert Kubica (Renault) 10 pts
6.Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 8 pts
7.Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 6 pts
8.Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 4 pts
9.Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 2 pts
10.Michael Schumacher (Mercedes Benz GP Ltd) 1 pts
Driver Standings

Position Driver Team Points
1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 60
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 50
3 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 49
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 49
5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 45
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 41
7 Robert Kubica Renault 40
8 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 28
9 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 10
10 Michael Schumacher Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 10
11 Vitantonio Luizzi Force India-Mercedes 8
12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 6
13 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 5
14 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 2
15 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1

Constructor Standings

Position Team Points
1 McLaren-Mercedes 109
2 Ferrari 90
3 RBR-Renault 73
4 Mercedes Benz GP Ltd 60
5 Renault 46
6 Force India-Mercedes 18
7 Williams-Cosworth 6
8 STR-Ferrari 2
9 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0
10 Lotus-Cosworth 0
11 HRT-Cosworth 0
12 Virgin-Cosworth 0

This year's Formula One season looks very different, if nothing else, all thanks to the many rule changes. But with no one team dominating as of yet, the thrill is at its best.