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Old 15 Apr 2010, 15:41 (Ref:2673197)   #1
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Round 4: Chinese Grand Prix

The Shanghai Circuit:


2004 saw the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix with Ferrari’s Rubens Barrichello leading home Jenson Button for the win. In the subsequent five visits to the world’s most populous country the circuit has shown the potential for close racing and exciting finishes with the average winning distance only seven seconds. Grid position though is as crucial as ever with only one of the six victors coming from off the front row of the grid-Michael Schumacher achieved the win from sixth on the grid in the rain affected Grand Prix of 2006.


The circuit was built in 2003 by the Chinese government to show that the country was ready to be a sporting and financial powerhouse and it raised the standards expected of new F1 venues but even though the drivers praise the layout and the fact that there is ‘a bit of everything’ it is a jack of all trades and a master of none. It pales in comparison to long established circuits such as Spa, Interlagos, Silverstone and Suzuka.

Being designed by Herman Tilke a family resemblance to other new circuits are evident. Bahrain, Sepang, Abu Dhabi and the new Hockenheim all share a long straight and a tight hairpin in a bid to allow for overtaking. In China the cars will reach 320 km/ph as they brake into the second gear turn 14 and before tackling the final corner where the exit is crucial as cars will again be in excess of 310 km/ph before turn 1 and its tightening radius. It is a pretty long lap of 5.5 km and drivers can find a nice rhythm from the exit of turn 4 until the start of the back straight. This is the drivers favourite section of the lap as speeds are quite high for the majority and corners lead into one another. Turns 7 and 8 are very fast and the car is on a knife edge of grip when the change of direction is required.

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Teams and drivers have to balance the need for straight line speed with the requirement for mechanical grip in the first section of the lap. High speed corners such as 7 and 8 need good rear stability as drivers are constantly making small adjustments to the cars pitch through the turns. The exit of turn 13 is crucial for a drivers top speed down the long back straight so drivers take this high cambered corner into account when setting the car up for the race as the straight and braking zone for turn 14 represent the best opportunity for potential overtaking moves during the race. With five second or third gear corners on this track the need for mechanical grip is crucial for lap time. A high speed, low downforce setting is the last thing a driver needs when tackling a second gear corner such as turn 1 in Shanghai so a balancing act of car setup is used by teams. The driver will search for the least amount of downforce that he needs for the slow corners while still maintaining a high top speed.

McLaren’s innovative F-duct will be of great advantage again this weekend and drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton should once again be able to carry more downforce and achieve similar top speeds to opponents due to the stalling of the rear wing that the device manages to achieve. This will be very advantageous as the two most recent world champions can carry more wing and avail of greater levels of grip and downforce in the slower speed corners that are crucial on this track. The advantage will be two fold for them as they can carry more corner speed through turn 13 onto the back straight and then utilise the duct to decrease drag and increase their potential top speed into turn 14. Expect to see the McLaren’s once more monopolise the top speeds chart and be exceptionally competitive over the weekend.

Strategy for this weekend


This race has not proved to be exceptionally taxing on cars and drivers with a minimum of 17 drivers finishing the race each year. Historically this Grand Prix has been a two stop race but with Bridgestone’s tyres proving to be exceptionally durable this race will become a one stopper this year, unless it rains.


Three of the six Chinese Grand Prix have been interrupted by rain and this year the weather has the potential to once more inject some unexpected results on the race. Sebastian Vettel won last year’s wet race and the early weather forecast predicts that he will have to contend with rain if he is to achieve back to back wins here. Friday and most of Saturday should be dry but the clouds will roll in during the night and Sunday will have rain with a 65% chance of a rain affected Grand Prix.

Wet weather always creates the potential for increased excitement and this year’s Chinese Grand Prix could be electrified by a storm such as the one during the build up to the second round in Australia.

Past Performances in China

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton both have great form in China. Ferrari driver Alonso will look to bounce back to form after Malaysia and his engine failure. The 2005 winner has also achieved pole position here and has finished on the podium on four occasions and prior to last year had always finished in the top four.

Alonso’s former teammate Lewis Hamilton has been the pole sitter twice but crashed out during the rain of 07 before winning in 08 and will seek his first win of the year this weekend with an updated McLaren expected to incorporate a ride height control mechanism.

Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has consistently been the pace setter of Formula 1 in 2010 and after winning from pole last year will look become the first driver to win twice in China and place himself firmly at the top of the world championship. Felipe Massa currently occupies that lofty position but the Brazilian has had mixed fortunes in Shanghai. He was very impressive for Sauber in the first Grand Prix here when he qualified 4th and finished 8th and has had two podiums in 2007 and 2008 but with two retirements and a sixth he will have to perform at his best to maintain his slender world championship lead.

All in all this weekend has the potential for another great weekend of action.

BBC Schedule

Friday 16 April
Practice one: 0255-0435, BBC Red Button/online
Practice two: 0655-0835, BBC Red Button/online
Saturday 17 April
Practice three: 0355-0505, BBC Red Button/online
Qualifying: 0600-0830, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live sport extra/online
Qualifying re-run: 1300-1415, BBC One
Sunday 18 April
Race: 0700-1015, BBC One/online and BBC Radio 5 live/online
Post race forum: 1015-1115, BBC Red Button/online
Race re-run: 1455-1645, BBC One
Highlights: 1900-2000 and 0125-0220, BBC Three (highlights then looped on Red Button)

Past winners
2009 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2008 Lewis Hamilton McLaren
2007 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
2006 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Fernando Alonso Renault
2004 Rubbens Barrichello Renault

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Old 15 Apr 2010, 16:00 (Ref:2673210)   #2
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Old 15 Apr 2010, 17:16 (Ref:2673246)   #3
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Old 15 Apr 2010, 19:22 (Ref:2673300)   #4
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The on-the-spot weather report is that the weather is much colder than expected and those team members with Nomex underwear are wearing them like thermals to stay warm! However they say it will warm up for the weekend.

This is me being pedantic again, but is there any chance 'populace' could be changed to 'populous'? It's a noun/adjective difference. Otherwise, great job frostie!
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Old 15 Apr 2010, 20:03 (Ref:2673325)   #5
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Dry,cold practice and qualifying with a wet race. That's my weather prediction for the Chinese GP.
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This is me being pedantic again, but is there any chance 'populace' could be changed to 'populous'? It's a noun/adjective difference. Otherwise, great job frostie!
Cant seem to edit it so you'll have to accept bad grammar!
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Cant seem to edit it so you'll have to accept bad grammar!
It's not that important, but I expect some kind Mod could step in and perform the magic if thought necessary.
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Nice intro frostie !


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Is there any way to find the results for the support classes as I would like to see the results of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia?

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Old 16 Apr 2010, 01:35 (Ref:2673417)   #10
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Old 16 Apr 2010, 03:17 (Ref:2673433)   #11
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WOW! Buemi loses both front wheels at the same time. I think it's safe to say I've never seen that before.
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Old 16 Apr 2010, 03:18 (Ref:2673434)   #12
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Wow, extremely bizarre accident for Buemi. Both front wheels ripped off under braking...
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Apparently there were 2 practice sessions today...
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We have Bernie to thank that there were no injuries. If it wasn't for his cunning plan of taking F1 to countries with no interest in it whatsoever there might have been spectators present.
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watch it in slow mo....its just all falls apart...lucky boy Buemi...
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Yeah! That was weird! And maybe had it happened elsewhere, lethal!

Apparently it was an 'upright' failure which is/was a new design for this race. Why are teams still designing their own uprights when it would seem that a much less expensive and possibly safer standardised one wouldn't make a whole heap of difference to the 'show'? Possibly something for another thread?

If there is no in season testing, then this sort of thing will happen more often.
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Wonder if STR will get done for this happening, wheel tethers and all that?

Seriously cross with Virgin, their feed to the BBC red button is kaput, probably millions of people looking for flight info.

What's the latest score on track folks?
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Button fastest in FP1. Hamilton fastest in FP2.

Alonso has another engine failure and, as you know, Buemi does a bit of dry land canoeing.
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Seriously cross with Virgin, their feed to the BBC red button is kaput, probably millions of people looking for flight info.
Same here, very annoyed. Seems I often miss the first few minutes of any practice as I try to cajole the red button service into life, well not today, I missed the lot.
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regarding the wheel tethers no chance of them keeping the wheels on in that situation the forces were massive.

Its looking good for Mclaren and Rosberg but i think come tomorrow Red Bull will show their true pace.

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The uprights were not a new design they were just 0 mileage parts which is a bit concerning. Also regarding the wheel tethers no chance of them keeping the wheels on in that situation the forces were massive.
"An investigation by the team has concluded that the incident was caused by a front right upright failure - which was a new design introduced for this weekend's race. Exactly what went wrong to cause the malfunction has not yet been established, however."

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Its looking good for Mclaren and Rosberg but i think come tomorrow Red Bull will show their true pace.
Which should make for an interesting qualifying.
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Ahh ok sorry Marbot i didnt read the above post before posting, i was just going by what Five live said.
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I dread to think what would have happened if that suspension failure had happened on a track without such good run off areas.
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Quite impressive "accident"... Fortunately it wasn't during a race.
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