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Lewis Hamilton finished the Chinese grand prix in Shanghai in 6th position, after starting from 9th position.

As the rain started to pour we knew Lewis is in for a good chance. After the safety car start Lewis managed to get up into 5th position with some great overtaking manovures, includeing a few on Kimi Raikkonen. Unfortunately the conditions were ever changeing and there was standing water on certain parts of the circuit which cought Hamilton out and thur spinning a few times. He did well to get back through the field and finished in 6th position which isn’t a bad result overall.

Lewis’ view on the race

It was almost too difficult to drive at the beginning of the race. I found a good pace and had some fun in the opening laps, but unfortunately destroyed my tyres quite early on.

I made a few too many mistakes today. It was very slippery and my front-left tyre was finished long before the end but I still gave it my best. This afternoon was a real struggle but I’m glad I got some points for the team.

Chinese Grand Prix Race Results:

1.  VETTEL       Red Bull      1h57m43.49s
2.  WEBBER       Red Bull      +11.0s
3.  BUTTON       Brawn         +45.0s
4.  BARRICHELLO  Brawn         +1m03.7s
5.  KOVALAINEN   McLaren       +1m05.1s
6.  HAMILTON     McLaren       +1m11.9s
7.  GLOCK        Toyota        +1m14.5s
8.  BUEMI        Toro Rosso    +1m16.4s
9.  ALONSO       Renault       +1m24.3s
10. RAIKKONEN    Ferrari       +1m31.8s
11. BOURDAIS     Toro Rosso    +1m34.2s
12. HEIDFELD     BMW           +1m35.8s
13. KUBICA       BMW           +1m46.9s
14. FISICHELLA   Force India   +1 lap
15. ROSBERG      Williams      +1 lap
16. PIQUET       Renault       +2 laps
R.  SUTIL        Force India   +6 laps
R.  NAKAJIMA     Williams      +13 laps
R.  MASSA        Ferrari       +36 laps
R.  TRULLI       Toyota        +38 laps

This entry on F1Hamilton.net was posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm and is filed under Race Results.