Autoxmobile | Automobile Blog » Chinese GP http://autoxmobile.com car, bikes, autoshow, green, review, spy shots, photos, pics, wallpaper, technical, gallery, glossary Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:55:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Nico Rosberg claims victory at chinese Grand Prix http://autoxmobile.com/nico-rosberg-claims-victory/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nico-rosberg-claims-victory http://autoxmobile.com/nico-rosberg-claims-victory/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:12:57 +0000 Tauqir http://autoxmobile.com/?p=1643 Nico Rosberg won chinese GP after claiming pole position on 14th april,2012. This is first victory for Mercedes since 1955 at Monza by legendry F1 driver Juan Manuel Fangio. Nico was able to finish 20 seconds ahead of the competition. The remaining places on the podium is divided between McLaren drivers – Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton. For the latter, the current third place in this season is the third in a row, but it is possible for him to take the lead in the championship.

The race took place on dry pavement, and at the start there were no serious incidents. It was interesting to watch the Sauber team. Hoping for an economical consumption tires, Swiss team planned to stay longer on track and less in pits. But this time, this tactic did not work. Kamui Kobayashi at the start with a fourth place finish tenth, Sergio Perez – finished eleventh (starting from eighth position).

Kimi Raikkonen started well and maintained second position for first ten laps. However, he lost significant time due to dirt on track which caused loss of speed. He managed to finish at fourteenth place. Rest of the race results can be seen below.

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]]> http://autoxmobile.com/nico-rosberg-claims-victory/feed/ 0 Chinese GP – Nico Rosberg takes F1 pole http://autoxmobile.com/chinese-grand-prix-qualifying/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chinese-grand-prix-qualifying http://autoxmobile.com/chinese-grand-prix-qualifying/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:29:47 +0000 Tauqir http://autoxmobile.com/?p=1635 Nico Rosberg claimed his first ever pole position at Chinese GP. The german was furious as he was half a second faster at 1:35.121 than second driver on pole, Lewis Hamilton. Michael Schumacher managed third position but due to a gearbox penalty Lewis Hamilton will start from third position making Mercedes duo as front runners. This is also first pole position for Mercedes since 1955. This achievement  is possible as a result of Mercedes innovative front wing design. Kimi Raikonnen managed fifth pole position followed by Jensen Button and Mark Webber at sixth and seventh position respectively. Current world champion Sebastian Vettel will start from Eleventh position.

Chinese Gran Prix Qualifying results :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Lewis Hamilton will start from 3rd position

 

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