Here are the results of round 4 of our prediction game. There were several correct predictions for both fastest lap (Hamilton) and pole position (Vettel) but nobody predicted the win for Jenson Button. Still there were some impressive scores – The highest score of this round – 22 points – belongs to ncng. Fantoci scored 21, Enigma, DaniGo, Pgirish13 and james 20. Congratulations ! There were few predictions that arrived too late, after the qualifying session – sorry, could not count them …

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Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton celebrate on Shanghai podium

Jenson Button won the rain affected 2010 Chinese Grand ahead of his McLaren team mate Lewis Hamilton. Button’s second win of the season means that the defending champion takes over the championship lead. Nico Rosberg finished third, ahead of Fernando Alonso, Robert Kubica, Sebastian Vettel, Vitaly Petrov, Mark Webber, Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher.

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All Red Bull front row in Shanghai

Sebastian Vettel secured the fourth pole position for Red Bull in as many races this year. Mark Webber will line up next to Vettel on the front row. Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg will start from the second row. Button, Hamilton, Massa, Kubica, Schumacher and Sutil complete the top ten.

Q3:

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:34.558
2. Webber – Red Bull – 1:34.806
3. Alonso – Ferrari – 1:34.913
4. Rosberg – Mercedes – 1:34.923
5. Button – McLaren – 1:34.979
6. Hamilton – McLaren – 1:35.034
7. Massa – Ferrari – 1:35.180
8. Kubica – Renault – 1:35.364
9. Schumacher – Mercedes – 1:35.646
10. Sutil – Force India – 1:35.963

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Empty F1 grandstands in Shanghai ...

Red Bull finally showed their pace in China. Mark Webber was the fastest driver on Saturday morning in Shanghai, Sebastian Vettel finished the final practice session in 3rd place. P2 and P4 went to McLaren drivers. Ferrari also unleashed their cars with Feranando Alonso finishing ahead of both Mercedes drivers. Felipe Massa would probably end the session with faster time if not for Karun Chandhok getting in his way on the last flying lap. Earlier the session was red flagged following Vitaly Petrov’s crash into to tyre barriers. He walked away OK but the car will need some serious repair job before qualifying …

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Sebastien Buemi

Jenson Button posted the fastest time in the first practice session for the Chinese GP ahead of Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel. Worry for Ferrari as the team suffered yet another engine failure (Fernando Alonso). The major talking point however will be the massive and scary crash of Sebastien Buemi. Both his front wheels came off his car at the same moment under braking at the end of the long back straight. No one was hurt …

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The 2010 Formula One season continues this weekend in Shanghai. It is time to make predictions for the Chinese GP round of our prediction game. The weather in Shanghai is cold and rainy at the moment (single digits in Celsius). It is expected to get warmer in next two day. There is forecast for some sunshine for Friday and Saturday and rain for Sunday…

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Lotus colours are this year also seen in the IRL series following the technical and commercial partnership between Lotus and Cosworth and IndyCar team KV Racing Technology. Here is short video introducing the team featuring among others Clive Chapman, Dany Bahar and Takuma Sato.

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Helmet designs should help us to identify the drivers on the track. Sometimes however the drivers depart from their traditional designs and confuse us all. In the last two races (Australia and Malaysia) Rubens Barrichello dropped his traditional red (orange) and white design – design he used throughout his entire F1 career. In Melbourne and Sepang the red (orange) went missing… Here is the gallery featuring Rubens Barrichello and his blue-white helmet:

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Here are the results of round 3 of our prediction game. Quite a lot of people expected Vettel’s win but the scores this time are not much higher than in previous round. There were only few correct predictions for pole position and fastest lap, also the disappointing results of Ferrari, McLaren and Michael Schumacher played their part. On the other hand Jaime Alguersuari and Nico Hulkenberg both appeared once in the Malaysian GP predictions. The highest score of this round is 21 points and belongs to Mike Coxon. Klokan and TiMMiE scored 20. Congratulations !

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2010 Malaysian GP Podium

Sebastian Vettel won the 2010 Malaysian GP after finally having a trouble free race. Mark Webber completed one-two finish for Red Bull. Nico Rosberg finished third ahead of Robert Kubica who had another impressive race for Renault. Sutil, Hamilton, Massa, Button, Alguersuari and Hulkenberg collected the rest of the points. The points are the first in F1 for Alguersuari and Hulkenberg.

2010 Malaysian GP – Result

1. Vettel – Red Bull – 1:44.711
2. Webber – Red Bull +4.8
3. Rosberg – Mercedes +13.5
4. Kubica – Renault +18.5
5. Sutil – Force India +21.0
6. Hamilton – McLaren +23.4
7. Massa – Ferrari +27.0
8. Button – McLaren +37.9
9. Alguersuari – Toro Rosso +70.6
10. Hulkenberg – Williams +73.3

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Mark Webber - 2010 Malaysian GP Qualifying

Q3 started in heavy rain. The session was red flagged with 7:17 minutes remaining and restarted about 15 minutes later. Mark Webber gambled and went out on intermediate tyres. His gamble paid of, Webber was 1.346 sec faster than Rosberg in P2. Sebastian Vettel will start from P3, Adrian Sutil will line up next to him on the second row. Great qualifying for Nico Hulkenberg (P5). Kubica (P6), Barrichello (P7), Schumacher (P8), Kobayashi (P9) and Liuzzi (P10) complete the top 10.

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Mark Webber Red Bull 2010 Malaysian GP

Mark Webber posted the fastest time in the final qualifying session for Malaysian GP ahead of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher. Rain was in the air during the FP3 but somehow it managed to miss the Sepang circuit. Timo Glock in Virgin was the fastest of the new teams in this session.

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