Formula 1: McLaren Rule China

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 yet, the thrill is at its best.

See you in Spain in 3 weeks time.