Kovalainen Battles In The Rain

Chinese Grand Prix

Everyone said it was going to be rubbish. But add a little spice of a drop of rain and suddenly this must go down as one of the most memorable Chinese Grand Prix ever.

A second win for the season for Jenson Button, and Heikki Kovalainen continues the domination in the Battle of the New Teams.

Despite qualifying ahead of everyone again, Timo Glock failed to even start his car. The same went for Lucas di Grassi, but he eventually went out, before retiring again 8 laps into the race.

Kovalainen managed to find himself in 6th place during an early part of the race, but only because of other teams pitting for intermediates, and him staying out. He would eventually finish down in 14th, ahead of Nico Hulkenberg.

For a second race in a row, both Hispania cars finished, despite Karun Chandhok spinning at one point.

	Driver	Team	Race Pos.	Points
1	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	14th	10
2	Bruno Senna	Hispania	16th	6
3	Karun Chandhok	Hispania	17th	4
4	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	Ret.	0
5	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing	Ret.	0
6	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	DNS	0

 

Standings

Drivers

Kovalainen’s lead to second place has increased to 12 points. Bruno Senna moves up to 4th ahead of Jarno Trulli, but remains behind di Grassi since he has the better finishing position (14th in Malaysia). Timo Glock remains the only driver not to score a single point.

	Driver	Team	Points
1	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	30
2	Karun Chandhok	Hispania	18
3	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing	10
4	Bruno Senna	Hispania	10
5	Jarno Trulli	Lotus	9
6	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing	0

Teams

The gap between Lotus and Hispania remains at 11 points as both teams scored 10 points in Malaysia. Virgin Racing however are 18 points down on Hispania and 29 down on Lotus. It is already a mountain to climb this early in the season.

	Team	Points
1	Lotus	39
2	Hispania	28
3	Virgin Racing	10