Lewis Hamilton wins 2011 Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won his first race of the season in the 2011 Chinese Grand Prix. What a thriller! So many lead changes. Lewis didn't get the lead until the 52nd lap. Awesome! Tire management won the day. And to think Lewis' car got on to the track from the garage 30-seconds before the start of the race. OMG. Mark Webber finished 3rd starting from 18th.

Lewis is now second in the driver's standings behind Sebastian Vettel.

Go Lewis!

From Formula1:

Q: We saw your emotion at the end of the race. We didn’t quite see your emotion at the start of the race. What was going on with your car as you only just made it to the grid and how worried were you that you might not be able to start?

LH: I don’t think worried was coming into my thoughts to be honest. I was in the car nice and early to go out and then we had a problem as the car just would not start. I am still not sure exactly what went on but they had to take a lot of the bodywork off and I knew there was six minutes to go. Then there was two minutes to go but fortunately everything just came together very quickly. The guys did a great job but, of course, for me it is very important to stay as clam as possible as that reflects on all the guys in the garage. I tried to stay positive and they got the car out which was the most important.

Q: Lewis, your first grand prix race win of the season and the first non-Red Bull race win of the season. Is this game on in the title now?

LH: I think we have still got a long road ahead of us but we are working very, very hard to close the gap. I think the race pace we are quite similar but in qualifying we still have got a lot of work to do. But I am absolutely overwhelmed. It feels like a long, long time since I was sitting here. Feel very proud and extremely grateful for all the hard work the guys put in and I will continue to push. These guys do a fantastic job and I am looking forward to many, many more great races like this.

Credit LAT