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A start from the pit lane exit.

Nico Rosberg's physios

Nico Rosberg's physio

Nico Rosberg's physios

Nico Rosberg's physios

Nico Rosberg's physios

A start from the pit lane exit.

A start from the pit lane exit.

Nico Rosberg's physios

Nico Rosberg's physios

Nico Rosberg's physios

A start from the pit lane exit.

Hermann Tilke and his girlfriend

Felipe Massa's Ferrari in front of Schumacher's Mercedes after the start

Media Centre

Media Centre

Media Centre

Shanghai track iron manhole covers

2004. Formula 1. Suzuka (J). Japan

Nico Rosberg's helmet for this season

Nico Rosberg's physio, Daniel Schloesser, presents Nico's all new helmet for this season

Silk-dressed Chinese grid girls

The Chinese flag in front of the track's landmark's glassy plylon

Therefore some Chinese Unas pose for the snappers

Paddock Club guests watch the race from a high balcony

Tyres are being checked in the evening sun shining on the paddock, strictly in line, too

A Formula 1 advertising billboard

Chinese grid girls

A little Chinese palace surrounded with skyscrapers at Shanghai city

Chinese on-track presentation dancers

Chinese ladies dance on the grid

Long legged chinese grid beauties

Jacques Villeneuve backk in F1

Ralf Schumacher doing an information lap

Capture this, Rainer! Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Fernando Alonso did not take part in Saturday morning's wet practice session

Grid girl at the pole setters position

Full packed stands at the Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Alonso's grid girl

Fernando Alonso in the Ferrari pits

Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull) on the grid

The drivers bus starts to the parade lap arround Shanghai's race track, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Marussia driver Max Chilton

A memorable drawing up of the ontrack performance - dancers, puppets and other artists.

Panasonic Toyota pit wall command center

Liquids like oil and water are preheated and being pumped into to car just before run-out

Bad weather forced the organisers to find for the drivers presentation a safe alternative to the usual truck

Grid girls awaiting the drivers parade

Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto walks back to pits after the race

Chinese officials

Photographers wait for drivers posing after Q3

Quite excited young Chinese acrobats wait for their Sunday morning encouragement

Hot air blowers are used to dry the rubber marks in front of the pits

Portrait of a Chinese grid girl

Ferrari mechanics push a red lady

Lewis Hamilton after his retirement at McLaren command center

Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso arrive in parc fermé

Piles of dry weather condition tires at McLaren pits

Bridgestone's high tech rubber

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Red firemarshal's helmet in trendy colours

Bridgestone tires catch the golden evening light

Ralf Schumacher mekes ambiguous gestures ...

Barrichello's fans enroll banners on the main grandstand

Airbox covers of Red Bull cars in front of pits

Chinese fans during the rainy race

The public pit lane walkabout on Thursday offers a unique photo experience to the race visitor

Chinese dancers rush to the on-track parade

An artistic chinese dancing performance is presented on the grid before the race

Despite the rainy weather Rosberg's grid girl smiles like a friendly chinese sunshine

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

The Chinese grid girls walk in line to drivers parade

Chinese marshals close the pit lane for drivers parade

Grid girls wait in line for the drivers

Photographers wait with their long lenses for the pole position sitter

The race track entrance is closely-guarded

An alert security patrol checks the paddock regularily from one end to the other

Chinese grid girls

Chinese grid girls

Chinese security officials stand in line for their briefing

Adrian Sutil talks with Lewis Hamilton

Tyre washing after practice session

The Chinese Ferrari fan club reserved many places on the main grandstand

The McLaren mechanics practise pitstops

Felipe Massa's wife Raffaela.

Race atmosphere at the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

The Brazilian national banner in a row with the others

National banners are prepared for the grid girls

National banners in a row

The Chinese grid girls wear black boots

Red Bull mechanics clean the tyres properly

The Chinese national banner amongst other flags

A Chinese grid girl

A large Mercedes billboard besides the Shanghai motorway advertises Formula 1

Button's grid girl

The pitlane marshals stand in line for the drivers parade

The Chinese national flag flares up in the evening sunlight

A marshal guards the national banners for the grid girls

A Chinese dance artist

Waiting for the start of the drivers parade - Bourdais and Button with Coulthard and Vettel

The two Finns Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, after qualification

Jenson Button

Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa

Actors and dancers unite for the show before the start

The mystic dragon flies over the grid before the Chinese Grand Prix

Dancers stand ready for the show before the race

Welcome to Shanghai, great to see you!

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso

Nico Rosberg in a post race interview, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton in a post qualifying inteview, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Nico Rosberg

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Pole setter Lewis Hamilton

Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas

Esteban Gutierrez

A happy race winner Lewis Hamilton, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Daniel Ricciardo, obviously proud after qualifying. The Australian has out-qualified his four-time champion team-mate Vettel three times this season, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton

Race leader Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

The new Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci

Kevin Magnussen, the new Danish driver for McLaren

Sergio Perez, Force India driver

Adrian Sutil, driver for Team Sauber

Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda

World Champion of the last four seasons, Sebastian Vettel

Brazilian Felipe Massa, driving for Williams this season

Daniel Ricciardo's helmet

Sebastian Vettel after qualifying

Nico Rosberg in the BMW Williams pits

Felipe Massa

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo, the new Red Bull driver

Rosberg's team-mate, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Podium shot, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, is happy to get 3rd place, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel and his race engineer Rocquelin on the grid

Mark Webber passing the Williams pitwall center

Chinese beauty holding the red flag.

Felipe Massa at Ferrari pit wall command center

Bernard Ecclestone

Michael Ammermüller, new third driver of Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen on the grid with his race engineer Mark Slade

Jenson Button in a sponsor-blue Honda pit

A pretty Chinese Michael Schumacher fan

View into a busy Toyota pit

Williams technical director Sam Michael

Chinese fire marshal in pit lane

Ferrari rear wheel rim shield

Chinese fans of Brazil and Ferrari driver Massa prove China's internationality

Collected rubber marbles on a Ferrari's left rear tire after a race

Extreme humidity caused fogged lenses

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Reflection of Massa's pitboard signal box

German Spyker driver Adrian Sutil

With 22 laps to go, Kubica on first position, 3 seconds ahead of Raikkonen

Barrichello fans enrolled a banner for their hero

Collected rubber marbles on a McLaren's left rear tire after a race

Flags of Ferrari, Finland, Spain and of the Asturias

BMW Sauber's technical director Willy Rampf on the grid

Golden reflections on the inside of a Renault's rear wing construction

Nick Heidfeld waits at grid position

Williams' Nico Rosberg

Ferrari pit crew practices a pit stop

Fully packed grandstands on race day

Ferrari pitboard signal executive

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica

Kimi Raikkonen in parc fermé

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Ralf Schumacher on the grid

Retired Hamilton in pits

Nico Rosberg

BMW motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen

FIA wet race sign

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BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder

Chinese Ferrari fans cheer for Kimi Raikkonen

Fernando Alonso

Felipe Massa

Spy view at McLaren's wings

The two BMW Saubers in front of umbrella-crowded grandstands

Gloved hands of a firemarshal

A grid girl holds the red Chinese flag

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Nick Heidfeld in the garage

McLaren tyre man takes care of his black gold

A red double-deck bus is used for the drivers parade

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Chinese fans wave flags

A Chinese fan holds the Union Jack

Manager Nicolas Todt talks business with his father and designated Ferrari director and board member Jean Todt

Jenson Button in Brawn GP pits

Bernie Ecclestone

Photographers sometimes wait a long time for a thankful subject behind their long lenses

Bridgestone advertising across the road to the Chinese racetrack

Triple Formula One World Champion (in 1981, 1983 and 1987) Nelson Piquet

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jarno Trulli on the grid before the race

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, watches the screen

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, minutes before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Chinese Ferrari fans

Sebastian Vettel raises from his cockpit whilst the crew prepares his car on pole position

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso

Photographers welcome the drivers after their parade lap

Michael Schumacher's Chinese fans cheer with passion

Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock before the Chinese Grand Prix 2010

Bernie Ecclestone takes a phone call under surveillance

The rear of a Ferrari

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme

Kimi Raikkonen is truly missed by his Chinese fans

Nico Rosberg's fan club

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Team principal Peter Sauber

A large coach is used as drivers parade vehicle

Michael Schumacher signs autographs to his devoted Chinese fans

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne and a Bridgestone tyre manager on the grid

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt

Two well-gifted TV presenters (as we combine after reading their passes)

Ferrari advisor Jean Todt enters the paddock

The Chinese grid girls march on the grid

Finnish and Spanish flags wave from the grandstand

A Chinese firemarshal with protective gloves

McLaren pitstop practice

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso on the grid

Bernie Ecclestone speaks with VIP guests on the grid

A fast Kubica passes the main grandstand

Sebastian Vettel peeps at his screen through the gap between visor and helmet

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Hamilton's grid girl

Like a movie advertising - Mercedes Formula One banners in Chinese language hang above the recreation area

The Shanghai main grandstand watches a Force India passing by

The marshals enjoy their deserved lunch break

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mercedes bill board uses huge claims to succeed at the eastern markets

Perez' grid girl

The drivers wave from the drivers parade van

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

A manhole cover

Chinese fans run after reigning World Champion Kimi Raikkonen

A Pirelli technician checks the marks of the mechanics on the tyres

Renault's Petrov returns to pits after becoming fourth in Q2, not able to attend Q3

Bernie Ecclestone

Motivated German fans visit the Chinese GP on early Sunday morning

The Chinese national banner waves above the racetrack

Michael Schumacher jokes around with Sebastian Vettel after the press conference

Race cars approach turn one

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Chinese grid girls walk home at the end of the work day

Ralf Schumachers car receiving service but Ralf will not rejoin the race

FIA president Max Mosley.

Jenson Button

The teams ship their goods directly to Bahrain

The marshals have a quick lunch before the GP starts

Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, in front of Vergne, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Weight control for winner Lewis Hamilton after the Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, drives to pole position, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Kimi Raikkonen supporters

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading the field into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

German Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

Williams driver Felipe Massa on his way back to his grid position

Sebastian Vettel has just arrived at his grid position for the Chinese Grand Prix

Alonso takes a look towards the large group of Ferrari fans on the grand stand

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson

Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Saturday's qualifying

Toro Rosso driver, Belgian Jean-Eric Vergne

French Lotus driver Romain Grosjean

Kimi Raikkonen

Vettel steps out of his Red Bull car

A large group of Ferrari fans

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading the field into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Felipe Massa, Williams-Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso after Saturday's Q3

Valtterii Bottas, Williams

Antonio Pizzonia, BMW Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Raikkonen and Bottas are back fron the drivers parade lap

Race lap 38, P5 for Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel, 16 sec. behind Alonso

Chinese GP 2005

Jenson Button, McLaren

Present to Pierre Dupasquier (Michelin race director) at his farewell party.

The drivers are back from the parade lap

Alonso and Massa are back from the parade lap

After arriving at his grid position, Sebastian Vettel, four-time World Champion, takes off his helmet, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Adrian Newey of McLaren-Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Championship leader, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading Vettel, Alonso and Ricciardo into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo is back from the parade lap

While Ricciardo is beeing served, Hamilton turns in to his pit, Saturday's Q3, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonsos tool with engineers arount.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in Saturday's qualifying session

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, out for Q3 in Saturday's qualifying

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Adrian Sutil, Sauber-Ferrari

Rubens Barrichellos car being prepared on the grid.

Chinese Hamilton fans

Chinese GP 2005

Champagne shower for Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Sebastian Vettel on the grid

The annual drivers group photo

Jenson Button and his father John in the BAR Honda pits.

McLaren Mercedes driver Kimi Raikkonen

Honda's sprayer Rubens Barrichello

Red Bull driver Robert Doornbos, replacing Christian Klien for the last three rounds

Michael Schumacher's race engineer Chris Dyer

Kind personal banner of Ferrari fans

Michael Schumacher

Nick Heidfeld's grid girl waiting on position

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Jarno Trulli passing the 'lotos' grandstands in his Panasonic Toyota

Fernando Alonso, Renault

Queue of cars at the end of straight

Nose cone tip of an environment-friendly Honda

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Just one lap later Rubens Barrichello returns to pits to swap back to wet weather condition tyres

The shiny body of a Toro Rosso reflects a golden sky after sunset

A zoomy Giancarlo Fisichella

Red Bull drivers Mark Webber and David Coulthard descent the drivers parade truck

A penny or two for Ralf's thoughts

BMW Sauber mechanics fight against the crawling humidity and blow the tire marks dry

Ralf rejoins the field after a spin at the start.

A Ferrari's rear in parc fermé

A Chinese marshal receives an original Lewis Hamilton autograph

Fernando Alonso

Jarno Trulli's Toyota

Ferrari pit crew performs a practice pit stop ballet

Spyker steering wheel

Chinese policemen guard the flag waving Chinese fans on the grid after the race

Rubens Barrichello walks back after a difficult race

Rubens Barrichello changes to dry weather condition tyres in lap 25

Thoughful Felipe Massa on the grid

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

Ferrari pit crew successfully finished a pit stop practice

Front right suspension of a BMW Sauber car

DaimlerChrysler board member Juergen Hubbert solaces a sad Lewis Hamilton who retired with a worn-out tire

A happy Lewis Hamilton is being interviewed

Kimi Raikkonen's pit stop

... until they become clear to the shy watcher ;)

Keith Sutton, the doyen of British motorsport photography

Toro Rosso team co-owner Gerhard Berger is being interviewed

Toyota pit crew practices pit stops

Ralf Schumacher, Panasonic Toyota

A Panasonic Toyota steering wheel

Take a close look at McLaren's rear wing settings for qualification

Honda F1 Team boss Nick Fry at the pitwall

BMW Sauber team manager Beat Zehnder back to back with Dr. Mario Theissen

Nick Heidfeld with hard hat on in pits

Kimi Raikkonen

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Heidfeld seems to be disappointed about his seventh place

Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato

Jenson Button changes to dry weather condition tyres in lap 24

Ferrari front wing detailed airflow construction with a Gurney tap

Massa's pit stop

Our Turkish colleague Kerim Okten shoots for the European Pressphoto Agency

We found out much more about Ralf's (and Cora's?) secrets of tender lips: mouth gymnastics

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Ralf Schumacher's Toyota

Massa's Ferrari blows up curb dirt

Toyota pit crew practices pit stops

Sakon Yamamoto, Spyker

Ferrari installed blade covers

Jenson Button, Honda

Jenson Button changes to dry weather condition tyres in lap 24

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Kimi Raikkonen

Chinese fans stand the rain during the race under colorful shelters

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the rain race starts

Ferrari mechanics work on the car in pits, always compliant to FIA rules and measures

A Toyota's rear side

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli and Barrichello walk to the scales after parking their cars at parc ferme

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the rain race starts

A giant banner cheers for Kimi

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel celebrates his achivement after qualifying in front of the greedy media

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Chinese track marshals rendevous

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Fifth grid positioned Jenson Button walks behind parc ferme after Q3

In front of the large grandstand at the end of the main straight, the yellow light signals danger for this intersection to the blinded drivers

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Kubica's pit board is being prepared and signals 17th position

Nico Rosberg is being interviewed on the grid before the race

Renault spokesperson Jean-Francois Caubet listens to Renault F1 team boss Flavio Briatore

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Saftey first!

A BMW Sauber tyre manager cleans the ungrooved black gold

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade, followed by Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher and his press officer Sabine Kehm

Nico Rosberg glides into the cockpit of his Mercedes car on fourth grid position

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, looks at the Ferrari in parc ferme after gaining 10th position

Alguersuari's grid girl holds a number board

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, Renault

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, concentrates before the race

After qualifying, the competitors Button, Sutil and Hamilton stop their cars in parc ferme

Green lights for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, at pit lane entrance

Michael Schumacher returns from drivers parade

Alguersuari's grid girl just discovered the snapper

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A cool Nico Rosberg returns from drivers parade

Jarno Trulli, Lotus Racing

A thoughtful Mark Webber on the second grid position takes a sip of minerals minutes before the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, rushes through pitlane after his first pitstop

Fernando Alonso prepares for the race

Being formerly rivals on the track, the friends Michael Schumacher and David Coulthard have a nice chat whilst they walk together

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Hulkenberg's grid girl holds a number board

Sebastian Vettel takes his helmet off besides Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer

Sebastian Vettel in Red Bull Racing pits

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Robert Kubica, Renault

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen comes down from the drivers parade truck

Champagne shower for McLaren's sporting director Dave Ryan

Podium ceremony

Jenson Button, Honda, concentrates during qualification session

John Townsend

Toyota's Jarno Trulli slightly besides the curbs

John Townsend

Toro Rosso associate Gerhard Berger

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Force India's Adrian Sutil speaks with technical director Gascoyne

The two Britons Jenson Button and David Coulthard

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes driver, after achieving pole position

Part of a McLaren front wing

Toro Rosso's Gerhard Berger seems to suffer a jet lag

Alonso evaporates wood from his Renault car's bottom

Jenson Button, Honda

Close-up at the reflection on a McLaren nose cone

Kimi Raikkonen and Heikki Kovalainen

Jenson Button, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Nico Rosberg comes down from the drivers parade truck

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

A 'Save Japan' sticker on the lens of a colleague

The official opening ceremony for an exciting F1 carnival Sunday

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

An ING DIBA (Renault's main sponsor) advertising billbard lets Alonso walk on the wall

Lotus Renault GP test driver Bruno Senna

Faster than a black horse? A Ferrari mechanic on a Bridgestone tyre during pitstop practice

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes GP pits

Williams' director of engineering Patrick Head jokes around with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh and Williams team manager Adam Parr

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3 in front of Button

The Mercedes pit wall command center during the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Red Bull advisor Dr. Helmut Marko

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

An inked Pirelli technician removes the dirty layer from the black gold

The fans chase Michael Schumacher with cameras and pencils

The suspension of a Ferrai car

The medical car's signal under full stands overlooking turn one

Pitstop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

The curious tension can be seen in the face of the eager journalists whilst they wait for the driver to arrive for an interview

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg climbs on the drivers parade truck

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Kimi Raikkonen climbs on the drivers parade truck

The medical car waits for the start at the end of the pit lane

Packed grandstands at first turn

Two pretty Chinese fans collect drivers autographs

Jarno Trulli comes down from the drivers parade truck

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Kimi Raikkonen takes place in the Ferrari car

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Antti Puskala and Wolfgang Wilhelm

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Chinese Tifosi

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

The two Britons Jenson Button and David Coulthard

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica discusses setup with a mechanic

Felipe Massa

Ralf Schumacher passes first corner between other contestants

Juan Pablo Montoya trough the first chicane

Grid girls line up for their deployment

The grid girls walk to the grid

During Rosberg's interview after his win, overwhelmed media is eager to find a good spot

Ron Meadows, Mercedes sporting director, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

2nd placed and Championship leader Nico Rosberg, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Max Chilton, Marussia-Ferrari

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari gets a new set of tyres

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, driving out of the pits on Friday morning dry free practice session

Kimi Raikkonen supporters

Valtteri Bottas, Williams-Mercedes

3rd placed Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari gets a new set of tyres

Leader Lewis Hamilton joins the race after making his 2nd and last stop, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, out for yet another pole position, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Russian Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso

Alonso passing his pit board with five laps to go.

Pastor Malsonado's damaged Lotus-Renault after his accident in Friday afternoon's practice session

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari pits for a new set of tyres

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel

Drivers giant puppets.

Pit stop for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

A realy happy Lewis Hamilton after his 3rd consecutive Grand Prix win this season, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

A Chinese "Una" (Red Bull girl) fits into the race car.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Race leader Lewis Hamilton making his 2nd and last stop, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

1st in the parc ferme after the race: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes. Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

The celebration of Jenson Buttons’s 100th Grand Prix, alongside him BAR team manager Nick Fry.

Jenson Button.

First corner and grandstands.

Kevin Magnussen, McLaren-Mercedes

Supporters of Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg

Pastor Maldonado, Lotus-Renault

Brazilian Felipe Nasr, Williams. He will drive in five Friday practice sessions at grands prix the current 2014 season.

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Chinese GP 2005

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Ralf Schumacher.

Jarno Trulli's silhouette

Honda's Rubens Barrichello chats briefly on the grid with his former employer Sir Jackie Stewart

Giancarlo Fisichella in front of the 'lotos flowers'

Jenson Button in his Honda dressed with unusual livery, optimised for sponsor's asian cigarette market

Jenson Button performing his second pit stop in lap 34 and changes to tires for dry weather condition

Ferrari team photo opportunity about an hour after the race - CU in Suzuka :)

Kimi Raikkonen fans

Nick Heidfeld of BMW Sauber practices in dull weather

Alonso in the rain

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the grid with his race engineer Giampaolo Dall'Ara

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren Mercedes

Zoom of Mark Webber

Renault's Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso celebrates his pole position by jumping on his Renault

Michael Schumacher on intermediate tires

Michael Schumacher on a flying lap

Robert Kubica of BMW Sauber (leading Trulli)

Close-up at the backlit headlights of the safety car

Toro Rosso front wings

Fernando Alonso kisses his trophy for second place

Kimi sprays champagne

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Aerodynamically spread dirt on a Renault cooler chimney

After the race exhausted drivers walk back from scrutineer parking

Unlucky Sebastian Vettel under media interrogation

Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso exchange glances in parc fermé after the race

Martin Whitmarsh soothes retired Lewis Hamilton

BMW Sauber steering wheel

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Ferrari pit crew practices a pit stop

Lewis Hamilton cuts corner

BMW Sauber engineers with notebooks on the grid

A shiny BMW emblem on Heidfeld's HANS device

Toro Rosso's Sebastian Vettel

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

Sakon Yamamoto in the pitlane

Red Bull nose cone with front wings

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

The organic backside of a Toro Rosso car

Fisichella's Renault whirls up dust

The McLaren 'triumvirate' Martin Whitmarsh, Norbert Haug and Ron Dennis together in good mood

Massa mistakes a curve

All sorts of Bridgestone tires are prepared for every possible weather condition

Honda's Jenson Button

BMW Sauber pit crew practices pit stops

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica answers curious questions

Ralf Schumacher's pit stop

Kimi Raikkonen's tattoo.

Italian flags at parc fermé, Finnish driver on podium

A streamlined BMW Sauber cooler chimney

Ferrari wheelspin

Alex Wurz, Williams

Nick Heidfeld changes from 'wets' to 'drys' in lap 32

Felipe Massa being pushed to grid place

Toro Rosso left front suspension

Alexander Wurz, Williams

Rubens Barrichello takes a nip in Honda pits

A BMW Sauber car waits for FIA scrutineering in parc fermé

Lewis Hamilton leads the field at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix.

Steering wheel of a Ferrari car

After retiring and changing clothes Hamilton crosses pitlane and waves greetings to his fans

Ferrari mechanics cool down the brake disks with portable blowers

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Left front suspension of a Red Bull

The BMW Sauber monocoque's right side

Liuzzi is being caressed for a well earned sixth place

Fans with flags on grid watch podium ceremony

Lewis Hamilton sits at pitwall command center between Ron Dennis and Norbert Haug

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Jenson Button in the car at Brawn GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen cuts the curve on the limit

Robert Kubica returns from drivers parade

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, watches the screen

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

A Renault's rear side

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Bourdais under a large umbrella

Jenson Button puts his helmet on before the wet race starts

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Toyota's Trulli

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Vettel's grid girl holds the number and an umbrella

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Red Bull Racing principal Christian Horner looks hardly confident under the umbrella

Heikki Kovalainen comes from drivers parade truck, followed by fellow-countryman Raikkonen and a well-covered Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

A mechanic cleans a slick tire

A Brawn-Mercedes' rear side

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali

Kubica's BMW Sauber car starts from pitlane

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Toro Rosso's Sebastien Buemi on the left and Kimi Raikkonen with the Ferrari mechanics at parc ferme after Q3

Unlucky Sutil's Force India car is being returned to pits without front wheels

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, emits spray on the main straight

Jenson Button returns from drivers parade

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Kubica starts from pitlane

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

A small pit for smoking Ferrari mechanics

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

The Ferrari drivers are being chased by autograph hunters on their way to drivers meeting

John Button (Jenson's father) jokes with Bernie Ecclestone

Race winner Jenson Button presents his trophy for winning the Chinese GP

After qualifying, third grid placed Alonso, second Webber und eighth Kubica leave their cars

The safety car deploys for debris on the track

A thoughtful Felipe Massa in Ferrari pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Karun Chandhok and Jaime Alguersuari chat with large gestures

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enters the pitlane for a fast pitstop

Vitaly Petrov, Renault

The rear wing of a Red Bull-Renault

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

A happy Nico Rosberg presents his trophy for the third place

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Robert Kubica, Renault, passes Rosberg's Mercedes in pitlane

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, ejects to pitlane for practice session

12th placed Rubens Barrichello with 9th positioned Felipe Massa walk together after the race

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus

Race winner Jenson Button presents his trophy after podium ceremony

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Jenson Button, Honda

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Raikkonen's Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton in parc ferme after qualifying

Pitstop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

The Raikkonen fans know where to get the good photos from ;)

Pitstop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya stands in the paddock like a statue

Junction of a McLaren nose cone and the front wings

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering during paddock club pitwalk

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Barrichello's Honda on its grid position

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nico Rosberg walks to drivers parade

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kubica and Fisichella between Chinese grid girls

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Mark Webber puts his Puma gloves on

John Townsend

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Chinese fans show their devotion to Rubens Barrichello

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Friend and colleague Martin Trenkler carries 'light weight equipment' of a 'Photogarupher' ;-)

Pitstop of Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Pitstop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Alonso fans cheer from the main grandstand

Lewis Hamilton waves to the fans

John Townsend

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, leaves to grid

A used front wing on a Mercedes car after the Chinese GP

Michael Schumacher returns from drivers parade

Paul di Resta, Force India

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The McLaren pit crew after Lewis Hamilton is gone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Hamilton's fans on a stand

McLaren's Jenson Button arrives at his second grid position

The Red Bull Racing pit wall command center during the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Third placed Mark Webber of Red Bull in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Pitstop of Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Red Bull mechanics check their Pirelli tyres' measurements

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld presents the champagne bottle for his third place at the previous race in Sepang in Lotus Renault pits

McLaren's Jenson Button prepares for racing at second grid position

The Ferrari team sends best wishes to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull press officer Britta Roeske leads World Champion Sebastian Vettel to the press conference

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

The McLaren pit crew awaits Lewis Hamilton

Detail shot of a front wing part of a McLaren-Mercedes car after the Chinese GP

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

German Lotus Renault race driver Nick Heidfeld gives an interview

Vettel's Red Bull-Renault on pole position as usual

Charlie Whiting, FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Mercedes GP team boss Ross 'the Brain' Brawn

Second placed Vettel caresses race winner Lewis Hamilton after the podium ceremony of the Chinese GP

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

A confident looking Sebastian Vettel is interrogated

FIA race steward and former F1 driver, the Roman Emanuele Pirro with German TV commentator and former F1 driver Christian Danner

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel besides the grid before the race

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A used front wing of a Ferrari car after the Chinese GP

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, celebrates on the podium after the Chinese GP

The adjustable tricolore rear wing of a Ferrai car

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton adopts a positive attitude

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

The Red Bull mechanics play their typical hide-and-run on grid game

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel exchange gossip and hints after the press conference

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's Jenson Button enjoys a second grid position

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel is interviewed before the race besides the grid by a BBC TV presenter

Sparks from the bottom of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Pitstop of Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Podium group photo after the Chinese Grand Prix 2008: second placed Massa, winner Hamilton and third placed Raikkonen

ING DIBA's lion on the Renault team's lollipop during a pitstop practice

A happy Luca di Montezemolo with his team

Inspection lap of the race director befor practice

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso answers questions to the media

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Narain Karthikeyan of HRT

Sauber's happy Sergio Perez

Chinese actress / model / writer Celina Jade on the grid besides her star's race car, Vettel started filming with her for a martial arts short film of Red Bull sponsor Infiniti

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Pat Fry, Ferrari's technical director, comes from the Friday press conference

Union Jacks are waved for Lewis Hamilton

RTL TV presenter and triple F1 World Champion Niki Lauda interviews Michael Schumacher who managed to gain second grid position

Mercedes' Nico Rosberg in the lead

Michael Schumacher's Mercedes was the only car to retire in the race with a loose wheel nut, the team got fined for an unsafe pit stop release.

A happy pole setter Nico Rosberg of Mercedes waves at the audience after his successful qualification

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, on the grid before the race with one of his helpers

Renault, pardon, Lotus 'Iceman' Kimi Raikkonen, gives an interview

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Williams F1 driver Bruno Senna answers questions

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug is delighted about the historic victory

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Grid girls line up for their deployment

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Kimi Raikkonen in Lotus pits after a hot ride in practice session

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, did not manage to get through Q2 in Saturday's qualifying, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton on the podium, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Finnish drivers Bottas and Raikkonen at the drivers parade

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes. Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

French driver Romain Grosjean, Lotus-Renault

Sergio Perez, Force India-Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, ready to enter practice session on Friday morning

2nd on the grid Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull

Marcus Ericsson, nearly loosing his Caterham-Renault in Friday's afternoon free practice session

Kai Ebel of German RTL Television and race winner Lewis Hamilton, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

"Lewis, please: Let me just touch it ..." Mercedes team-mates Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton had achieved yet again a dominant 1-2 victory for the German Team, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso passing his cheering team

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes. Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Mark Webber.

Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg finishes 2nd, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton winns his third consecutive Formula 1 race in 2014, taking the checkered flag at the Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai

Pit stop for Max Chilton, Marussia-Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen fits into his cockpit.

Kimi Raikkonen in his car.

Pit stop in Q3 for Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull

A verry happy 3rd placed Ralf Schumacher of Toyota, behind him the winner of the Chinese GP Fernando Alonso (Renault).

Vettel stands beside his Red Bull car on the grid, while Renault enineers work on a engine mapping program, Shanghai, Chineese Grand Prix, 2014

Fernando Alonso clearly already leading into first corner.

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault, driving back to the pits after Friday morning practice session

As Formula 1 racing legend Michael Schumacher remains in critical condition in a French clinic after a ski accident, Chinese fans show threir thoughts at the race track, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Russian Daniil Kvyat, Toro Rosso, replaces Daniel Ricciardo for the 2014 season

Champagne shower for Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Sweden's Marcus Ericsson, Caterham-Renault, another rookie given the chance to step up from GP2 into F1

The winner of the Chinese Grand Prix, 2014, Lewis Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull-Renault

Esteban Gutierrez, Sauber-Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault after the qualifying (witch results in a pole for Alonso) in company with FIA press delegate Alexandra Schieren.

Days before the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, Stefano Domenicali has steped down as Ferrari team principal

Jenson Button celebrates his 100th Grand Prix anniversary

Alonso fans waiting for their idol after the race.

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, back to the pits

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Fernando Alonso raising his trophy. Next to him 2nd placed Kimi Raikkonen.

Kimi Raikkonen.

Chinese GP 2005: Pit stop of Fernando Alonso

Green lights to go on track for Mark Webber

Team boss Christian Horner at his Red Bull Racing command center

Michael Schumacher performing his first pit stop in lap 21

Michael Schumacher receiving his second service in lap 40, now also changing to dry condition tires

Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard

Nico Rosberg performing his second pit stop in lap 32, change to dry tires

Alonso fights against graining front tyres and not enough grip, soon to be overtaken by faster Fisichella and Schumacher

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Michael Schumacher's highest podium jump this year (so far)

BMW Motorsport director Dr. Mario Theissen watching the screens at his pit wall command center

Mark Webber, Williams

A large fan banner with photos of Michael Schumacher

Two Schumacher fans proudly presenting their just collected autograph

Anthony Davidson, Super Aguri

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to his grid place

Felipe Massa is being pushed to grid position at Chinese Grand Prix 2007

Adrian Sutil, Spyker

Nick Heidfeld in front of Liuzzi and Webber

Bridgestone tyres, prepared for the race, Shanghai 2007

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica starts his practice lap

Kimi Raikkonen

Felipe Massa slides into a corner

Heikki Kovalainen

Lewis Hamilton drifts on wet track

Lewis Hamilton leaves pits during practice session

Kimi sprays champagne

Nico Rosberg takes the cubs in full

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Scuderia Toro Rosso steering wheel

Controversial character Fernando Alonso

Kimi Raikkonen celebrates his victory in parc fermé

McLaren rear wing in qualification setup

Ralf Schumacher spins his Toyota in the background.

David Coulthard over the curb's apex

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton opens his drink bottle

Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil

Fernando Alonso is being serviced

Drivers presentation, Barrichello waves

Lewis Hamilton in his cockpit

Chinese policemen guard the flag waving Chinese fans on the grid after the race

No tire exchange, just refueling for Lewis Hamilton in lap 15

Fernando Alonso in front of the Shanghai circuit landmark, the giant administration building

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

McLaren fans support Ron Dennis with an XL banner

Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

New Spyker co-owner Vijay Mallya

Rubens Barrichello on a curb

Lewis Hamilton is being pushed to his grid place

Cigarette advertising not yet banned in China

Kimi Raikkonen proudly celebrates his victory on podium

The two boys from Brazil Massa and Barrichello

Fernando Alonso, McLaren Mercedes

The leading four McLarens and Ferraris begin the second lap

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber enjoys the heavy cup for his second place

Hiroshi Yasukawa, Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, discusses with Bernie Ecclestone

Tony Ross, Nico Rosberg's race engineer at Williams, gives last hints before the race

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

A new front wing and nose cone for Glock's Toyota car, too, besides full service with rain tires.

A Toro Rosso engineer rushes to the grid with a multi-purpose shelter for his computer

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Pit stop of Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica jumps over the curbs

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

A new front wing and nose cone for Glock's Toyota car, too, besides full service with rain tires.

Felipe Massa and a red surrounding in Ferrari red

The backmarkers Glock, Raikkonen and Piquet jr. enter first corner

Sebastian Vettel on the grid before the race

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, drives on pitlane

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shakes his sharp trophy

Rubens Barrichello in front of Brawn GP teammate Jenson Button

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

A comfortable working place at Force India pits

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1, in front of William's Kazuki Nakajima

Jenson Button, Brawn GP, pits from second place

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

In lap 18 Kubica competes with a loose nose cone after his unwanted rendezvous with Trulli

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

During qualifying, polesetter Vettel is being pushed backwards to Red Bull pits

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton and Mark Webber stroll to drivers parade in front of Petrov, Hulkenberg, Sutil and Rosberg

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Race winner Jenson Button rushes through parc ferme to his team at the fence

Pedro de la Rosa, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton and Adrian Sutil

Kamui Kobayashi, BMW Sauber F1 Team

Schumacher uses a friendly gesture on Vettel as they enter the drivers parade truck

Jenson Button is being interviewed on his way back from driver parade, being passed by Pedro de la Rosa

Fernando Alonso takes the lead from third on the grid, but via a jumped start he has to serve a drive through penalty

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, zooms through pitlane

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel and Timo Glock

Charlie Whiting, FIA Formula One Race Director, Safety Delegate, Permanent Starter and head of the F1 Technical Department, takes a look at the cars in parc ferme

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

An unhappy 6th placed Sebastian Vettel and 8th Red Bull team mate Webber glance at the wanton mood in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Race winner Jenson Button celebrates with his McLaren team members and his fiance Michibata at parc ferme fence

Race winner Jenson Button celebrates in parc ferme

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Heikki Kovalainen, Lotus Racing

Lewis Hamilton enters McLaren Mercedes pits during qualifying

Becoming familiar with the grid's front row, Red Bull mechanics hide the diffuser of the RBR-Renault

Amazingly Tommi K. and his driver Sebastian V. have a Chinese fan club together

Pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Recorded by FOM camera man Jean-Michel Tibi in parc ferme, Red Bull's polesetter Sebastian Vettel together with second positioned team mate Webber examine a McLaren's cockpit and its air flow system to the rear

Nico Hulkenberg comes in to Williams pits

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

During Q3, Jenson Button stops at McLaren Mercedes pits

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso and Robert Kubica walk to drivers parade

Mercedes GP driver Nico Rosberg passes the first chicane as fourth in front of both McLarens and Massa's Ferrari

Fernando Alonso poses on the grid for a souvenir photo with Bernie Ecclestone

Mark Webber rushes through pitlane and pits for intermediates

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

After one lap, Hamilton sets the pace and speeds away from the two Ferraris close behind

Lewis Hamilton approaches McLaren Mercedes pits for a service

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, arrives at first grid position

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Curious Hamilton checks his trophy for hidden surprises

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Nico Rosberg puts rubber on the pitlane at Williams pits

Nico Rosberg receives fuel at Williams pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Green lights for Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A Toro Rosso car is being brought to scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

Jenson Button, Honda

Lewis Hamilton climbs on the drivers parade truck

The Ferrari team sends best wishes from the grid to Paolo Santarsiero, the mechanic who suffered a cerebral aneurism on Thursday evening

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Advertising towers of McLaren's sponsor aigo besides the street to Shanghai circuit

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher's pit board signals 13th position after 28 laps

Fourth placed Jenson Button of McLaren in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Nico Rosberg's pit board signals third position from Mercedes pit wall command center

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel goes out to Q3 behind Button

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Finished pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Red Bull's Mark Webber presents his trophy for third place after the Chinese GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

A motion shot of Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The two Brazilian drivers Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Sebastian Vettel, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned slightly messed up after a spin in practice

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel presents his trophy for second place after the Chinese GP

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Nico Rosberg puts rubber on the pitlane at Williams pits

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3 with Matteo Bonciani, FIA F1 Head of Communications

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Podium ceremony after the Chinese GP

The back side of a Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton jumps on the car in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides second placed Vettel

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel walks to drivers parade

The Williams team admires Rainer's new Lotus book (see http://www.edel.com/de/buch/releases/details/artist-discography//rainer-schlegelmilch/team-lotus-in-formula-1/)

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, presents his trophy after the Chinese GP

Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli gives test driver Luiz Razia the advantage on Friday morning

A busy Team Lotus pits on Friday morning

Nick Heidfeld, Lotus Renault GP

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned slightly messed up after a spin in practice

Jarno Trulli, Panasonic Toyota

Red Bull's third placed Mark Webber sprays champagne after the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg walks to drivers parade in front of Kovalainen and Hamilton

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides second placed Vettel

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, in front of Piquet and Barrichello

Pitstop of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica and physio Jo Leberer on the grid

Pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pitstop of Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kimi Raikkonen performing his second pit stop

Later winner Rubens Barrichello driving "A TOY" to pole position

Fourth qualified Felipe Massa in front of the fantastic chinese architecture - designed in Germany

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Fans of Michael Schumacher wait for action

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug proudly carries the trophy for the winning constructor

A high view at turn one

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Jenson Button walks with Pedro de la Rosa

HRT's Karthikeyan after the race

The steering wheel of a Sauber C31-Ferrari

A view from the paddock roof

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

The steering wheel Schumacher's Mercedes F1 W03

Mercedes race driver Nico Rosberg gives an interview after his epic victory

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

F1 drivers chat on the parade truck

Nico Rosberg's helmet

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali with McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, receives last instructions before the race

The steering wheel of a Ferrari F2012 in race trim

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme after achieving a historic goal for Mercedes

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Kamui Kobayashi, Sauber F1 Team, goes training

Chinese Alonso fans on the stand

Michael Schumacher's helmet besides the second grid position

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sauber driver Perez' helmet is prepared

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Winning Mercedes Team ready for podium ceremony with Hamilton, Meadows and Rosberg, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Rosberg and Alonso just after the Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai, 2014

World Champion Fernando Alonso with Renault F1 Team chairman Patrick Faure.

Jacques Villeneuve

The top three drivers after qualifying, with pole setter Lewis Hamilton in the middle, 2nd Daniel Ricciardo (left) and Sebastian Vettel as 3rd

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, making his pit stop

Kimi Raikkonens car minutes before the race.

Pit stop of Mark Webber from above

Jenson Button, McLaren

"Look - I can drive without holding the steering wheel!" Fernando Alonso achieving his 7th win of the 2005 F1 season.

Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull-Renault

Ricardo Zonta on the main straight

Pit stop for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes.

Pit stop for Nico Rosberg, Mercedes

Nico Rosberg (2nd), Lewis Hamilton (1st) and Fernando Alonso (3rd) on the podium, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Tiago Monteiro in front of Michael Schumacher

Kimi Raikkonen being followed by Juan Pablo Montoya.

David Coulthard with his former employer Ron Dennis

Hugs and kisses for the best Ferrari man

Both Renaults leading the starting field

Red Bull's Friday driver Michael Ammermüller

Michael Schumacher entering parc ferme after a wet race and a long honoury lap

Super Aguri drivers Takuma Sato and Sakon Yamamoto

Toro Rosso bosses Gerhard Berger and Franz Tost discussing at their pit wall command center

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher during Qualifying

Jenson Button performing his second pit stop in lap 34 and changes to tires for dry weather condition

Nick Heidfeld approaching the impressive circuit building

Fifth in row Rubens Barrichello still in front of Michael Schumacher

Jenson Button performing his second pit stop in lap 34 and changes to tires for dry weather condition

Michael Schumacher rushing through pit lane after his qualifying session pit stop

Honda driver Anthony Davidson springing into pit lane

Everybody gets a hug

Takuma Sato, Super Aguri

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Massas Ferrari being serviced at grid position

BMW Sauber nose cone

Sakon Yamamoto, Spyker

Green lights for qualification session

Alonso returns to his garage

Heidfeld had in both sessions an hydraulic leak which led to gearbox changes.

Polesetter Lewis Hamilton comments on his pole position under the lenses of many cameras

Heikki Kovalainen, ING Renault

Mark Webber during Thursday's press conference

Cars line up for Qualifying at red lights, the two Toyotas in front

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

A worm's-eye view on the rear of a Toro Rosso car

Lewis Hamilton with racing engineer Phil Prew on grid position

Williams team photo with Patrick Head, Sir Frank Williams and Nico Rosberg

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel gains a respectable fourth place

Ralf Schumacher leaves his pit stop crew

Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel and Dr. Helmut Marko on the grid

Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber

Cars line up for Qualifying at red lights, the two Toyotas in front

The nose cone tip of a BMW Sauber F1 car

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Pit stop successfully finished for Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Parc ferme after a wet race

Sebastian Vettel puts his helmet on before the race

Adrian Sutil gets a new nose cone attached at Force India pits

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Heidfeld passes the BMW Sauber F1 command center

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

The nose cone tip of a McLaren Mercedes

After the race is released without safety car, Vettel can push without spray blurring his sight, followed by team mate Webber and Trulli

Champagne shower for race winner Sebastian Vettel

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Adrian Sutil gets a new nose cone attached at Force India pits

A thoughtful Mark Webber before the race, third position on grid

Sebastian Vettel puts his safe rain hat on before the race

Sebastien Bourdais of Toro Rosso drives to grid through pitlane

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Adrian Sutil with a new nose cone

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Rubens Barrichello practices pitstops

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Even the raindrops cheer for the drivers at drivers parade

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso

The race starts behind the Safety Car

Adrian Sutil with a new nose cone attached

Fernando Alonso, Renault F1

The quiet before the storm

Raikkonen's red lady on a rainy eighth grid position

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and team mate Mark Webber cheer from podium

Kubica takes off from BMW Sauber pits after receiving a new nose cone

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Lucas di Grassi, Virgin Racing

Green lights at pit lane entrance for Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, returns from qualification session

After a few laps, Mark Weber keeps his position in front of team mate Vettel

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari ejects from Toro Rosso pits with a fresh front wing

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Michael Schumacher arrives for service at Mercedes GP pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, performs a pitstop

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari's broken front wing is being serviced in Toro Rosso pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Polesetter Sebastian Vettel exits his Red Bull-Renault in parc ferme after Q3

Michael Schumacher boosts away from Mercedes GP pits

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull Racing-Renault is being prepared on pole position

Ferrari's Felipe Massa on the rainy straight, Webber tries to overtake

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Third placed Nico Rosberg is being caressed by a bunch of happy Mercedes GP team members over parc ferme's fence

Jaime Alguersuari ejects from Toro Rosso pits with a fresh front wing

Nico Hulkenberg, Williams

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, with Alonso in the neck just about to pass him

Winner Jenson Button's McLaren-Mercedes with a pair of quite used looking tyres after the Chinese GP (slightly flattened as the air inside cools down)

Jenson Button in front of McLaren team mate Hamilton and Ferrari's Massa

Karun Chandhok, Hispania Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP, in front of Alonso and Vettel

Race winner Jenson Button is being caressed over the fence by a bunch of happy McLaren team members

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Mark Webber, his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Ferrari's Alonso as third on the grid

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing

Race winner Jenson Button arrives in parc ferme on nearly treadless tyres

Heikki Kovalainen at McLaren Mercedes pits

Ferrai's Felipe Massa on grid with race engineer Rob Smedley

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari, in front of Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Vettel and Button walk to drivers parade

Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa, Scuderia Ferrari

Nick Heidfeld's BMW Sauber in front of many cars

A Toro Rosso car's nose cone

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso, goes practising

Close-up at the reflection on a McLaren nose cone

Nico Rosberg, Williams

The start field at first corner led by Lewis Hamilton

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Pitstop of Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Kazuki Nakajima, Williams

A BMW Sauber car is being fetched from scrutineering at parc ferme

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Force India team principal Vijay Mallya (note Rainer and Martin in the suglasses' reflection:)

Winner Hamilton jumps on the McLaren car in parc ferme after the race and celebrates his victory

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Bernie Ecclestone gives an interview on the grid for a national TV station

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Nick Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is briefly serviced in pits

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Vettel's tyres are prepared for the race

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enjoys a good sip of champagne after winning the Chinese GP

Toro Rosso team principals Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes leads haunter Vettel

Fernando Alonso stops at Ferrari pits

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel and his physio Tommi Parmakoski prepare for the race besides the grid

Rubens Barrichello, Williams

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is briefly serviced in pits

Red Bull mechanics cheer for second placed Vettel in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Ferrari's fifth grid positioned Fernando Alonso in parc ferme after qualifying besides fourth placed Rosberg

Mark Webber stops at Red Bull Racing pits

Heidfeld's dirty tyres need a special cleaning treatment after a spin in practice

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nick Heidfeld stops at Lotus Renault GP pits

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Michael Schumacher at Mercedes pits

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, still leads the race in front of team mate Hamilton

Michael Schumacher at Mercedes pits

Adrian Sutil, Force India, in front of Bourdais and teammate Fisichella

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Third placed Mark Webber celebrates with Red Bull mechanics in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

The McLaren pit crew awaits Lewis Hamilton

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in front of Vettel

Nico Rosberg and Kamui Kobayashi dare to lead the drivers to their parade

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Massa unmounts his Ferrari's steering wheel in parc ferme after the race

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates with mechanics in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Heidfeld's dirty tyres after a spin in practice

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, enjoys a good sip of champagne after the Chinese GP

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Mark Webber walks to drivers parade with di Resta and Trulli

A Toro Rosso car is being brought to scrutineering at parc ferme during drivers presentation and paddock club pitwalk

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads the field in front of Vettel, Rosberg and Massa

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

The McLaren pit crew process Lewis Hamilton

The safety car waits until its deployment to formation lap in front of the grid

Sebastian Vettel answers questions of the international media

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Timo Glock, Panasonic Toyota, in front of Alonso

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Ralf Schumacher back in F1 after three month interruption

Ralf Schumacher jumping out of his car

Sebastian Vettel's earnings are displayed on the Red Bull motorhome

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Polesitter Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, gives a motivated interview before the race

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg's grid girl guards the silver arrow

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone

The steering wheel of Kimi's Lotus-Renault E20

FIA president Jean Todt inspects the grid with his communications officer Matteo Bonciani

Sergio Perez' Sauber-Ferrari is reversed to pits during the session

Sauber physio Jo Leber shows his appreciation of Kobayashi's third grid position after qualifying

Race winner Nico Rosberg arrives in parc ferme and dances on his Mercedes F1 W03

Scuderia Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

The Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi approaches Bernie Ecclestone about a new charity project

On their way into the paddock, Bernie Ecclestone and Red Bull team boss Christian Horner chat together

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Red Bull Racing motorsport director Dr. Helmut Marko

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari gives a last interview on the grid before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid before the race

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

The Scuderia Toro Rosso

Fernando Alonso, finishing 3rd, gives Lewis Hamilton congratulations on winning the Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai, 2014

Magnussen, Chilton and Ericsson at the drivers parade

Jarno Trulli

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

Flavio Briatore likes champagne out of the cup

Jacques Villeneuve

Fernando Alonso giving an interview to Austrian television after the race.

The annual end-season group photo of the whole BMW Williams F1 Team with the driver Mark Webber and injured Heidfeld's substitute Antonio Pizzonia

Fernando Alonso pitting in.

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Michael Schumacher performing his first pit stop in lap 21

Spaniards Fernando Alonso and Pedro de la Rosa

Giancarlo Fisichella pitting out of second stop in lap 41

Michael Schumacher performing his first pit stop in lap 21

Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi

The three fastest drivers in qualifying greeting the audience - Rubens Barrichello, Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella

Robert Kubica, Nico Rosberg and Scott Speed

Michael Schumacher wins the Chinese Grand Prix and takes over the lead to the Driver's World Championship

Fernando Alonso drifting through first chicane combination, already some lengths ahead of his chasers

Nick Heidfeld and Pedro de la Rosa fighting side-by-side through first chicane

Felipe Massa shaves the curbs with his Ferrari

Champagne shower for Chris Dyer

Michael Schumacher in parc ferme after having qualified for 6th grid place

Robert Kubica performing his first pit stop in lap 25

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber

Fernando Alonso on the drivers parade truck

Robert Kubica arrives at his pit stop service crew

Behind the leading four, Coulthard leads the chasers Heidfeld and Webber, Ralf Schumacher spins out on the left

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

BMW Sauber mechanics wait at their car for the scrutineering

Robert Kubica's pit stop

Robert Kubica ends his pit stop

Ralf Schumacher catches up at the end of the start field

Nick Heidfeld refuels

A shiny on-board camera on top of a BMW Sauber car's airbox

Alert Toro Rosso engineer Claudio De Plato

Starting behind the Safety Car from pole position Sebastian Vettel, then Alonso and Webber, all three Renault-powered

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Winner Sebastian Vettel and second placed Red Bull teammate Mark Webber take a well deserved sip of champagne on podium

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Alonso, Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle and Webber as third on the grid

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Kubica at BMW Sauber pits, receiving a new nose cone after a collision with Trulli in lap 18

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop ends of Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP

Happy race winner Sebastian Vettel shakes his trophy and bottle of champagne after podium ceremony

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, zooms trough pitlane

Pit stop of Nelson Piquet jr., Renault F1

Nick Heidfeld practises stops at BMW Sauber F1 pits

The fastest three qualifiers get together for the waiting media: left hand second qualified Alonso, Sebastian Vettel as poslesetter and Webber as third on the grid

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button, Brawn GP

Sebastian Vettel arrives at pole position and the Red Bull Racing crew

On lap 38, Sebastian Vettel pits from the front to his second stop

Race winner Sebastian Vettel shakes his deserved trophy

Still and again behind safety car: Vettel and Red Bull teammate Webber

Sebastien Buemi, Scuderia Toro Rosso, slides a bit on the lawn

Massa's manager Nicolas Todt, Ferrari's Felipe Massa, Ferrari legend Jean Todt and Papa Luiz Antonio Massa

Jaime Alguersuari's broken front wing is being serviced in Toro Rosso pits

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in front of Vettel in the pitlane

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, in front of persistant follower Schumacher

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, still in front of Schumacher's Mercedes

Toro Rosso driver Jaime Alguersuari in front of Renault's Petrov

Third positioned Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP, takes the chequered flag

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, is overtaken by Renault's Kubica

Felipe Massa, Ferrari, overtakes di Grassi's Virgin-Cosworth

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel lifts off a wet Red Bull Racing pits

Jarno Trulli stops at Lotus Racing pits, retiring with hydraulics problems in lap 26

Mark Weber takes the first chicane as second in front of team mate Vettel who lost his pole position

McLaren's Hamilton in front of Sebastian Vettel and Sutil

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, in front of Hamilton

Mark Webber ends his stop at Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Bruno Senna, Hispania Racing, enters the main straight in front of Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Pitstop of Rubens Barrichello, Honda

Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The start field with Lewis Hamilton in the lead rushes through the first chicane

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Red Bull's Vettel in front of Rosberg, Massa and Alonso

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, in front of Hamilton

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

After a fabulous start, the McLarens lead the field through turn one with Jenson Button in the lead followed by team mate Hamilton, then Vettel and Rosberg

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel's physio Tommi Parmakoski signals second position now, with 4 laps to retrieve leadership

Jarno Trulli, Team Lotus

Media chases Kubica who was promising a title contender

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Jenson Button picks new tyres up at McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton puts rubber on the pitlane at McLaren pits

After a fabulous start, the McLarens lead the field through the first chicane with Jenson Button in front, followed by team mate Hamilton, then Vettel and Rosberg

Second placed Vettel and third Webber celebrate in parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

McLaren's race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme after the Chinese GP, Kovalainen wants to congratulate him

Heikki Kovalainen, Team Lotus

Race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, in parc ferme after the Chinese GP besides chaser Vettel

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sergio Perez, Sauber F1 Team

Vitaly Petrov, Lotus Renault GP

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

Pastor Maldonado, Williams

Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1

Jarno Trulli is serviced at Team Lotus pits

Felipe Massa, Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

The McLaren pit crew welcomes Lewis Hamilton

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel gets the signal from his physio Tommi Parmakoski that he is still in first position with 11 laps to go

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, celebrates his win of the Chinese GP

Adrian Sutil, Force India

Lewis Hamilton puts rubber on the pitlane at McLaren pits

David Coulthard, Red Bull Racing

Juan Pablo Montoya missing the stopping place

Barrichello and Raikkonen fighting in front of full grandstands

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Mark Webber inspects his Red Bull-Renault on grid position

German drivers Timo Glock and Michael Schumacher walk to the drivers parade

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton stops at McLaren pits

Pit stop of Felipe Massa

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing comes to pits

Formula 1 group CEO Bernie Ecclestone answers former F1 driver and Sky representative Martin Brundle's questions on the grid

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Felipe Massa practises at Ferrari pits

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Mark Webber places the Red Bull-Renault at its grid position

Vitaly Petrov, Caterham

Mark Webber and Fernando Alonso

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Bruno Senna, Williams F1 Team

Kimi Raikkonen, Lotus F1 team

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Sheer happiness in parc ferme after a very successful race

Felipe Massa rides the Ferrari wide out

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Sebastian Vettel is reversed to Red Bull Racing pits after the session

Mark Webber's Red Bull-Renault is prepared on the grid

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes

Felipe Massa stops at Ferrari pits

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Pit stop of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, making his pit stop

Giancarlo Fisichella leading the rest of the field.

A proud Renault dream team: Fernando Alonso and his team boss Flavio Briatore

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, finishes his stop

Finally the very last annual group photo of the Sauber Team. In the front from left to right: driver Felipe Massa, team owner Peter Sauber and driver Jacques Villeneuve.

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, leading Vettel, Alonso, Ricciardo and Massa into first corner, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Narain Karthikeyan.

Michael Schumacher presents his trophy

TV presenter Niki Lauda and Florian Koenig commenting on the bad weather

Michael Schumacher jumps frenetically through parc ferme towards his waiting team

Pedro de la Rosa performing his second pit stop in lap 36, change to dry tires

BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica speeding through the rain

Nick Heidfeld arrives for a pit stop in lap 28

Pole Position man Lewis Hamilton surrounded by Ferrari team duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Nick Heidfeld gets his wet weather condition tires exchanged

Pole Position man Lewis Hamilton surrounded by Ferrari team duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

The start field runs through first corner curve combination

Pole Position man Lewis Hamilton surrounded by Ferrari team duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Pole Position man Lewis Hamilton surrounded by Ferrari team duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Jo Leberer signals 10th place to Nick Heidfeld in lap 33

A speedy Robert Kubica passes the BMW Sauber pit wall command center

Pole Position man Lewis Hamilton surrounded by Ferrari team duo of Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen.

Nick Heidfeld leaves his pit stop place

BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica on the main straight

In lap 18 Kubica arrives at BMW Sauber pits with a loose nose cone after his unwanted rendezvous with Trulli

Sebastian Vettel arrives at pole position with Red Bull Racing engineers, mechanics and photographers buzzing around

Mark Webber practises pitstops with the Red Bull Racing crew

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Final podium group photo of second placed Mark Webber, winner Sebastian Vettel and third placed Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, wins the Chinese Grand Prix 2009

Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1, between his rivals at the start of the Chinese GP

Lewis Hamilton's McLaren-Mercedes is being serviced

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber car waits jacked up at pitlane exit, his starting position for the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team

Champagne shower for second placed Hamilton

FIA Formula One Race Director Charlie Whiting examines a Mercedes car's rear wing in parc ferme

Jaime Alguersuari approaches Toro Rosso pits without front wing

Three Brazilians walk together to drivers parade: Lucas di Grassi, Felipe Massa and Rubens Barrichello

Mark Webber in Red Bull Racing pits

Sebastian Vettel besides Guillaume Rocquelin, Red Bull Racing race engineer, and his physio Tommi Parmakoski who holds the umbrella

McLaren's second placed Lewis Hamilton congratulates team mate and race winner Jenson Button in parc ferme after a wet 2010 Chinese Grand Prix race

Adrian Sutil, Force India F1 Team, enters pitlane behind Kubica's Renault after qualification session

Ferrari's fourth placed Alonso crosses the finish line

Karun Chandhok enters the pit lane in front of Hispania Racing team mate Bruno Senna and Schumacher

Sebastian Vettel stops at wet Red Bull Racing pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, in pitlane

Sebastien Bourdais, Scuderia Toro Rosso

Lewis Hamilton exits the McLaren car on the grid

Winner Hamilton celebrates his victory at parc ferme with his mother Carmen Lockhart, stepmother Linda and brother Nicolas

Lewis Hamilton signals OK on his grid position

View at the parc ferme after the race with Hamilton's McLaren car and Massa's Ferrari

Nico Rosberg, Williams

Vitantonio Liuzzi, HRT

Mark Webber enters the Red Bull Racing pits for a service

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Red Bull's polesitter Sebastian Vettel celebrates in parc ferme after Q3

A used Pirelli tyre on a Red Bull-Renault after the Chinese GP

Fernando Alonso ends his stop at Ferrari pits

Red Bull champion Sebastian Vettel speaks with his physio Tommi Parmakoski on the grid

The sponsor Venezuela on the rear wing of Maldonado's Williams car can still be read properly as it is not yet set to its flat position

Champagne shower even for the TV camera men

Paul di Resta, Force India, in front of team mate Sutil, Schumacher and Alguersuari

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso

The rear wings of Maldonado's Williams car are now set to flat position and press it against the curbs

Nick Heidfeld approaches Lotus Renault GP pits

Jerome d'Ambrosio, Virgin Racing

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Sebastian Vettel, race winner Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's Managing Director Jonathan Neale and third placed Mark Webber

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso arrives at Ferrari pits

Adrian Sutil and Jaime Alguersuari in the middle of the start field

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber enters the Red Bull Racing pits for a service

Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton wins the Chinese Grand Prix 2008

Narain Karthikeyan on HRT marks the back of the field

Michael Schumacher comes to Mercedes pits

Michael Schumacher takes off from Mercedes pits

Nick Heidfeld ends his stop at Lotus Renault GP pits

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren Mercedes

Jacques Villeneuve in front of his old rival Michael

Michael Schumacher congatulating Rubens Barrichello

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren team mates Hamilton and Button caress each other in parc ferme after finishing 2-3 behind Rosberg

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

Nico Hulkenberg, Force India

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, gives an interview on the grid to former F1 driver and Sky TV presenter Martin Brundle before the race

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Parc ferme after the Chinese GP

Kimi Raikkonen's Lotus-Renault drops back with abrasive tyres and a two-stop-strategy

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing gives congrats to a happy Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug

A faster Lewis Hamilton of McLaren just overtook the Red Bull of Vettel

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes, with a delay at the left rear wheel

Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, arrives on a remarkeable 11th grid position

Heikki Kovalainen, Caterham, amidst the field

Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 team

Narain Karthikeyan, HRT

BBC TV interview Rosberg after his great race

The Mercedes Grand Prix team celebrates Rosberg's fantastic victory - Nico Rosberg runs his 111th race and scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Pit stop of Jenson Button, McLaren Mercedes

Midfield battle for 10th position between Vergne and Raikkonen, Shanghai, Chinese Grand Prix, 2014

Flavio Briatore (Renault) and Fernando Alonso celebrating that Renault won the F1 Constructors World Championship.

Takuma Sato passing the giant main building.

BAR Honda drivers: Jenson Button, Anthony Davidson (test-driver) and Takuma Sato .

Parc ferme stillife.

Fernando Alonso and Flavio Briatore (Renault) joking on the podium

Fernando Alonso jumping on the parc ferme fence.

Michael Schumacher jumps on his engineer Chris Dyer

David Coulthard receives congratulations for his fifth grid position place in Q3 from a Red Bull mechanic

Polesitter Lewis Hamilton in the middle, second grid placed Kimi Raikkonen on the right hand, third grid positioned Felipe Massa on the left

Kimi Raikkonen takes the checquered flag and wins the Chinese Grand Prix

Driver groups on their way to drivers parades

Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing

Lewis Hamilton ejects from McLaren pits

Lewis Hamilton comes to McLaren pits

The very happy winner Sebastian Vettel flanked by team mate Mark Webber and third placed Button on podium

Race leader Jenson Button crosses the finish line and wins the Chinese Grand Prix

A glowing second placed Hamilton passes his pit board which signals four laps to go behind his winning McLaren team mate Jenson Button

A sip of champagne for third placed Rosberg and a shiny constructor's trophy for Tim Goss, McLaren Chief Engineer

Enthusiastic handshakes on the podium after the Chinese GP of race winner Jenson Button, McLaren chief engineer Tim Goss, second placed Hamilton and a happy third placed Nico Rosberg of manufacturer Mercedes

McLaren's second placed Lewis Hamilton congratulates team mate and race winner Jenson Button in parc ferme after a wet 2010 Chinese Grand Prix race

Final podium ceremony group photo of race winner Jenson Button, McLaren chief engineer Tim Goss, second placed Hamilton and a happy third placed Nico Rosberg of manufacturer Mercedes

Hamilton and Massa exit their cars in parc ferme after the race

Jenson Button ends his stop at McLaren pits

Heidfeld's Lotus-Renault is returned to pits slightly messed up after a spin in practice

The fastest three qualifiers wave at the world's media: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel as polesetter in the middle with third qualified McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and his team mate Jenson Button as second on the grid (note the special driver suits)

Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche visits Red Bull on the grid

Lewis Hamilton ends his stop at McLaren pits

Timo Glock, Virgin Racing, in front of Hamilton

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

Ralf Schumacher with a flat right rear tire after being touched by David Coulthard, but the Williams crew was prepared for Montoyas pit stop

Paul di Resta, Force India

Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing in front of a Raikkonen who has tyre problems

Podium ceremony after the Chinese Grand Prix - epic Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton

Felipe Massa ejects from Ferrari pits

After the start at turn two, Nico Rosberg leads the silver arrows in front of Mercedes GP team mate Michael Schumacher

Green lights for Heikki Kovalainen in Caterham behind a 'new' Lotus

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Paul di Resta, Force India

Felipe Massa approaches Ferrari pits

Vitaly Petrov of Caterham in pitlane after the session is stopped

Also Paul di Resta gets a Haug hug

Podium group photo of Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Flavio Briatore and Ralf Schumacher (left to rigth).

Gerhard Berger (Toro Rosso), Helmut Panke (BMW) and Norbert Haug (Mercedes)

Long focal length misleads: Toyota pit team seems to wait for BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team mate Webber arrive at parc ferme after a long rainy race

Green lights for Rubens Barrichello at pitlane exit

Sebastian Vettel boosts away from Red Bull Racing pits during practice

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, crosses the finish line and becomes second this time

Red Bull's polesetter Sebastian Vettel in parc ferme after Q3, receiving congrats from second positioned Button in a special driver suit

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, crosses the finish line to win the Chinese Grand Prix 2011

Pastor Maldonado on Williams rows up for Q2

Pit stop of Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing

McLaren's Jenson Button drives through the waiting Red Bull pit crew

Mark Webber puts rubber on the pitlane at Red Bull pits

Winner Rubens Barrichello in front of Button and Raikkonen, overlapping Villeneuve

Coulthard trying to pass Massa unsuccessfully

RTL TV presenters Konig and Lauda interview the second grid placed Schumacher

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Kai Ebel interviews pole sitter Nico Rosberg

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, and his grid girl are recorded by a TV camera

The fastest three qualifiers pose for the world's media: on the left hand second qualified Hamilton (who will have to move five places backwards on the grid due to an unplanned gearbox change, Kobayashi will move to third grid position), Nico Rosberg of Mercedes as polesetter in the middle and his team mate Michael Schumacher as third placed (now second on the grid).

Nico Rosberg scores the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955, when Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi finished 1-2 for the silver arrows in the Italian GP

A cheering Mercedes winner Nico Rosberg between the two McLaren racing drivers Button and Hamilton on the podium

Flavio Briatore surrounded by German television after the Alonso's win.

Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull) wishing David Coulthard a good race

Super Aguri's Sakon Yamamoto puts some rubber on the pit stop place

Podium group photo of McLaren's second placed Alonso, winner Kimi Raikkonen, third placed Felipe Massa and Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley

Spyker team with new co-owners Vijay Mallya and Michiel Mol

Race winner Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing, crosses the finish line

Two laps after the start behind safety car, Vettel in front of Alonso and Webber

McLaren's Jenson Button drives through the waiting Red Bull pit crew

The two Toro Rosso cars parked in parc ferme after qualifying

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Race winner Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing team mate Webber are welcomed at parc ferme after a long rainy race by a cheerful team crew

Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull and Mercedes' Rosberg go through the first chicane battling side-by-side for third position

Vettel and Rosberg go through first chicane side-by-side on third position

Sebastian Vettel on Red Bull and Mercedes' Rosberg go through the first chicane battling side-by-side for third position

Final podium ceremony group photo of second placed Jenson Button of McLaren, race winner Nico Rosber of Mercedes GP, his motorsport director Norbert Haug and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton

After qualification session part 3, Raikkonen and second grid placed Hamilton get out of their cars in parc ferme

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

A delighted Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug shakes the constructors trophy on the podium

After the start, the field squeezes through turn one and two

Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug catches a really strong sip of champagne

Nico Rosberg is interviewed after his 111th race and scoring the first Grand Prix win for Mercedes as a works entity since 1955

Hand shake between race winner Sebastian Vettel and team mate Mark Webber in parc ferme in front of a cheering team

Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey chats on the grid with Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche

Now cheeky Hamilton graby Haug's elbow for the shower

Group photo of FIA and team press officers

Posing for the annual team photo session of Red Bull & Scuderia Toro Rosso

The Mercedes management is on a quest for the lacking second: Mercedes Press officer Wolfgang Schattling, Daimler chairman Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes Sporting Director Norbert Haug and Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG Group Research and Mercedes-Benz Cars Development

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Jochen Rindt

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

A BMW 2002, entered by BMW Alpina Essen, driven by Thomas Fervers (D) and Peter Kuhlmann (D), 6h touring car race at the Nurburgring, 1971

Hans Laine (SF) and Gijs van Lennep (NL) finish 5th placed after 1000 kms in a Porsche 917K #021 entered by Racing Team AAW

Driver's briefing befor the start for the Belgian Grand Prix, 1962 (left to right hand): Trevor Taylor, Tony Maggs, Jim Clark, John Campbell-Jones, Bruce McLaren, Jo Siffert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Graham Hill, Innes Ireland, Richie Ginther, Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Modulo, 1970

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Ferrari driver Jacky Ickx, Spanish Grand Prix, Jarama, 1970

Denny Hulme, McLaren-Cosworth M14A leading Henri Pescarolo's Matra Simca, speeds up Beau Rivage curve

Helmut Marko (A)

Bruce McLaren, Belgium GP 1962

Eddie Irvine hugs tough competitor Mika Häkkinen while Ron Dennis watches

The Maserati CDM (Tipo 61) of Lloyd Casner (USA) and Masten Gregory (USA), 1000 km, Nurburgring, 1962

Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, Monaco GP 1999

Concept Car, Pininfarina Ferrari 512 S Berlinetta Speciale, 1969

John Surtees driving a McLaren chassis for his Team Surtees the last time: Next race in England he had a full-Surtees F1 motorcar ready.

Beatle George Harrison, GP Monaco 1966

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Marzal, 1967

VIP guest Nicolas Cage with wife

The rebuild Jaguar of German Peter Lindner

Concept Car, Bertone Carabo, based on Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale, 1968

The fifth placed yellow Ferrari 512 S #1030 of Hughes de Fierlant (B) and Alistair Walker (GB) overtakes the Porsche 911 S of Claude Haldi (CH) and Arthur Blank (CH)

BMW 750iL (E32), 1987, driven by Niki Lauda

Huschke von Hanstein talks with Ferry Porsche

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Airfield Oberschleissheim, 1962, Alfa Romeo TZ1

Ayrton Senna strapped to his Lotus cockpit during a practice session

Concept Car, Bertone Lamborghini Bravo, 1974

Concept Car, Italdesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Alonso's mechanics practise tyre changing during qualifying at Ferrari pits, the rain tyres were just for the exercise

Concept Car, ItalDesign Maserati Medici I, 1974

Belgium GP 1962: View from the pits to Eau Rouge

mit stewart

Newcomer Ayrton Senna

Concept Car, Bertone Lancia Stratos, 1970

Graham Hill (right hand) chats with Phil Hill, Italian GP Monza 1962

Concept Car, Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Scorpio, ca. 1970

Jim Clark, exhausted and lined, but with the shining eyes of a winner, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa-Francorchamps, 1962