The 2019 Chinese Grand Prix results are in, and it was one of the best Grands Prix from the desert ever, and we have our alternative review with our Good, Bad and Ugly of the race.
We feature a few of our thoughts, a review crammed into a hundred words or less, plus the all important Good, Bad and Ugly. Where we assign points for those who had a good race, bad race, and also based on a few other mildly important stats.
Plenty to get through, so straight into the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix Results – Good, Bad, Ugly
2019 CHINESE GRAND PRIX RESULTS – MOMENT OF THE RACE
The team orders being played out between Vettel and Leclerc.
2019 CHINESE GRAND PRIX RESULTS – RACE RATING
We gave the potential excitement rating out of 50 in our preview of the 2019 CHINESE GRAND PRIX, so why not have another tally of 50 to rate the race that was. See if it lived up to the preview rating out of 50.
SURPRISE – 3/10
Not many surprises at all, a few small ones outside of the top six, like Albon making it to 10th from the pits and Daniel Ricciardo’s car finishing.
SUSPENSE – 4/10
The team orders threw up a bit of suspense, and the Vettel-Verstappen battle was tense as we all waited for it to end in tears. But with the Mercedes cruising, there wasn’t too much overall.
RACING – 6/10
Decent racing from the midfield, and the Vettel-Verstappen battle. Kimi Raikkonen looks particularly racey today.
SIGNIFICANT EVENT – 4/10
Aside from the Team Orders talking point, and an early crash between Kvyat, Norris and Sainz, there wasn’t any huge event that the regular news feeds will use.
SEASON DEFINING – 6/10
The race pointed out that for all of the reported Ferrari pace, Mercedes still know how to win Grands Prix. While Ferrari are worrying about keeping Vettel happy, the Silver cars are cruising up the road. Not quite season defining yet, but the increasing gap from Mercedes to Ferrari should be a worry. Given that Vettel seems a little incapable of pressure.
TOTAL RACE RATING 23/50
A box ticked for the 2019 season for fans, pity there wasn’t a little more action for those in the Asian time zones, as it is one of the very few daytime races.
2019 CHINESE GRAND PRIX RESULTS – GOOD, BAD, or UGLY
Who was king of the road,? Who was the villain? Who stunk up the place? Who outperformed expectations? Or was just plain unlucky? We split up the best of the best and worst of the worst with Good, Bad and Ugly of the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix
THE GOOD
LEWIS HAMILTON (Best of the Good)
Although he was beaten to Pole on the Saturday, he returned the favour from Melbourne and blasted past Bottas at the start and was rarely troubled thereafter. In control the whole race, he even advised he could go faster, a worry for his rivals. The gaps behind him were sufficient enough to give him an easy Sunday afternoon.
VALTTERI BOTTAS
Second might seem a little disappointing, but for the first time this season he has beaten Lewis Hamilton to pole position. Lost out at the start and saw his team mate drive off comfortably, but Bottas never let him get too far away, and his win and two seconds to start the season is a very handy return so far.
DANIEL RICCIARDO
Best of the rest, qualified in 7th and finished 7th. Whilst it must be hard to see the Red Bulls half a lap up the road, it is still great for Ricciardo that car made the finish, and showed that they are right in the mix, if not a little ahead, in the midfield best of the rest battle.
SERGIO PEREZ
Started from 12th on the grid and ended up 8th, and with no retirements ahead of him, it is almost the best he could hope for. Put Daniel Ricciardo under pressure during the race, especially early when he looked dangerous. Second point scoring drive for the season.
KIMI RAIKKONEN
Kimi Raikkonen continues to do the job for the Alfa Romeo team, grabbing points, and patiently making progress during the races. Nice overtake during the race on Grosjean. To say that the partnership is working out for both parties is a slight understatement.
ALEXANDER ALBON
After scoring first time points for the Toro Rosso team in Bahrain, he has followed that up with another points scoring drive from the very back of the grid. Looks good especially in comparison to his more experienced team mate who didn’t have the greatest Sunday..
GEORGE RUSSELL
Doing all he can with what he has. Outqualifying his more experienced teammate, trying to make the Williams not look like the Pinata it probably is.
THE BAD
DANI KVYAT (Worst of the Bad)
Like a reformed alcoholic, problem with second chances is that people will be on the lookout for glimpses of past evils even more than usual. So Kvyat’s Chinese Grand Prix was a little throwback to the end of his Red Bull career before he was swiftly replaced. Although he got the penalty during the race for the early crash with Norris, he was a touch unlucky given that Norris’ team mate Sainz didn’t help the situation. His race made worse when he retired as his rookie team mate goes from last to 10th.
ROBERT KUBICA
A pity he had to wait all this time to make a comeback in the this year’s Williams. Qualified last of the cars who did a lap, and finished last of all the finishers. The gap in fastest lap is telling. Spinning on the parade lap just shows what kind of car he’s got, and what kind of season he’s having.
THE UGLY
PIERRE GASLY
The best weekend so far in a Red Bull, qualified and finished 6th, but a full minute down at the end. The gap was larger than usual as his team did pit him to successfully steal the fastest lap, but the gap in qualifying is a worry. A second down on Verstappen, and only just ahead of the Renaults. Whispers that he may be replaced are already swirling.
CHARLES LECLERC
Did nothing much wrong all weekend, but the enforcement of team orders to let Vettel past, and then to keep him out there to assist Vettel is a worry for him. And he wasn’t even given a Gasly style chance for fastest lap. Needs to start blowing Vettel away in qualifying to give Ferrari no choice but to back him.
NICO HULKENBERG
Not as bad a weekend as others, bur he was outqualified here by his team mate, then lost out to Sergio Perez on the opening lap, and then became the race’s first retirement.
2019 CHINESE GRAND PRIX – GOOD, BAD and UGLY
We have our very own system of awarding point for the above Good, Bad and Ugly, plus rewarding other stats from the F1 weekend to have our own tally of who is going well in F1 in 2019, not just by scoring points, but performance in relation to car and expectations. The latest Grand Prix’s results are below.
| Driver | Total | GBU | Top 3 | F Lap | Qual | Outqual | Outraced | Incident | Gains | Best Rest |
| Lewis Hamilton | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Valtteri Bottas | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Daniel Ricciardo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kimi Räikkönen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Alexander Albon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| George Russell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sergio Pérez | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Max Verstappen | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | ||||||
| Kevin Magnussen | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Romain Grosjean | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Pierre Gasly | 0 | -1 | 1 | |||||||
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 0 | |||||||||
| Lance Stroll | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Leclerc | -1 | -1 | ||||||||
| Nico Hülkenberg | -1 | -1 | ||||||||
| Robert Kubica | -1 | -1 | ||||||||
| Lando Norris | -1 | -1 | ||||||||
| Daniil Kvyat | -2 | -2 | 1 | -1 |
2019 F1 SEASON ULTIMATE GOOD, BAD and UGLY
And here is the current season tally of the Good, Bad and Ugly.Points can be meaningless, so we have devised our little point scoring activity that rewards everything, not just race wins.
There’s no point in compiling of all the F1 data we can find, without working out a grand total. So here it is.
| Driver | Total | AUS | BAH | CHIN |
| Lewis Hamilton | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Valtteri Bottas | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| Max Verstappen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| George Russell | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Charles Leclerc | 7 | -1 | 9 | -1 |
| Kevin Magnussen | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Alexander Albon | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Lando Norris | 5 | 3 | 3 | -1 |
| Sergio Pérez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Carlos Sainz Jr. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sebastian Vettel | 3 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| Lance Stroll | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Romain Grosjean | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | 2 | -3 | 0 | 5 |
| Nico Hülkenberg | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 |
| Antonio Giovinazzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniil Kvyat | -1 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Robert Kubica | -2 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Pierre Gasly | -2 | -1 | -1 | 0 |
1 point for featuring in Good, -1 for featuring in Bad or Ugly. A bonus point for the very best and worst.
1 point for Outqualifying and Finishing ahead of team mate.
3 points for a Race win, 2 for Podium, 1 for Fastest Lap.
1 points for most overtakes on the first lap.
2 points for Pole Position, 1 for a Front Row start.
1 point for Best of the Rest in Qualifying and Race.
-1 for an avoidable accident.
