Ferrari's Fernando Alonso roared to victory in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix this morning, making amends for crashing out of the previous race in Malaysia.
In a dry race dictated by tyre choices and frequent pitstops, the Spaniard beat Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen by 10.1 seconds.
Lewis Hamilton completed a trio of world champions on the podium with third place for Mercedes after starting on pole. It was nail bitingly close, with reigning championship Sebastail Vettel just unable to overtake Hamilton after a late tyre change of tyres and charge.
McLaren's Jenson Button came fifth 35 seconds behind the leader.
The win was Alonso's first since Germany last July and was the 31st of his career, taking him to fourth in the all-time list alongside Britain's 1992 champion Nigel Mansell.
Vettel retained the overall lead.
THE RESULT
April 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday 1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) Ferrari 1:36:26.945 2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Lotus - Renault +00:10.168 3. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) Mercedes 00:12.322 4. Sebastian Vettel (Germany) RedBull - Renault 00:12.525 5. Jenson Button (Britain) McLaren 00:35.285 6. Felipe Massa (Brazil) Ferrari 00:40.827 7. Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 00:42.691 8. Paul Di Resta (Britain) Force India - Mercedes 00:51.084 9. Romain Grosjean (France) Lotus - Renault 00:53.423 10. Nico Huelkenberg (Germany) Sauber - Ferrari 00:56.598 11. Sergio Perez (Mexico) McLaren 01:03.860 12. Jean-Eric Vergne (France) Toro Rosso - Ferrari 01:12.604 13. Valtteri Bottas (Finland) Williams - Renault 01:33.861 14. Pastor Maldonado (Venezuela) Williams - Renault 01:35.453 15. Jules Bianchi (France) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap 16. Charles Pic (France) Caterham - Renault 1 lap 17. Max Chilton (Britain) Marussia - Cosworth 1 lap 18. Giedo van der Garde (Netherlands) Caterham - Renault 1 lap r. Nico Rosberg (Germany) Mercedes 35 laps r. Mark Webber (Australia) RedBull - Renault 41 laps r. Adrian Sutil (Germany) Force India - Mercedes 51 laps r. Esteban Gutierrez (Mexico) Sauber - Ferrari 52 laps (rank: r = retired, nc = not classified) Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel,1:36.808, lap 53.