So much happened not sure I can remember:
Kimi was given a 3 place penalty for blocking during qualifying, though it didn't make much difference the car looked undrivable throughout the race.We started off with intermediate conditions.
Several cars including Mark Webber slid off the track on their way to the grid (pre race).
Once the race got under way, Alonso hit the rear of Vettel's car and after failing to stop for a new front wing ending up crashing out after the nose detached and lodged under the car.
Verne was released out of the pits in front of Pic and the two cars collided.
Later Ferrari released Massa unsafely but unsurprisingly this was not investigated FIA (Ferrari International Assistance me thinks).
Hamilton comically parked in the McLaren pit box and lost around 5-6 seconds.
Jenson's front right wheel was not secured at the pit stop and this caused him to have to stop and be wheeled back by the mechanics putting him out of what looked like a secure 5th place.Button ultimately retired.
Force India ended up retiring both cars due to what seemed to be a failure of the wheel nuts during pitstops.
The two main stories of the race however were Rosberg not being allowed to pass Hamilton despite being much faster during the fuel save phase and then of course Vettel ignoring team orders to stay behind Webber and winning the race.
Seb apologised to Mark after the race, but it was not accepted and Webber hinted that he may have to consider his future in F1.
Today John Watson commented that Vettel should get a one race ban for ignoring team orders.
I think this would be a good punishment, but as Mark said "Seb has the protection of the teams as ever" so no doubt nothing will happen to him.
Results:
1 Sebastian Vettel
2 Mark Webber
3 Lewis Hamilton
4 Nico Rosberg
5 Felipe Massa
6 Romain Grosjean
7 Kimi Raikkonen
8 Nico Hulkenberg
9 Sergio Perez
10 Jean-Eric Vergne
11 Valtteri Bottas
12 Esteban Gutierrez
14 Charles Pic
15 Giedo van der Garde
16 Max Chilton
17 Jenson Button
18 Daniel Ricciardo
19 Pastor Maldonado
20 Adrian Sutil
21 Paul Di Resta
22 Fernando Alonso
All in All amazing race and can't wait for China in 3 weeks.
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