F1 China Blog – Saturday report, Lewis on pole

It was a thrilling start to qualifying in Shanghai for the 2013 Chinese Grand Prix, with nearly ten minutes of silence and empty track before Jules Bianchi made his way out of the pits and kicked proceedings off in earnest.

F1 China Blog – Friday press conference

 As was the case with the drivers’ press conference on Thursday, the main focus of the senior team personnel press conference on Friday in Shanghai was the use of team orders in Sepang last month.

F1 China Blog – Friday practice report

It was a morning of race simulations at the Shanghai International Circuit, once the cars left the pits and started setting lap times after the customary opening half hour of dead time.