Chinese Grand Prix comes to abrupt end after flag waved one lap too early
Lewis Hamilton saw chequered flag after 55 laps Mercedes complete a one-two with Nico Rosberg secondThe Chinese Grand Prix was certainly not the most exciting race but it hardly required the drastic action taken by the man wielding the chequered flag, who brought the race to an end one lap early. Lewis Hamilton was leading at the time and was as mystified as anyone by the turn of events. "I thought I was starting my last lap and I glanced up and saw something waving and realised it was the chequered flag," the Englishman said. "I lifted [the power] and lost about a second and a half but the team said: ‘No, no. Keep going.’" Continue reading…
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