Good morning, everybody, and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Chinese Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton is on pole - again - conditions are fine, so can anything stop a straightforward race to the finish and more points for Mercedes?

Formula 1 | Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit | 20.04.2014

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BySean Fay

Updated 20/04/2014 at 08:56 GMT

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09:55

The trophies are awarded, the anthems are played, and Rosberg stays in the lead of the drivers' championship. Next up - Barcelona. Join us then - and thanks for your company this morning.

09:50

The top three rehydrate and reflect on the race. Nico Rosberg seems to be asking what happened to the Red Bulls.

09:41

"Excellent drive, Lewis...absolutely epic," his team tell him. Rosberg gets congratulated for driving so well despite no telemetry.

56/56

So Lewis Hamilton wins his third successive race! It's a Mercedes one-two, and Alonso hangs on for that fourth place.

55/56

Another yellow flag waved briefly, but it's not quite clear what for. Lewis Hamilton isn't distracted, though.

55/56

Hamilton's stretching out even further as he cruises to the finish, lapping a second quicker than Rosberg.

54/56

Hamilton is now 17 seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg, and having Ricciardo hustling behind him is making Alonso close down a little on second place.

53/56

Ricciardo loses a bit of ground as the leaders lap Maldonado.

52/56

Alonso is clearly starting to fret a little bit now, glancing behind him to see just where Ricciardo is.

51/56

Ricciardo's best lap time is under 1:42, but Alonso is still holding on to third. His tyres are suffering, though.

50/56

"Alonso is matching your pace - keep pushing, he may run into trouble at the end," Ricciardo's team tell him.

49/56

So Hamilton leads, Rosberg in second, and Alonson in third. Ricciardo is still looming behind Alonso, who is holding on to his podium place.

48/56

Ricciardo is cutting down a tenth of a second on Alonso, but perhaps he has rather too much to do now.

47/56

Lewis Hamilton is 15 seconds ahead of Nico Rosberg; Daniel Ricciardo is given the OK to attack Alonso.

46/56

Alonso is summoning a last dash of power to attempt to pull away from that pesky Ricciardo.

45/56

"Fuel is fine to the end," Rosberg's team tell him. That's good, he won't have to give them the information off his dashboard in these closing stages, then.

44/56

So can Ricciardo now make a move on Alonso as well?

43/56

...and there he goes. Alonso had nothing to offer in response once Rosberg was ready to go.

42/56

Rosberg is ready to pounce...

41/56

Rosberg is still closing in on Alonso, lapping quicker by a decent margin, but Hamilton looks untouchable in the lead.

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