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

23/56

Well, that little duel was exciting, and Rosberg's team congratulate him for his work there.

22/56

Rosberg is sticking close to Vettel this lap as far as he can - on the straights he's looking faster but has struggled on the turns...and then he sneaks past!

21/56

Hamilton's a good six seconds clear of second place at the moment, and half a minute faster than Raikkonen in eighth.

20/56

Ricciardo's team tell him he's going faster than his rivals for that podium finish - he's in fifth at the moment but he can certainly challenge.

19/56

So the status quo at the front is preserved - Hamilton leads, followed by Alonso and Vettel, with Rosberg in fourth.

18/56

Nico Rosberg's team are checking on his fuel load, and they tell him it all looks good for the time being.

18/56

And Hamilton sensibly makes that pit stop - it's all very straightforward and he's still in first place.

17/56

Hamilton does have a massive advantage out at the front, but on his older tyres he's not lapping as quickly as those immediately behind him.

16/56

Ah, and there's Ricciardo going in, right on schedule. Meanwhile, Hamilton is comfortable on his tyres, and he continues to purr leading the field.

15/56

Massa's problem is on the left rear hub - that's why it took so long for the mechanics to make the change.

14/56

Rosberg is called in now as the team try to sort out these issues he's having.

13/56

Daniel Ricciardo is told to come in for his tyre change in a few more laps - will he manage the race on just two stops?

13/56

Nico Rosberg is suffering all kinds of technical problems and has lost his telemetry. His team tell him via the radio that there could be rubber in the car's workings.

12/56

Well, Massa was sixth, and now he's at the back of the field. Awful stuff. Meanwhile, the rest of the pack are trailing in for their tyre changes: Alonso and Hulkenberg are the latest to stop.

11/56

There goes Massa into the pit, followed by Raikkonen - and while the Finn manages to put well, Massa is just sitting there! What's going on? It looks like they don't have the rear tyres ready for him. What a terrible pit.

10/56

A pit stop for Grosjean in his Lotus, and it'll be fascinating to see how many drivers manage two stops now. There's lots of surface rubber being lost and lots of marks on the track.

9/56

Sebastian Vettel is asking when he can change his tyres - not yet, is the answer. There's too much traffic behind him and he'd get snarled up in it on the way out of the pit lane.

8/56

A first pit stop for Jenson Button's McLaren, moving to medium tyres from soft. Interesting strategy.

7/56

Hamilton is looking untroubled as he extends his lead further and further.

6/56

And yes, Sutil logs his third retirement in a row as he pulls into the garage.

5/56

Speaking of technical problems, Adrian Sutil in his Sauber is preparing to retire, it seems.

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