F1: Chinese Grand Prix

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Jenson Button has leapt to a ten-point lead in the 2010 world championship, by winning yet another thrilling rain-affected grand prix.

McLaren's reigning world champion, who also won in Melbourne, is now ten points clear of Nico Rosberg, who finished third in Shanghai after another impressive weekend in the Mercedes.

Former title leader Felipe Massa is now just sixth in the standings after finishing sixth in Shanghai, where the Chinese venue was affected by showers throughout the 56-lap race.

Fernando Alonso, penalised for jumping the start, finished fourth, and is now two places ahead of China pole sitter Sebastian Vettel, who like his teammate and early race leader Mark Webber had a less than smooth race.

Lewis Hamilton completed McLaren's one-two on Sunday, but the 2008 world champion is under investigation by the stewards for an incident involving Vettel in the pitlane.

Asked about their wheel-to-wheel stoush in the pits, where the McLaren was released into Vettel's path before the Red Bull driver seemed to push the Briton out of the pitlane, Hamilton said he thought his own behaviour had been "ok".

"I noticed Sebastian was there and he pushed me a little to the right," he said.
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts
1 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 1:46:42.163 5 25
2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 56 +1.5 secs 6 18
3 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 56 +9.4 secs 4 15
4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +11.8 secs 3 12
5 11 Robert Kubica Renault 56 +22.2 secs 8 10
6 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 56 +33.3 secs 1 8
7 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 56 +47.6 secs 14 6
8 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 56 +52.1 secs 2 4
9 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 56 +57.7 secs 7 2
10 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 56 +61.7 secs 9 1
11 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 56 +62.8 secs 10
12 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 56 +63.6 secs 11
13 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 56 +71.4 secs 12
14 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 21
15 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 55 +1 Lap 16
16 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 54 +2 Laps 23
17 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 52 +4 Laps 24
Ret 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 26 Hydraulics 20
Ret 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 8 Clutch 22
Ret 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 7 Technical 17
Ret 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 0 Accident 13
Ret 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 0 Accident 15
Ret 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 0 Accident 18
Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 0 Engine 19

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