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Vettel on pole for Chinese Grand Prix

Sports | Motor racing
2009-4-18

SEBASTIAN Vettel took a surprise pole position for Red Bull ahead of Renault's Fernando Alonso in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix today. The 21-year-old German grabbed the second pole position of his career,...

Rosberg exits gravel to set quickest time in Shanghai

Sports | Motor racing
2009-4-18

GERMAN Nico Rosberg brushed off an early embarrassment to set the quickest time in the third and final practice session for the Chinese Grand Prix today. The Williams driver had to be extricated from the gravel...

Tickets for China GP in April go on sale

Sports | Motor racing
2009-1-7

THE 2009 Chinese Grand Prix is being moved up on the Formula One calender as the season's third race to avoid a clash of dates with the inaugural ATP Masters series in Shanghai. The F1 Chinese Grand Prix will...

F1 Grand Prix set for more laps

Sports | Motor racing
2008-11-25

THE Chinese Grand Prix is likely to be run in Shanghai beyond 2010 as the city continues its drive to become one of the world's great sporting hubs, according to the organizers of the Formula One race. Reported...

Victorious Hamilton extends lead

Sports | Motor racing
2008-10-20

LEWIS Hamilton's win in the Chinese Grand Prix yesterday proved to be an anti-climax, leaving the McLaren driver still just short of clinching the 2008 Formula One title. Hamilton led from start to finish in a...

MotoGP spectators can take shuttle buses to the track

Metro | Need to know
2008-5-2

SPECTATORS of the 2008 MotoGP Chinese Grand Prix can get a free shuttle bus to the racing venue, the report said. The organizing committee of the racing event, which will be held at Shanghai International Circuit...

Cool Finn sets stage for hot finale

Sport | Motor racing
2007-10-8

FERRARI'S Kimi Raikkonen turned the Formula One title battle into a three-way fight down to the wire with victory at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai yesterday after Mc-Laren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton...

I can still do it, says defiant Hamilton

Sport | Motor racing
2007-10-8

MCLAREN'S Lewis Hamilton said he was "gutted" by the manner of his exit from the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai yesterday but was confident he would still be world champion at the end of the season. The 22-year-old...

Sports events kick up retailers over holiday

Business | Retail
2007-10-8

A SERIES of international sports events helped boost Shanghai's retail sales by a fifth during last week's National Day holiday, the city's economic commission said yesterday. Sales generated by the 425 retailers...

Rossi takes pole ahead of Hopkins and Edwards

Sport | Motorcycling
2007-5-5

VALENTINO Rossi dominated the field today to claim pole position for tomorrow's Chinese Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion, riding a Yamaha, clocked 1 minute, 58.424 seconds on the 5.281-kilometer Shanghai...