SHANGHAI -- Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday to retake the overall lead from Mercedes team mate Valtteri Bottas in Formula One's 1,000th world championship race.
Bottas, who had started on pole but lost out to five times world champion Hamilton into the first corner, finished second for his team's third one-two finish in as many races this season.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took third place, the German's first podium appearance of the campaign, with Red Bull's Pierre Gasly taking the fastest lap.
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Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was baffled by the behavior of his Mercedes after lapping slower than team mate Valtteri Bottas in Chinese Grand Prix practice on Friday.
The Briton, a 5-time winner in Shanghai, suffered a spin on cold tyres and ended the day some seven-tenths of a second slower than the Finn.
"I'm just focusing on trying to figure out what the hell is going on with my car," the Formula One website quoted him as saying.
"I was struggling with the car today, so we've got work to do, particularly on my side as Valtteri looked much more comfortable in the car.
"We're going to work hard tonight to find some tweaks and hopefully come back stronger tomorrow; the car has the pace in it to compete at the front, we just need to find the right set-up."
Mercedes have finished the first two races of the season one-two, with Hamilton triumphant at the last round in Bahrain two weeks ago.
That was a lucky win, however, with the victory falling into his lap after Ferrari's Charles Leclerc suffered an engine problem with 10 laps remaining.
Bottas, winner in Australia, leads the championship by a point due to the extra point awarded for the fastest lap in Melbourne.
The Finn was fastest overall in Friday practice, with Hamilton fourth.
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