SHANGHAI (AP) a Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso won the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix Sunday, claiming his and the team's first gain since last year's battle in Germany. Alonso took the lead for good with 13 laps to go and won by 10 seconds from Lotus' Kimi Raikkonen, with pole caretaker Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes completing third, only two tenths of another in front of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. Vettel keeps the champion cause, now only three points ahead of Raikkonen, with Alonso moving into third, ahead of Hamilton. In a competition dominated by tire technique, the front three athletes all used their strong early speed on the softer tire to establish an edge and all pitted inside six laps. While the likes of Vettel, McLaren's Jenson Button and Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg a' who all began on the tougher tire a' profited initially by going to the front of the field, the early leaders used better plastic to reclaim the edge and fought out the latter 50% of the competition. Option finished sixth ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa. Toro Rosso driver Daniel Ricciardo devote a strong efficiency for a career-best seventh place, finishing in front of Force India's Paul di Resta, Lotus' Romain Grosjean and Hulkenberg.
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