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Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:15 pm**

Alonso reports conditions are safe enough to begin racing out there

Rosberg pits; team puts on a new set of full wets

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:15 pm**

Alonso is saying they can start!

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:16 pm**

Hamilton's team radios him, telling him that "it is still raining and that they expect it to continue for the next 30 minutes......."

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:16 pm**

The McLaren team tells Hamilton that it is still raining and will continue to do so for the next 30 minutes

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:17 pm**

Don't know if it will be easy to overtake when the safety car is removed. But at least he is in front of the cars that pit.

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:18 pm**

6 laps completed under the safety car!

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:19 pm**

A few more in-car shots; visibility not any better than before

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:20 pm**

Alonso pits; new full wets and full fuel loads

Safety car in next lap!

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:21 pm**

Not sure if that is good for Alonso or not but he is now at the back

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:22 pm**

Ed wrote:Not sure if that is good for Alonso or not but he is now at the back

I think everyone's chucked strategy out the window and are gambling big-time..........

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:22 pm**

Don't know if it was a bit too early for Alonso. There may be quite a few more laps behind safety car.

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:22 pm**

It didn't look like he put in a lot of fuel though.

Race about to actually start!

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:22 pm**

Safety car in!
We are racing and the rooster-tails are high!

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:23 pm**

Race underway and Vettel leads Webber and Barrichello

Posted: **Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:24 pm**

Hamilton takes 6th from Raikkonen!

The 2009 Chinese Grand Prix Thread