"Get in there, Lewis!"
"That's a great race, mate".
"It's been a fantastic weekend and I'm very very grateful for the team putting in the effort to get us where we are", Hamilton said.
We're just two races into the 2017 Formula One championship, and it already looks like this season is going to be a classic.
"That's what racing is all about".
Next up is the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday. "There were times Sebastian put laps in and it was hard to even match the time".
"In fine, very close battles, any advantage you can get, and definitely early on, will hopefully pay dividends at the end". The two drivers, who share seven world championship titles between them, embraced each other after the race as the Brit patted the German for coming up with a stiff fight in Shanghai.
Vettel recovered from a poor start from row one.
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The triple world champion held his nerve and delivered a flawless display in the tricky wet-dry conditions to record his fifth victory at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Hamilton's buffer to Vettel was healthy throughout the race, with the German closing to within seven seconds late on, but he doubts it would have been the case without the safety auto.
Chinese Grand Prix victor Lewis Hamilton says the final stint of the race was an example of "what racing is all about" because he and Sebastian Vettel were exchanging quick lap times despite a big gap on track. "And Ferrari are the best they have been in a decade". "We couldn't prove that today but next time we will".
"Lewis was quick. full stop", Vettel conceded. Very happy with that, we take it.
- Only Michael Schumacher (142) has lead more races than Lewis Hamilton (101) in the Formula 1 history.
Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth for Red Bull, crossing the line just 0.8 seconds behind Verstappen after hassling the Dutchman in the closing stages of the 56-lap race. Haas's Kevin Magnussen and the Force Indias of Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon completed the top ten.
Bottas apologised to his team for an embarrassing spin while weaving to warm his tyres behind the safety auto, which dropped him down to 12th. To cap a tough day his Mercedes engineer then mistakenly called him Nico (as in their former driver Rosberg) over the team radio.
Hamilton was left without much of a challenge at the front of the pack after striking lucky with an early safety auto that allowed him to swap from intermediate to dry tyres, with Vettel losing out after stopping under the Virtual Safety vehicle a couple of laps prior.
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