F1: Ferrari's Alonso roars to victory in Chinese Grand Prix

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso roared to victory in the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix on Sunday, making amends for crashing out of the previous race in Malaysia. In a dry race dictated by tyre choices and frequent pitstops, the Spaniard beat Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen by 10.1 seconds. Lewis Hamilton completed a trio of world champions on the podium with third place for Mercedes after starting on pole. The win was Alonso's first since Germany last July and was the 31st of his career, taking him to fourth in the all-time list alongside Britain's 1992 champion Nigel Mansell. Red Bull's triple champion Sebastian Vettel finished fourth, just 0.2 behind Hamilton, to retain the overall lead, with McLaren's Jenson Button fifth to ensure five champions in the top five places. "It was fantastic race for us from start to end. It's feel great after retirement in Malaysia. The 2013 campaign looking good," said Alonso. "Great result for team. Very fortunate to get on the podium," said Hamilton who started on pole. Lap 56 Alonso begins the final lap, as Hamilton falls back from Raikkonen and into the clutches of Vettel who runs slightly wide on the turn. Lap 55 Hamilton now just 0.6 seconds behind Kimi Raikkonen. Lap 54 Hamilton is closing on Raikkonen in the fight for second while Vettel rips three seconds out of the gap between him and Hamilton. Lap 53 Vettel trails Hamilton by 11 seconds in the battle for third place. Lap 52 Vettel pits for his set of soft tyres and rejoins in fourth and is told to put in four 'qualifying laps' in an attempt to close the gap on Hamilton and Raikkonen. Lap 51 Button uses DRS to pass Massa for sixth. Lap 50 Button pits in his McLaren for a set of soft tyres and rejoins in seventh. Lap 49 Alonso extends his lead to seven seconds over Vettel and 12 over Kimi Raikkonen in third. Lap 48 Vettel's hopes are second are fading fast as Raikkonen and Hamilton close in. Lap 47 "You do not need to push," Ferrari tell race leader Fernando Alonso. "I am not pushing," comes the reply as he sets the fastest lap of the race - 1:39.506. Lap 46 Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton are in pursuit of the reigning world champion Vettel. Lap 45 Raikkonen passes Button at the hairpin for third. Hamilton quickly follows by at turn four and Button is down to fifth. Lap 44 Button is catching Vettel and is fighting him for second position. Lap 43 Alonso passes Vettel with ease at Turn One to take the lead. Vettel doesn't fight the Spaniard. Lap 42 Vettel has a 10-second lead over Raikkonen, who leads Hamilton by a further second. Lap 41 The race leader Alonso pits and rejoins Vettel who leads the grand prix, but still must stop again. BBC F1 co-commentator David Coulthard says "Vettel has to stop again and he is on older tyres, so it is still looking good for Alonso." Lap 40 Hamilton sets the fastest lap of the race and closes to within 1.5 seconds of Raikkonen in the Lotus. Lap 39 Alonso is now 19 seconds ahead of Vettel with Button a further 4.2 seconds adrift. Raikkonen is fourth and Hamilton fifth. Lap 38 Hamilton pits but when he rejoins, has lost track position to Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo. Lap 37 Massa and Hulkenberg pit at the same time and rejoin side-by-side in the pit lane. Lap 36 Button is not happy as Vettel races past him to take third. Lap 35 Raikkonen comes into the pits and comes back out in eighth. Lap 34 Vettel is now up to fifth, 19.7 seconds behind race leader Alonso. Lap 33 Raikkonen closes up onto the back of Hamilton in the battle for second. Lap 32 Vettel wastes no time with Massa after rejoining, bullying his way past for eighth. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, who retired on lap 23: "I had a lot of understeer out there from the start and after the pit stop it got worse. Then the front wheel started bouncing on the front corner - I don't know the reason for that." Lap 31 Raikkonen is hovering behind the rear wing of Button and goes past the Briton at the second DRS zone. Lap 30 Alonso takes the lead of the Chinese Grand Prix, sliding down the inside of Vettel at the same place he passed Hulkenberg. Lap 29 Button cannot defend against Hamilton who slips down the inside of the McLaren at Turn One for fourth. Lap 27 Alonso turns his attention to Vettel now. Vettel has been told not to waste time fighting Alonso. Lap 26 Alonso passes Hulkenberg in the middle of the corner before the long straight. Lap 25 Alonso has set the fastest lap of 1:40.973. Button and Grosjean are under investigation for using DRS under yellow flags. Lap 24 Vettel in promoted to P1 as Alonso pits, as does McLaren's Button from second. Lap 23 Lap 23 Alonso comes into the pits as does Button. Rosberg pulls into the Mercedes garage and retires for the second time this season. Lap 22 Vettel into third position behind Aonso and Button. Lap 21 Alonso takes the lead of the Chinese Grand Prix, putting a good move on Button into Turn One. Lap 20 Hamilton is running third, one second clear of Raikkonen. Lap 18 Webber's right rear whe