Shanghai — Lewis Hamilton goes for a record sixth Chinese Grand Prix win this weekend with Mercedes, aiming to bring their "A game" for a quick strike back at unbeaten Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel. Germany’s Vettel and Ferrari stole a march on the Silver Arrows with victory in Australia to open the Formula One season and followed up with a triumph last weekend in Bahrain. Vettel and Hamilton are chasing a fifth world championship, but the Englishman has easily been the most successful driver in the 14-year history of the race at the Shanghai International Circuit with five wins. Another triumph will help Mercedes get back on track after early-season blunders prompted a bout of hand-wringing in the team. But Hamilton denied Mercedes was in trouble, saying its wide-ranging problems so far just point to the difficulty of keeping a team firing on all cylinders in each contest. "The A game applies to everything. There are so many things that keep the ball afloat," Hamilton said. "I st...
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