Chinese Formula One Grand Prix

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Max Verstappen slides down the inside of Lewis Hamilton for the lead.
Took a while for him to get it together but Max Verstappen's confidence is growing now.

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1) Verstappen
2) Hamilton
3) Alonso
4) Sainz
5) Perez

Perez pressuring Sainz and that is helping Alonso stay in third. Can he hold on for a podium?

If Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton can hold on with faster cars behind it will be a good result. Four laps to go.

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Carlos Sainz overtakes Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso pits. Puncture. Probably contact with Carlos Sainz. Defended perhaps a little too hard.

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Chequered Flag.

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton,
3. Sergio Perez

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1) Max Verstappen, [Red Bull]
2) Lewis Hamilton, [Mercedes]
3) Sergio Perez, [Red Bull]
4) Charles Leclerc, [Ferrari]
5) Carlos Sainz, [Ferrari]
6) Lando Norris, [McLaren]
7) Oscar Piastri, [McLaren]
8) George Russell, [Mercedes]

9) Zhou Guanyu, [Sauber]
10) Kevin Magnussen, [Haas]
11) Daniel Ricciardo, [RB]
12) Valtteri Bottas, [Sauber]
13) Esteban Ocon, [Alpine]
14) Lance Stroll, [Aston Martin ]
15) Pierre Gasly, [Alpine]
16) Yuki Tsunoda, [RB]
17) Alex Albon, [Williams]
18) Logan Sargeant, [Williams]
19) Nico Hulkenberg, [Haas]

Retired) Fernando Alonso

[mascol]

Unlucky for Lando at the race start, too fast a formation lap left him sitting stationary with cooling tyres at the race start.
Great result for Lewis, but when Max got passed he disappeared down the road at a second a lap

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Qualifying
Race tomorrow 08:00am

1) Max Verstappen, [Red Bull] [Red Bull's 100th Pole Position]
2) Sergio Perez, [Red Bull]
3) Fernando Alonso, [Aston Martin]
4) Lando Norris, [McLaren]
5) Oscar Piastri, [McLaren]
6) Charles Leclerc, [Ferrari]
7) Carlos Sainz, [Ferrari]
8) George Russell, [Mercedes]
9) Nico Hulkenberg, [Haas]
10) Valtteri Bottas, [Sauber]


11) Lance Stroll, [Aston Martin]
12) Daniel Ricciardo, [RB]
13) Esteban Ocon, [Alpine]
14) Alex Albon, [Williams]
15) Pierre Gasly, [Alpine]

16) Zhou Guanyu, [Sauber]
17) Kevin Magnussen, [Haas]
18) Lewis Hamilton, [Mercedes]
19) Yuki Tsunoda, [RB]
20) Logan Sargeant, [Williams]

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Red Bull's first pole in China in 2009 was achieved by Sebastian Vettel
Fifteen years later Max Verstappen 100th at the same circuit.

One thing has not changed, Fernando Alonso!

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Qualifying
Race tomorrow 08:00am

1) Max Verstappen, [Red Bull] [Red Bull's 100th Pole Position]
2) Sergio Perez, [Red Bull]
3) Fernando Alonso, [Aston Martin]
4) Lando Norris, [McLaren]
5) Oscar Piastri, [McLaren]
6) Charles Leclerc, [Ferrari]
7) Carlos Sainz, [Ferrari]
8) George Russell, [Mercedes]
9) Nico Hulkenberg, [Haas]
10) Valtteri Bottas, [Sauber]


11) Lance Stroll, [Aston Martin]
12) Daniel Ricciardo, [RB]
13) Esteban Ocon, [Alpine]
14) Alex Albon, [Williams]
15) Pierre Gasly, [Alpine]

16) Zhou Guanyu, [Sauber]
17) Kevin Magnussen, [Haas]
18) Lewis Hamilton, [Mercedes]
19) Yuki Tsunoda, [RB]
20) Logan Sargeant, [Williams]

I thought Hamilton was starting in second Steve ?