Chinese Formula One Grand Prix

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Fernando Alonso up to eighth

Before that had a moment as he touched the gravel. Showing his skill in avoiding a major accident.

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Chequered flag.

1 Max Verstappen [Red Bull]
2 Lando Norris [McLaren] Good result for McLaren, Safety Cars suited them and they played the strategy well. Also, record 15 podium finishes but no win. And Driver of the Day
3 Sergio Perez [Red Bull]

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1) Max Verstappen, Red Bull
2) Lando Norris, McLaren
3) Sergio Perez, Red Bull
4) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
5) Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
6) George Russell, Mercedes
7) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin (fastest lap)
8) Oscar Piastri, McLaren
9) Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
10) Nico Hulkenberg, Haas

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1] Max Verstappen [Red Bull] 110
2] Sergio Pérez [Red Bull] 85
3] Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] 76
4] Carlos Sainz [Ferrari] 69
5] Lando Norris [McLaren] 58
6] Oscar Piastri [McLaren] 38
7] George Russell [Mercedes] 33
8] Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] 31
9] Lewis Hamilton [Mercedes] 19
10] Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] 9
11] Yuki Tsunoda [RB] 7
12] Oliver Bearman [Ferrari] 6
13] Nico Hülkenberg [Haas] 4
14] Kevin Magnussen [Haas] 1
15] Alexander Albon [Williams] 0
16] Esteban Ocon [Alpine] 0
17] Zhou Guanyu [Stake] 0
18] Daniel Ricciardo [RB] 0
19] Pierre Gasly [Alpine] 0
20] Valtteri Bottas [Stake] 0
21] Logan Sargeant [Williams] 0

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1] Red Bull [Sergio Pérez, Max Verstappen] 195
2] Ferrari [Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc] 151
3] McLaren [Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri] 96
4] Mercedes [Lewis Hamilton, George Russell] 52
5] Aston Martin [Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll] 40
6] RB [Daniel Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda] 7
7] Haas [Nico Hülkenberg, Kevin Magnussen] 5
8] Alpine [Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly] 0
9] Stake [Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu] 0
10 Williams [Alexander Albon, Logan Sargeant] 0

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Daniel Ricciardo race ended through no fault of his own after he was hit from behind by Lance Stroll and forced to retire.
Shortly before that, Daniel Ricciardo had passed Nico Hulkenberg under safety car conditions and he has received a 10-second penalty.

Because he was forced to retire, that penalty will be deferred to the next race in Miami, where he will receive a three-place grid penalty instead. He also receives two penalty points on his license.
Bit inconsistent. Sometimes in similar circumstances, penalties are deferred over to the next race and sometimes they are not. Something that needs to be clarified in the rules.

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Daniel Ricciardo race ended through no fault of his own after he was hit from behind by Lance Stroll and forced to retire.
Shortly before that, Daniel Ricciardo had passed Nico Hulkenberg under safety car conditions and he has received a 10-second penalty.

Because he was forced to retire, that penalty will be deferred to the next race in Miami, where he will receive a three-place grid penalty instead. He also receives two penalty points on his license.
Bit inconsistent. Sometimes in similar circumstances, penalties are deferred over to the next race and sometimes they are not. Something that needs to be clarified in the rules.

There used to be huge inconsistencies in the stewarding system when there were different stewards at each race, the penalties were random at best.
It's better now but something like this comes up and it seems strange, but to continue racing while an incident has happened that's serious enough to warrant a safety car is kinda dangerous.

Someone needs to tell Lance that undertaking isn't allowed behind the safety car either. He's lucky his daddy lets him out to play at the weekends

Good work there Steve. I'll be asking EI if they will sponsor us to go cover some of the races trackside on their behalf- you running commentary, I'll hold your beer, we'll been needing camera and sound crew producers etc. Will we call it an even 50k to do the job?

[Rachel Divine]

Fernando Alonso up to eighth

Before that had a moment as he touched the gravel. Showing his skill in avoiding a major accident.

That was awesome!
Every race he puts on a show, overtakes and is so entretaining..