The race started on a wet track, after a 28-minute delay because of the poor conditions. Piastri made a better launch than Antonelli, and was alongside the Mercedes on the approach to the first corner, the position already won. Antonelli claimed Piastri had pushed him off, but in fact ran wide off track on his...
Antonelli’s previous highest grid position this season was third in the last race in Saudi Arabia, although his qualifying result position has improved in every session so far this season. His impressive 0.309secs margin over Russell came despite the Briton joining Verstappen in being the only driver to use two sets of tyres over two...
If Max Verstappen leaves Red Bull are they in even greater trouble than just losing their star driver? It seems like they’d be losing the only person who can drive their car, a situation that’s seemingly self-inflicted. Are they likely to be making their 2026 car more driveable to mitigate this risk? – Tom One...
Lewis Hamilton took his first pole position for Ferrari as he headed sprint qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 0.018 seconds as McLaren’s challenge faded around the Shanghai circuit and will start Saturday’s sprint race from the front. Oscar Piastri was third and Lando Norris, winner of the...