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1 VERSTAPPEN - 2 NORRIS - 3 PEREZ
RACE RESULTS 🏁
¡MAX VERSTAPPEN GANA EL GRAN PREMIO DE CHINA 2024! 🏁
MAX VERSTAPPEN WINS IN SHANGHAI 🏆
That's Max's first victory in China 🤩
Lando Norris takes second behind the Dutchman with Sergio Perez finishing third 👏👏#F1 #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/UasqOy8PG7 — Formula 1 (@F1) April 21, 2024
FINAL LAP
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +4.034
3 Sergio PEREZ +4.624
Lap 55
Zhou has just lost part of the front wing, at the same time he is called on the radio. He is told he can overtake Gasly for thirteenth place.
Lap 54
Gasly fights against Magnussen for the twelfth position and fails to beat him on the outside.
Haas holds off Alpine.
Lap 53
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +12.488
3 Sergio PEREZ +17.354
4 Charles LECLERC +21.671
5 Carlos SAINZ +32.110
6 George RUSSELL +35.158
7 Fernando ALONSO +42.566
8 Oscar PIASTRI +50.650
9 Lewis HAMILTON +51.871
10 Nico HULKENBERG +54.399
Magic Alonso 😱
Alonso's save in the last corner before overtaking Hamilton. He almost lost the car for touching gravel.
Lap 51
FERNANDO ALONSO PASSED LEWIS HAMILTON, OVERTOOK OSCAR PIASTRI AND IS NOW IN SEVENTH POSITION.
THE SPANIARD GOES FOR RUSSELL
Lap 50
Max Verstappen maintains a fairly quiet first position and is +10 seconds ahead of Lando Norris from first to second place.
Lap 48
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +9.826
3 Sergio PEREZ +14.520
4 Charles LECLERC +17.209
5 Carlos SAINZ +27.672
6 George RUSSELL +30.122
7 Oscar PIASTRI +39.745
8 Lewis HAMILTON +41.104
9 Fernando ALONSO +42.702
10 Nico HULKENBERG +43.892
11 Esteban OCON +46.480
12 Alexander ALBON +47.885
13 Kevin MAGNUSSEN +53.845
14 Logan SARGEANT +58.447
15 Pierre GASLY +58.589
16 GuanyuZHOU +61.046
17 Lance STROLL
Lap 47 🟣
FERNANDO ALONSO SETS THE FASTEST LAP TIME WITH A TIME OF 1:37.810
Lap 45
Alonso stopped again in the race with 2.9 seconds in the pit.
He put on the medium tires.
Lap 44
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +8.365
3 Sergio PEREZ +12.244
Lap 42
So far, the most considerable battle on track is Hulkenberg versus Hamilton for ninth place.
The Haas finds DRS and attacks the Mercedes on the outside.
Lap 40
Hamilton has a look into Turn 16 but Hulkenberg slams the door - nothing a doing through the first couple of corners of the next lap either. That's for ninth, with Piastri ahead struggling with that damage.
Lap 39
CHECO PÉREZ BEATS CHARLES LECLERC FOR THIRD POSITION AND IS NOW ON THE PODIUM.
LECLERC COMPLAINS TO HIS TEAM BECAUSE ACCORDING TO HIM, HE IS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH GOING TO ONE STOP.
Lap 38
Lewis Hamilton attacks Hulkenberg in the fight for ninth place. The seven-time world champion is +0.8 seconds behind Haas.
Lap 37
Sergio Perez has the opportunity to use DRS in his attack on Charles Leclerc in the battle for third position.
Lap 36
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +3.665
3 Charles LECLERC +8.200
Lap 35
LANCE STROLL BEAT MAGNUSSEN TO SIXTEENTH POSITION IN A BREATHTAKING BATTLE. HE BEAT HIM ON THE OUTSIDE.
Lap 34
FIA STEWARDS: 10 SECOND PENALTY FOR CAR 20 (MAG) FOR CAUSING A COLLISION.
Also penalized with 10 seconds for Sargeant and Stroll.
Lap 34
Daniel Ricciardo has to retire the car due to problems with his flat bottom and so Racing Bulls is left without any contenders in the race.
Lap 33
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +1.504
3 Charles LECLERC +3.271
4 Sergio PEREZ +4.196
5 Fernando ALONSO +5.080
6 Carlos SAINZ +6.114
7 George RUSSELL +7.362
8 Oscar PIASTRI +8.423
9 Nico HULKENBERG +9.629
10 Lewis HAMILTON +10.402
11 Esteban OCON +11.459
12 Daniel RICCIARDO +12.311
13 Alexander ALBON +13.694
14 Logan SARGEANT +13.940
15 GuanyuZHOU +14.411
16 Pierre GASLY +14.670
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN +15.142
18 Lance STROLL +15.570
19 Yuki TSUNODA OUT
20 Valtteri BOTTAS OUT
Lap 31 🟩
THE RACE RETURNS TO NORMAL AND THERE IS A GREEN FLAG.
VERSTAPPEN MAINTAINS THE FIRST POSITION, NORRIS KEEPS THE SECOND PLACE AND LECLERC IS THIRD.
ALONSO IS FIFTH AND DOES NOT LOSE GROUND TO CHECO PEREZ.
CHAOS FOR THE RELAUNCH! 🟨
LAP 27/56
The Safety Car comes in and we are racing again, or are we...
Magnussen sends Tsunoda spinning at the restart and team mate Ricciardo is shunted from behind by Stroll 😵#F1 #ChineseGP pic.twitter.com/DrL5kOOJlu — Formula 1 (@F1) April 21, 2024
Lap 28 🟨 SAFETY CAR
YUKI TSUNODA HAS PROBLEMS WITH HIS CAR AND LEAVES THE TRACK.
MAGNUSSEN ALSO HAS A PROBLEM BECAUSE HE HAS TAKEN THE JAPANESE DRIVER WITH HIM. STROLL REAR-ENDED RICCIARDO AT TURN 1.
Lap 27 🟩
THE RACE RETURNS TO NORMAL AND THERE IS A GREEN FLAG.
VERSTAPPEN KEEPS THE FIRST POSITION, NORRIS IS SECOND AND LECLERC THIRD.
TSUNODA GAINED POSITION 14 FROM MAGNUSSEN AND THERE ARE NO MAJOR OVERTAKING MOVES.
Lap 25 🟨 SAFETY CAR
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Lando NORRIS +1.314
3 Charles LECLERC +3.501
4 Sergio PEREZ +4.412
5 Oscar PIASTRI +5.389
6 Carlos SAINZ +7.307
7 Fernando ALONSO +9.265
8 George RUSSELL +10.290
9 Daniel RICCIARDO +13.181
10 Lance STROLL +15.965
11 Nico HULKENBERG +18.009
12 Logan SARGEANT +19.186
13 Esteban OCON +25.088
14 Lewis HAMILTON +27.874
15 Kevin MAGNUSSEN +33.260
16 Yuki TSUNODA +36.603
17 Alexander ALBON +46.374
18 GuanyuZHOU +48.925
19 Pierre GASLY +58.926
20 Valtteri BOTTAS ---- OUT
Lap 24 🟨
Valtteri Bottas' car is not yet out of Turn 11 and there is a Safety Car.
Lap 23 🟨
Lando Norris enters the pits and achieves a time of 2.1 seconds. He changes medium tires for hard tires.
Lap 22 🟨
Leclerc pits and achieves a stop time of 2.4 seconds. Change from medium tires to hard tires. He will go to one stop.
NORRIS HAS NOT STOPPED YET IN THE RACE.
Lap 22 🟨
SECTORS 2 AND 3 REMAIN YELLOW FLAGGED.
BOTTAS RETIRES FROM THE RACE.
Lap 21 🟨
BOTTAS RUNS OFF THE TRACK AT TURN 11 AND THE RACE DIRECTION CALLS THE VIRTUAL SAFETY CAR.
YELLOW FLAG.
Lap 20
Max Verstappen retakes the first place after overtaking Lando Norris and did so without the British driver stopping.
Ricciardo attacks Tsunoda and wins the fourteenth position on the inside.
Lap 19
McLaren warns Norris that Leclerc and Sainz (FERRARI) have opted for one stop, so they could use the same strategy.
MEDIUM TO HARD.
Lap 18
Carlos Sainz stopped with a time of 2.4 seconds. He changed the medium tire for the hard tire.
Lap 17
Verstappen overtook Leclerc knowing that there is no dispute, as Leclerc has not stopped yet.
Now the world champion will go for Norris and regain the lead.
Lap 15
Ferrari and McLaren have not stopped yet.
Partially the first is Norris, followed by Leclerc.
Lap 14
RED BULL'S DOUBLE PIT STOP BORDERING ON EXCELLENCE
Verstappen pit stops with a time of 2.1 seconds, switches from medium to hard.
Perez also stops with a time of 2.0 seconds, goes from medium to medium.
Lap 13
Fernando Alonso made his first stop of the race with a time of 2.5 seconds and now has the hard tires, previously he had the medium tires.
Lap 12
CHARLES LECLERC WINS THE FIFTH POSITION FROM OSCAR PIASTRI AND KEEPS A VERY GOOD PACE ON TRACK, GAINING HALF A SECOND PER LAP.
Lap 11
Hamilton stops in the pits with a time of 2.5 seconds. He had soft tires and now he has mounted the medium ones.
The drivers behind are the first to stop.
Lap 10
Leclerc holds sixth position after George Russell's attack, So far the attack on the Mercedes is not working for him.
Start-up strategies
Stroll, Tsunoda Hamilton and Sargeant are on soft tires in their strategy.
Magnussen has started on hard tires.
The rest of the drivers on the grid have opted for medium tires.
Lap 8
There is a DRS train between positions three and eight.
3 Fernando ALONSO +9.540
4 Lando NORRIS +9.974
5 Oscar PIASTRI +12.091
6 George RUSSELL +12.751
7 Charles LECLERC +12.944
8 Carlos SAINZ +14.450
Lap 7
Sergio Perez is now second in the race and thanks to the power of his Red Bull takes the lead behind Verstappen.
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2 PER
3 ALO
Lap 6
Verstappen now has a four-second lead, but Alonso behind is more concerned with defending than attacking. Perez is on his rear wing, and also has DRS.
And he loses again, Perez launches on the inside at Turn 6. Alonso did not resist.
Lap 5
George Russell threatens Oscar Piastri with DRS at the stopping points.
For the moment the positions achieved after the first lap are maintained.
Lap 4
DRS ENABLED
Verstappen is three seconds ahead of Alonso. Behind Alonso Sergio Perez has a chance to use DRS, as he is less than a second behind.
Lap 3
1 Max VERSTAPPEN
2 Fernando ALONSO +3.068 - -
3 Sergio PEREZ +3.829 - -
4 Lando NORRIS +4.872 - -
5 Oscar PIASTRI +6.239 - -
6 George RUSSELL +6.829 - -
7 Charles LECLERC +7.877 - -
8 Carlos SAINZ +8.865 - -
9 Lance STROLL +9.772 - -
10 Nico HULKENBERG +10.527 - -
11 Valtteri BOTTAS +11.276 - -
12 Esteban OCON +11.969 - -
13 Alexander ALBON +12.686 - -
14 Pierre GASLY +12.811 - -
15 Daniel RICCIARDO +13.514 - -
16 Yuki TSUNODA +14.128 - -
17 Kevin MAGNUSSEN +15.092 - -
18 GuanyuZHOU +15.755 - -
19 Lewis HAMILTON +16.009 - -
20 Logan SARGEANT +16.511
Lap 2
Russell also had a good start.
The two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc lost their positions and are now seventh and eighth in that order.
NO INCIDENTS AT THE START.
RACE ON! 🟩
VERSTAPPEN STARTS VERY WELL AND KEEPS THE FIRST POSITION, FERNANDO ALONSO FIGHTS SERGIO PÉREZ FOR SECOND PLACE AND WINS IT.
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2 ALO
3 PER
FORMATION LAP
The cars take to the track and the preliminary lap begins at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Let's remember that it's been five years since Formula 1 has run a race at the Shanghai Circuit.
🚨 ATTENTION
There is a last minute change on the starting grid.
Logan Sargeant (Williams 02) will start from the pit lane!
Weather in Shanghai ⛅
20°C
Chance of precipitation: 1%.
Humidity: 64%.
Wind: at 14 km/h
Lap record
The lap record at the Shanghai circuit is held by Michael Schumacher, when in his debut year in Formula 1 (2004), he recorded a time of 1:32.238 aboard his Ferrari F2004.
Can it be beaten today?
🚨 We could have a new winner in history 🚨
Max Verstappen has never won the Chinese Grand Prix!
The top winner of this race is Lewis Hamilton with six victorious sessions, followed by Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg with two wins. If Verstappen wins in this 2024 edition, he will join Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Raikkonen, Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Daniel Ricciardo, who won once on Chinese soil.
Starting grid
Pole position #100 de Red Bull Racing 💯
Thanks to Max Verstappen's pole position in qualifying for the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing reached 100 pole positions in the history of the team and moved into sixth place among the teams with the most first race starts in Formula 1:
1- Ferrari 249 pole positions
2- McLaren 156 pole positions
3- Mercedes 137 pole positions
4- Williams 128 pole positions
5- Lotus 107 pole positions
6- Red Bull Racing 100 poles
Image: RB
Tyres available for race
Here are the sets of tires available to the drivers on the grid for the Chinese Grand Prix.
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What time is the Chinese Grand Prix?
This is the start time for the Chinese Grand Prix on April 21 in several countries:
Argentina: 04:00 on Star +
Bolivia: 03:00 on Star +
Brazil: 04:00 on ESPN
Chile: 03:00 on Star +
Colombia: 02:00 on Star +
Ecuador: 02:00 on Star +
USA (ET): 03:00 on Sky Sports
Spain: 08:00 on DAZN
Mexico: 1:00 on Star + / Fox Sports Premium
Paraguay: 04:00 on Star +
Peru: 02:00 on Star +
Uruguay: 04:00 on Star +
Track limits
Regarding the track limits, race direction is very attentive to any infraction. As warned prior to the start of the sprint race and qualifying, any violation of these limits could result in a penalty for the offending driver.
"In accordance with the provisions of Article 33.3, the white lines define the track edges. During Qualifying, Sprint Shootout, Sprint and the Race, each time a driver fails to negotiate with the track limits, this will result in that lap time being invalidated by the Stewards. Additionally, each time a driver fails to negotiate with the exit of turn 10, will result in that lap time and the immediately following lap time being invalidated by the Stewards".
Chinese GP preview
For this new version of the Chinese Grand Prix, Formula 1 arrives with its range of C2, C3 and C4 tires. The Chinese race is not run since 2019 and for this reason, much of the strategy by the teams could change to the regularly seen in previous races.
Sprint race result ❗
Max Verstappen took the victory in the sprint race after starting fourth.
The world champion not only overtook all his rivals, but also had time to pull out more than 11 seconds of difference to Lewis Hamilton, who was in second place in this session. Finally, the sprint score was distributed as follows:
1st VERSTAPPEN - 8 points
2nd HAMILTON - 7 points
3rd PEREZ - 6 points
4th LECLERC - 5 points
5th SAINZ - 4 points
6º NORRIS - 3 points
7th PIASTRI - 2 points
8º RUSSELL - 1 point
Provisional starting grid after qualification ⏱
The 1000th Formula 1 race
On April 14, 2019, the 2019 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix took place at the Shanghai International Circuit. The 5.451-kilometer circuit was completed in 56 laps. In qualifying, Valtteri Bottas and Sebastian Vettel managed to overtake their teammates, reducing the latter's performance. However, the big winner of that Grand Prix turned out to be Lewis Hamilton in the "1000th race". This was the last time a race was held at this circuit in a "Grand Circus" session.
Chinese Grand Prix preview
The great favorite to take the first position in the race is the world champion, Max Verstappen. The Dutchman won the pole position with a stupendous time of 1:33.660. In addition, he managed to win Saturday's sprint race with great superiority.
For the Red Bull bulls it is important to achieve a good result in this Chinese Grand Prix, since Sergio Perez will start in second place and it is the golden opportunity to achieve a 1-2 on the podium that adds important points in the constructors' world championship.
Fernando Alonso will start third and with his Aston Martin he is only thinking of having a great race in the Asian country.
Shanghai Circuit
The Shanghai circuit is, in particular, 5,451 meters long. The first corner, one of the most complicated of the season, has seen some memorable overtaking after arriving from the main finishing straight.
The other straight, the one at the back of the circuit, has a length of 1.2 kilometers, being one of the longest of the championship. At this point, drivers can reach speeds of up to 340 kilometers per hour.
With 16 corners in total, 9 right-handers and 7 left-handers, and with a temperature that is generally optimal for driving, the degradation of the track is not one of the most notable on the calendar.
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