Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has labelled Lance Stroll’s Chinese Grand Prix penalty “very harsh.” As the field bunched up for the safety car restart at the turn 14 hairpin, Stroll hit the back of Daniel Ricciardo’s Alpha Tauri causing the Australian to retire from the race with diffuser damage. His fellow countrymen Oscar Piastri was also caught up in the incident. He sustained damage but hobbled on to finish in eighth place. The steward’s felt Stroll was fully to blame for the accident, awarding him with a 10- second penalty. ‘Things like this happen’ Mike Krack felt the decision w ..read more

Credit: Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo’s Chinese GP was looking optimistic, in P9, at what looked like a competitive pace, until disaster struck in the safety car restart. Heading into turn 14, Lance Stroll hit the back of Ricciardo, giving the RB substantial floor damage and ending Daniel’s race. Immediately, Lance’s radio claimed “he (Daniel) braked early” denying blame for the situation. As a result, Lance received a 10-second penalty for causing the collision, giving him responsibility for the incident. In his post-race interview, a frustrated Daniel claimed Lance wasn’t paying attention, say ..read more

Lando Norris and McLaren secured a “surprising” second place at the Chinese GP. The McLaren looked comfortable throughout the race, the team using the Safety Car to help Land split the dominate Redbulls Get 10% off all official F1 Merch at TheRaceWorks.com using code ‘EF1‘ at checkout. Coming into the race weekend McLaren was in damage limitation mode, the thought being that the car would not be suited to the type of track in Shanghai. As the chequered flag fell on the Chinese GP Lando Norris would cross the line in an impressive second place securing an impressive haul of points and the dr ..read more

Credit: Red Bull Max Verstappen crossed the line to claim his 58th Grand Prix victory – and his first in China– just over 13s ahead of Lando Norris in another dominant display. The result was never really in doubt after yesterday’s sprint, with the RB20 far superior to any other car in dry conditions. Many in the paddock felt that coming into this weekend, Ferrari would match up well compared to Red Bull given the fact that the circuit in the past has tendered to give cars issues that the SF24 is often the best adept at dealing with – such as front tyre graining. But, as the weekend drew ..read more

We were treated to our second qualifying session of the weekend on Saturday as the cars took to the track to decide the grid. Lewis Hamilton had been a standout performer in the Sprint Race getting a much needed podium place. However, a mistake at the Turn 14 hairpin cost Hamilton as he broke a little too late. That was that for the 7-time world champion. He’ll line up 18th tomorrow. A driver to join him was Guanyu Zhou. He too had starred in the sprint but also got caught up at Turn 14. Sergio Perez, in the Red Bull, was lucky to scrape through into Q2. ELIMINATED IN Q1 Zhou Magnussen H ..read more

Credit: Aston Martin F1 Fernando Alonso received a 10-second penalty and three penalty points on his licence for a collision with Carlos Sainz. The clash, which occurred in the final laps of the race, led to Alonso retiring after he was forced to pit due to a puncture. Alonso and Sainz were intensely contesting third place as they navigated through deteriorating tyre conditions. The incident took place at Turn 9, just two laps before the finish when their battle for position resulted in contact between the two cars. Following the race, the stewards called both drivers to review the incident a ..read more

Max Verstappen dominated the Chinese GP sprint race ahead of his old rival Lewis Hamilton with Sergio Perez coming home third. Get 10% off all official F1 Merch at TheRaceWorks.com using code ‘EF1‘ at checkout. It marks an eighth sprint win for the reigning champion, who navigated a difficult first few laps before unleashing his Rocketship RB20. Hamilton V Norris Off the line Hamilton accelerated away better than Norris and held the inside into turn 1, before the McLaren driver tried to hold the lead round the outside – instead losing the rear and running wide, dropping him to seventh. Alons ..read more

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