Business as usual as Max Verstappen races from fourth to first, but behind him the Ferrari battle erupted...
Max Verstappen pounced on a mistake from Lewis Hamilton to close up on the Mercedes’ rear wing before sliding through to take the lead and the win at the opening Sprint of the season in China.
Sainz tried to attack Verstappen for position into Turn 1 but fell short while Lance Stroll complained that Nico Hulkenberg had pushed him off the track. Russell, despite starting on the softs, lost a position to run 12th in the early running. A mistake from Hamilton at the hairpin allowed Verstappen to close right up on his rear wing and with DRS he took the lead on lap nine at Turn 14. With clear air ahead of him, he put two seconds between himself and Hamilton within the space of a lap.
Sainz and Leclerc then overtook Alonso, before a puncture – potentially from contact with Sainz – put him out of the race. Race Control noted the Alonso/Sainz tussle. Leclerc overtook Sainz in what was another fiery tussle as the Spaniard almost ran his team-mate off the road.
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