Max Verstappen rounded off a dominant weekend with victory in the first Chinese Grand Prix to extend his world championship lead.
for five years on Sunday to extend his world championship lead, a day after romping to sprint victory.controlled the race on its return to the Shanghai International Circuit for the first time since 2019.third, a further six seconds back.
Only a rare brake failure and retirement in Melbourne denied Verstappen the chance of a clean sweep of all five rounds in 2024 as he marches towards a fourth consecutive world title. Race strategy was largely decided by a safety car on lap 23, which enabled most cars to switch to hard tyres till the end.The Spanish veteran, 42, made a spectacular late charge through the field from 12th after his final stop on lap 43 of the 56-lap race.McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was eighth, chased home by Lewis Hamilton who clawed his way up to ninth from 18th on the grid.Norris was delighted to finish second, his best result in 2024, having started from fourth on the grid.
China’s first Formula One driver Zhou Guanyu was an enormous draw over the weekend as he made his home grand prix debut.
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