Once the stops began in boxes, most chose to leave the middle tires and replace them with the hard. That strategy was used by the world champion, Max Verstappenwith his Red Bull, and Hamilton. In tune they were located PIASTRI, LECLERC AND NORRIS. The hard rubber is the one that takes to take adhesion in the asphalt, but it is the most degraded to degrade. After the initial arrests in the boxes, it was Alex Albon who inherited command with his Williams provisionally because it was surpassed by McLaren pilots.
On the other hand, the pilots of Ferrari offered a fight without truce and Leclerc He approached him Hamiltonwho received the order from boxes to assign its position in the 21st turn. The English did not like to leave the fourth place and expressed it in the radio talk with his team.
Averaging competition, PIASTRI He kept forward by his teammate, while Russell I saw how Leclerc He approached him in the fight for third position. During that test of the test, the pilots of Alpine They continued at the bottom of the grid (Gasly marched 13th and Doohan 15º).
In the absence of 20 rounds, Norris could not discount PIASTRI In order to be less than a second and be able to apply the DRS (the system that allows the movement of the rear wing, a better air inlet and increases the speed of the car that comes behind). The Australian took English more than three seconds in the fight for GP leadership in Shanghai.
Verstappenon the other hand, it was fifth and managed to approach Hamiltonbut it was not on the margin of DRS. Then, the Dutch advanced when English made his second stop at the boxes, where he was put again hard rubber. Later, on Vuelta 53, Verstappen surpassed a Leclerc, who sought to recover, but could not before the pilot of Red Bull.
In the final laps, Norris failed to approach Piastri, who took his first victory this season and the third in the maximum. But after his triumph at the start -up in Australia, the English remained at the top of the World driver championship. The British is at the forefront with 44 points and takes eight units to Verstappen (36) and nine to Russell (35).
The top ten completed it: Max Verstappen (Red Bull), Esteban Ocon (Haas), Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Alex Albon (Williams), Oliver Bearman (Haas), Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz (Williams).
China GP: Another disappointing acting of the Alpine team
In turn, Alpineteam in which the Argentine Franco Colapint He is a reserve pilot, also had a lousy result, since neither of the two runners could overcome the cut of the Q1, something that had already happened in the session for the Sprint race. Pierre Gasly started 16th, while Jack Doohan did the same in the 18th place.
In fact, the Australian, who is being closely followed by his performance, made an error during the session and his car made a spin. This adds to the clash that starred in Gabriel Bortoleto In the last turn of the Sprint, which resulted in a penalty of ten seconds and removes it from two points in the superlicancia.
Gasly He was the first to go through the boxes to change the tires in the eleventh round. The French left the half -rubber and replaced them with the hard compound, the same as he did Doohan, who was in the end with 10 seconds for a movement in a braking in which he forced Isack Hadjar to go out of the track. The Australian finished 16th and his partner, 11. The French Team still does not add points.
Although after the race the disqualifications of Gasly and Leclerc (4th on track) because their cars did not comply with the minimum weight. They gave 799 kilos On the scale, one less than the regulatory. While in the Ferrari of Hamilton (5th in race), the technical commissioners checked excessive wear of the lower rear protection plate. The English monoposto plate was measured with a thickness of between 8.5 and 8.6 mm, depending on the measurement point, with a minimum limit of 9 mm.
After the Chinese adventure, the next race of Formula 1 will be in the mythical layout of Suzuka For the third date. After a parate on a weekend, the Japan GP It can be seen in Latin America between the Thursday 3 and Sunday, April 6.
Immediately after the fourth date will arrive in the Bahrain GP (April 13 at 12 noon in Argentina) and the fifth in Saudi Arabia (April 20 at 2pm from Argentina). The latter will mark the partial closure in Asian and Middle East lands, since the Maximum will travel to the USA On the sixth day, where it will run on May 4 in Miamiand then start with the tour of Europe.
Formula 1: This was the final classifier of the China GP
How were the positions of the Fórnula 1 championship after the China GP
After China’s Grand Prix, Lando Norris (McLaren) remains at the top of the pilot classification, with 44 points, after first ending in Melbourne and second in Shangái.
Closely follow Max Verstappen (Red Bull), with 36 units, while George Russell (Mercedes), third march with 35. In the fourth place it appears Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren), winner of the China Grand Prix, with 34 points.
As for the Builder Championship, McLaren Master the classification with 78 points, followed by Mercedeswhich is 53. Third is found Grid Bullwith 36, while Ferrari Fourth march with 35.
For its part, Alpinethe team that has Franco Colapint As a reserve pilot, he went empty -handed again and still does not add points in the championship.
Source: Ambito
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