Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2026Formula 1 

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Excellent win from Kimi, complete with a nice little drift and burnout at the end there!

Lewis finally gets a podium with Ferrari! Double points for Alpine, a solid 5th place for Ollie and Sainz gets points for Williams.
 
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Kimi's first win in Lewis' old ride in the same race that Lewis get his first Ferrari podium. That's kinda poetic.

And a family reunion for Toto, lol
 
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Fabulous race, landmark results for Antonelli and Hamilton. Great racing all through the grid and some reliability roulette that we haven't seen in F1 for a while (although the DNS's sucked) which gave a good haul of points for the midfield.

Piastri has 3 points from 2 DNS's in 2 Grand Prix :lol:
 
So many DNS and DNFs.

Congrats to Kimi. Ridiculous pace from the Mercs in clean air.

I don't know what's going on at Ferrari with all the battling, but at least Lewis finally held on for a podium.

Great race for Bearman!

The Alpines looked strong in the beginning.

Lawson had a good drive. Solid recovery for Hadjar. Sainz points!

McLaren... thpbbt Gonna be a long season.

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Coulthard implying he didn't think Lewis would get a podium again?!? 😂😂😂
I don't think it was that, but considering how last year went, and how much of an unknown these regulations would be, it's honestly kind of a miracle that Ferrari is not only competitive, but that they'd also be the 2nd fastest car, and that Lewis would adapt to the new regulations so well.

If Ferrari is able to close the gap on Mercedes while maintaining drivability (and limits their own moments of silliness), Lewis could very well be a dark-horse contender in the WDC this year. This might very well be his last chance do do so.
 
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All things considered, that was another interesting and entertaining race for this regulation of cars. The biggest thing that I see is how close the cars can stay with each other for so long, we haven't seen that in a while. I just wish the engine wasn't making the gap quite so big. Otherwise, I really like what I'm seeing so far.

That said, phenomenal job by Kimi. I predicted he would finish 3rd because of lack of experience but he proved me wrong, so well done. If Ferrari don't get up to their speed, I'm hoping he can keep Russell honest otherwise, it will be a loooong season.

Well done to Lewis as well for that podium, a Mercedes reunion in some sort. Really poetic for sure.

Really disappointing weekend for McLaren.

Max....well, racing is not so fun when you not fighting for wins or even close to the front, eh? Red Bull sure look like they are having a tough go this time around. They are not even in the top group anymore from the looks of it.

Bearman is looking solid so far this season. Schooling Ocon in my opinion.

Great race!!
 
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Mercs' pace is insurmountable. When Russell got into 2nd he pulled a 10 second gap in no time then dialled it back a bit, probably to stop further scrutiny of their shady engine. I wouldn't be surprised if they have 40+bhp over Ferrari.
 
Mercs' pace is insurmountable. When Russell got into 2nd he pulled a 10 second gap in no time then dialled it back a bit, probably to stop further scrutiny of their shady engine. I wouldn't be surprised if they have 40+bhp over Ferrari.
I don't know why people are pretending this isn't the case. I'm seeing people say LH could have won if Ferrari didn't battle eachother. As things stand Merc will win every race no matter what strategy Ferrari take.
 
I don't know why people are pretending this isn't the case. I'm seeing people say LH could have won if Ferrari didn't battle eachother. As things stand Merc will win every race no matter what strategy Ferrari take.

Yes I agree. They have a chance of winning Monaco if they get the Mercs off the line but to be honest Mercedes will probably jump them in the pits.
 
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