Within the Chinese Grand Prix Formula 1 activities, the Briton achieved George Russell (Mercedes) won the exciting 100-kilometre Sprint race. The race also witnessed the breaking of a record, as the Italian became Kimi Antonelli The youngest driver to start from first place in the history of the championship after topping the official tests.
The race witnessed intense competition for the lead, and the safety car came into effect in the final laps. And he came Charles Leclerc From Monaco came in second place, while Britain came in second place Lewis Hamilton Third to complete the podium, knowing that he was the winner of the Sprint Race in Shanghai a year ago.
And it was Antonelli He finished the race in third place, but received a 10-second time penalty due to an earlier accident, which dropped him to seventh place, and he then finished the race in fifth place.
As for Lando Norris On board McLaren, he finished fourth, followed by his Australian colleague Oscar Piastri Sixth. Russell scored 8 points, compared to 7 for Leclerc and 6 for Hamilton.
After the race ended, Russell said: “It was a lot of fun in the end, and I had a tough battle with Hamilton, who has 20 years of experience.” Leclerc, for his part, confirmed his satisfaction with Ferrari’s performance, saying: “It is good to see our pace closer to Mercedes compared to qualifying.”
By achieving victory in the official trials, he became Antonelli (19 years old) The youngest driver to start from pole position in Formula 1 history, surpassing the German’s previous record Sebastian Vettel 2008.
The Mercedes team boss noted Toto Wolf The young man gave an amazing performance despite his young age, confirming that the Mercedes duo dominated the tests in Shanghai, as happened in the opening Australian Grand Prix of the season.
The four-time world champion struggled Max Verstappen With a Red Bull car, he finished eighth at the end of a difficult week for him.
