Chinese Sprint round up: Lando continues his chase for a win

Max takes a dominant sprint win in china as Lando fails to keep his top spot longer than the first corner.

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After complaining about battery performance only 3 laps in Verstappen went on to finish 13 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton in 2nd and teammate Sergio Perez in 3rd.

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 Verstappen who started in 4th caught Alonso on lap 7 of the 19 lap sprint as he began his hunt for a win. Lewis Hamilton who took the lead off Norris managed to hold off the Redbull for only a few laps before locking up and allowing the dutchman with in DRS of his Mercedes. Max taking the lead on lap 10.

​Fernando Alonso became the real loser of the sprint as an exciting battle for 3rd went from leading the DRS train to a race ending front right puncture on lap 17, a result of clipping the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. Sergio Perez who saw his opportunity over took Sainz and Alonso coming out in front eventually leaving the Ferraris to continue to battle behind him. Charles finishing in 4th with Sainz and the Mclarens following.

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Further down the grid home hero Zhou Guanyu just missed out on points as he finished in 9th after starting 11th.
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But now the focus looks to qualifiers in just over 2 hours. 

Bronwen Jones
Writer @ F1 Journal