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So a quick re-cap:

Verstappen wins - check

Stroll driving like a fucking moron - check

Magnussen driving like a fucking prick - check

Sounds like a normal Grand Prix to me.

Norris goofed and went into the pits instead of the grid

Even worse if you hit Sargeant. That´s 3 races!

Poor Hulk

well that small show they prepared for Zhou puts this GP for many years to come

but it was a good race thanks to the mid pack derpness on restart (Alonso caused it)

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Great job for Hulkenberg, who has finished in the points 3 times in 5 races.

Well yeah, Bottas saved that race lol

Some nice overtakes and mild chaos, probably the 2nd best race after Australia, which is probably saying a lot about how bad the others were

5/10

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I still can't fathom wtf was Aston's objective putting him on those softs. He gained absolutely nothing and just screwed his race by having to make that extra stop. Putting him on hards and some good tire management could've finished him ahead of Russell and Sainz IMO.

They should've learnt from Mercedes opening stint stupidity that the softs were not the tyre to be on

Only thing I thought was they were hoping for Safety cars to breed safety cars, make some places in the chaos and then extend the stint slightly to change into hards on the next SC/VSC that didn't happen

You gamble, you lose sometimes

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In the meantime, I have read that Alonso didn´t have a set of hard tyres left, so they had to choose a different strategy

It's the first time I've really paid attention to his commentary, but he might just be the worst F1 commentator I've ever heard.

The guy is fucking weird.

It was an odd race, like it was exciting, but also boring, but also exciting.

Only good part about Rosberg's commentary is how blunt he can be, he somewhat reminds me of James Hunt

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So Stroll essentially blamed everyone else, except himself, for the crash at the hairpin.

I think he's preparing himself for a career in politics.

Didn't notice at the time, but he wasn't even looking at the cras ahead......at a restart.....into a hairpin. He was looking at the apex like there was no one there. And the irony is the guy who "bunched up" the rest was his team mate. The guy is a straight up plonk and is a big player why we have a pretty stagnent grid.

Chapter 1000 in the FIA crazy book of inconsistent penalties, Ricciardo has been given a 3 place grid penalty for undertaking under yellow flags.

Now regardless of whether or not you accept the decision, the penalty will be given, for the next sprint race in Miami. Not the main race. The sprint race.

So essentially the FIA has said penalties are worth less if a sprint race is next on the calendar.

We're also going to disregard the fact Stroll took out a car and caused damaged to another, and only got 10 seconds, which sent him from last place to last place, so essentially wasn't a penalty at all?

to be fair, a 3 place grid penalty for Ricciardo will put him from 14th to 17th, reducing his chances to finish in the top 8 and score points in the sprint race from 1% to 0.9%.

I can see him ruling the FIA while Toto rules the F1 business

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Now we got over the chinese procession let's go with our stats

.58th win for Max Verstappen
-has now won at 26 different circuits (record is 31 by Lewis Hamilton)
-3rd consecutive sprint weekend he reached victory at both Sprint and GP
.37th pole position start for Max Verstappen

.117th win for Red Bull Racing
.100th pole position start for Red Bull Racing (6th different constructor to reach 3 figures in F1 history - other are Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Mercedes and Lotus)
-first podium in Shanghai with both Red Bulls since 2011

.15th podium finish for Lando Norris
-equalizes all time record from Depailler, Alesi, Hakkinen and Irvine, in which all managed to win in their next visit to the podium

.first time in Chinese GP history that Mercedes failed to finish in the top 5 positions

.208th start by Nico Hulkenberg
-equals Andrea de Cesaris record for most starts without a win

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Great stat I saw on Tik Tok (so probably wrong but sounds right)

Wins since the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix

52 wins - Max Verstappen
53 wins - Everyone else on the grid (combined)