Chinese Grand Prix 2024: Max Verstappen wins with Lando Norris second

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******** Grand Prix 2024: Max Verstappen wins with Lando Norris second

Perez looked to be cruising to a comfortable second place behind Verstappen, but the safety cars, which came in quick succession, changed the complexion of the race for the remaining podium places.

First, Valtteri Bottas pulled off with an engine ******** at Turn 11 on lap 20, and there will be questions as to how long it took the race director to deploy first the virtual safety car and then the safety car with marshals on the track trying to remove the car.

Leclerc had dropped to eighth on the first lap after a jink to hold off an ******* by team-mate Carlos Sainz at the first corner allowed Mercedes’ George Russell and Haas driver Nico Hulkenberg both past.

But as the first stint developed, and Leclerc found his tyres in good shape but his pace not special, Ferrari began to think about a one-stop strategy in an attempt to beat Norris, who was initially planning two.

The Bottas incident allowed first Leclerc and then Norris to pit and save time compared to Perez, leap-frogging them in front of the Red Bull.

And when a second safety car immediately followed the first because of two incidents on the restart on lap 27, Norris also switched to a one-stop, and the race came down to whether Perez could catch and pass both Leclerc and Norris to reclaim the one-two.

Leclerc succumbed relatively quickly, but Norris was more than able to match the Red Bull’s pace, and he held on to take an excellent second place ahead of Perez.

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