Leclerc is angry with his Ferrari team-mate after the race in China

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Leclerc is furious – Rosberg demands a penalty

Max Verstappen cannot be stopped even from fourth place on the grid. The Formula 1 world champion wins by a clear margin. But behind that, things are going very high. Two Ferrari drivers in particular have a heated battle.

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen won the race in China. Starting fourth on the grid, the Red Bull driver won with a lead of 13 seconds over record champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes). Teammate Sergio Pérez completed the top three.

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Verstappen celebrated his eighth victory in 13 races in Formula 1 history and extended his championship lead over Pérez to 15 points.

Verstappen had serious problems keeping pace in wet qualifying on Friday, but it was dry in Shanghai on Saturday. “Max had a car in the dry that went well,” said Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko. The skywhich showed Verstappen’s “perfection” when overtaking.

Verstappen overtakes Alonso and Hamilton

Pole Lando Norris slid off the track in his McLaren after a few corners and fell far behind, Hamilton took the lead ahead of Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Verstappen.

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The world champion needed a few laps to get the tires in the heat, in seventh Verstappen then conceded to Alonso and chased down Hamilton, who last won the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Formula 1. Before the race those completed, Verstappen took first place.

When the world champion left, there was a difficult maneuver in the fight for third place. The beneficiary was Pérez, who slipped when the Spaniard Carlos Sainz in Ferrari and Alonso fought.

The fight for Ferrari is getting tougher – Rosberg demands a penalty

Alonso then had to park his damaged car. In addition, the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Sainz, who crossed the finish line in fourth and fifth place, collided. “What the f***,” Leclerc raged on the radio after a fierce home team battle.

Even after the end of the race, the Monegasque was still angry: “He fights against me more than others, Sainz had crossed the limit – but he also added that he had done this in the past.” having.

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There is still a need for clarification in the Scuderia. Former world champion Nico Rosberg said The skythat Sainz’s behavior deserved even punishment for him. Team boss Fred Vasseur now has to take action.

However, Sainz understood and said: “I apologize if I went a little overboard. But we all drove very hard today and I struggled to keep everything under control.

Hülkenberg went through – Verstappen is looking for a GP win

Nico Hülkenberg crossed the finish line in the Haas in 19th place after 19 laps. The Haas driver was passed further and further back as the race progressed.

The starting order for the Grand Prix on Sunday will be decided in qualifying at 9 am (from 9 am in LIVETICKER). Verstappen has led in four qualifying sessions so far this year.

Shanghai is just one of two tracks on the 2024 race calendar where Verstappen has yet to win a Grand Prix – which is also due to the fact that the last time the race was held in the Middle Kingdom was in 2019 due to the corona crisis. At the time, Dutchman Verstappen was still chasing long-time winner Hamilton.

By Sports Information Service (SID)