Oscar Piastri defeated Lando Norris team friend while McLaren sealed a two-two prevailing Grand Prix.
Pole-Sitter Piaster never looked like giving up victory, the third of his F1 career and made the perfect answer after spinning last weekend at his home event in Melbourne.
Norris was given a fear in the closing lap due to a brake problem, but was held in second place by Russell, who made that podium back-back to start the season in the third.
Max Verstappen overcomes Charles Leclerc for the fourth in a big battle in the final stages of the Grand Prix to limit the damage and is eight points after Norris in the F1 driver championship.
Lewis Hamilton ended up in a lonely sixth as he was unable to do two stop work compared to other first runners in a stop.
After winning Saturday’s Sprint, Hamilton was expected to fight for the highlights, but rarely showed an excellent pace and was asked to leave Leclerc at the beginning of the race
Ferrari duo made contacts on the opening lap and Leclerc damaged his front arm but did not affect his rhythm.
Esteban Ocon scored his first points for Haas in the seventh, before Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli and Williams Alex Albon in the ninth.
British young Oliver Bearman accused impressive through the field in the second half of the race in an alternative strategy to get the last point at 10.
Piastri cruises to win while Norris overcomes brake issues
In addition to the detention phase, the piastri led every Chinese Grand Prix lap and showed why he is a title contender this year.
He helped the Norris teammate by squeezing Russell down to return 1, which allowed Norris to cleans the outside and move to second place with everyone aware of the importance of dirty position in Shanghai.
Norris was underestimated by Russell although during the first, and alone, the pit stopped for leaders, but the driver McLaren soon returned to second place with a move down inside the first corner.
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Lando Norris, George Russell and Lance Salc had a three-point battle for position from 16-18 Chinese GP turnover
At one point, Norris was making entry into his five -second deficit against the piastry before he was encouraged to manage his tires, so he never received Australia’s two seconds.
In the last six laps, Norris told the team he was suffering from a “long pedal” due to a brake issue, so he withdrew, but had enough a difference to protect Russell with 1.3 seconds.
The world reign champion Verstappen maximized the performance of his car again in the fourth when he seemed to be the sixth.
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Yuki Tsunoda’s front wing was snapped from nowhere to a right, throwing it to the back of the package during the Chinese doctor
After Hamilton decided to punch for the second time, Verstappen moved to the fifth and grabbed Leclerc before crossing it with a stunning action around the outside in turn 3.
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