Though the final Chinese Grand Prix sprint race result wasn't a shock, the route to it contained some excellent action. Here's what it told us about Formula 1's revised sprint format
For almost half of the Chinese GP sprint there seemed a very real prospect of Lewis Hamilton finally taking a first F1 race win since December 2021 - until Max Verstappen got going properly, that is
But for an issue on Oscar Piastri's car, McLaren may well have ended up with a 1-2 in qualifying for the Chinese GP sprint race. As it happened, it was still 1.3s faster than the next-best thing around a wet Shanghai F1 track. Mark Hughes explains where that advantage has come from