Max Verstappen fights past Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to win the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.
Max Verstappen fought past Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to win the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.Verstappen took a few laps to find his feet in the Red Bull but soon homed in on his rivals ahead.
Alonso, after pitting to change a tyre punctured in his clash with Sainz, was told within a lap to retire the car because of damage.Verstappen said: "The first few laps were quite hectic. They were pushing quite hard up front and I had Carlos behind with new tyres and it was very difficult to keep him behind.
Verstappen's win had an easy inevitability about it as he clinically went about his business of dispatching his rivals from fourth on the grid, achieved in aHamilton's second place was by far his best result of a season that has started in a difficult fashion for a Mercedes team struggling with their new car.
It was behind the two men who fought out a bitter title fight in 2021 where all the action took place. But as Alonso's tyres began to fade into the closing laps, Sainz attacked, attempting to go around the Aston Martin through the fast Turns Seven and Eight with three laps to go.
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