George Russell claimed his first Formula One sprint race win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, maintaining his perfect start to the season after a closely fought contest that highlighted both Mercedes’ strengths and the evolving competitive order under the 2026 regulations.
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Seems like Ferrari has slipped to 4th best. Antonelli, Mclaren, and Verstappen had more pace imo.
tbh we shall see once everyones first round of upgrades shake out next race. Hams race was destroyed by collapinto ramming into him on lap 1. too bad he started behind max because had he started p5 or 7 he wouldve been through. after getting stuck in no mans land ham just drove it easy to the line. leclerc once again got too desperate and made a big error. shouldve been p4 and perhaps p5/6 at worst.
Awful result considering the effort from the team to bring the upgrades and also a waste of a fresh engine which is in desperate need of an upgrade. Canada will be painful unless it rains but the car should go well around Moanco especially with the new tests for the compression ratio coming into play.
just watch the tests turn out to be a nothingburger just like TD39 on RB in 2022.
Probably but Monaco should be good for this team regardless, the engine upgrade will be the teams biggest upgrade of the season given that Mercedes and RB won't be able to do the same.
Leclerc's mistake was out of pure frustration, from a driver who is unable to control his emotions and unable to mature, making the same silly mistakes as years ago. He could have taken 4th place, but he chose to rage and throw away 4 points.
true, he also rages at any and all strategies.. this is kind of a thing since 25.. gap between top 4 team is small there no room to leave points like that.. concistancy is what they need to aim before the engine upgrade.. but yea feels bad for both driver and team.. hope they recover
Leclerc unable to handle pressure ? He let piastri pass him to use the overtake mode in the last lap, and the tires were gone. You probably are a Lewis fan trying to blame Leclerc, Lewis had bad luck with that crash with Colapinto. But charles right now, is much better than Lewis.
Me, a Lewis fan? I literally said he should retire last year. The rules change and he's still just as far behind Leclerc.
Leclerc's mistake was out of pure frustration, from a driver who is unable to control his emotions and unable to mature, making the same silly mistakes as years ago. He could have taken 4th place, but he chose to rage and throw away 4 points, And by some divine miracle, he didn't throw the whole race away by destroying the car. By some divine miracle, he didn't throw the whole race away by destroying the car in the barriers.
as opposed to what? you think bearman can jump right in and perform miracles? when you look at the timesheets ham is only 1 tenth or 2 on avg behind which is normal for driver pairings. by your metric all # drivers should give up their seat because they are slower than their #1s. tell that to alonso.
Seems like Ferrari has slipped to 4th best. Antonelli, Mclaren, and Verstappen had more pace imo.
Verstappen you mean Jos? Surely not Max, who preceded Leclerc by 3 tenths despite the spin. And even if Max concluded ahead of Leclerc normally, that would not make Ferrari fourth car on the grid in ant case, considering how Red Bull is hopeless if not in hand of Max.
i can't believe leclerc makes so many mistakes after so many years in F1
I also find it incredible that there's always a large group of people excusing Leclerc for these mistakes, which I've never seen from any other driver.
Any other driver making the same mistakes as Leclerc would be called Maldonado 2.0 or worse.
also this driver spat need to go, if you here you support the team, if you only here to bad mouth when team or driver is down then you are nothing but trolls.. seriously if you are using forum i assume you are atlist a 30 years above, but some of the comments here sound like 12 year olds..
Seems like Ferrari has slipped to 4th best. Antonelli, Mclaren, and Verstappen had more pace imo.
Verstappen you mean Jos? Surely not Max, who preceded Leclerc by 3 tenths despite the spin. And even if Max concluded ahead of Leclerc normally, that would not make Ferrari fourth car on the grid in ant case, considering how Red Bull is hopeless if not in hand of Max.
I'm struggling to interpret your message. Can you make this more understandable?
On pace, it did look like Verstappen, Antonelli, and the Mclarens had the legs. Verstappen's 50 laps stint, where for a large part Leclerc wasn't able to recover any ground despite 15 laps fresher tires suggest as much.
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Leclerc's mistake was out of pure frustration, from a driver who is unable to control his emotions and unable to mature, making the same silly mistakes as years ago. He could have taken 4th place, but he chose to rage and throw away 4 points.
true, he also rages at any and all strategies.. this is kind of a thing since 25.. gap between top 4 team is small there no room to leave points like that.. concistancy is what they need to aim before the engine upgrade.. but yea feels bad for both driver and team.. hope they recover
he is always complaining about everything and everyone
i am starting to think he has a bad influence on ferrari devlopement during the years by giving them bad feedback because he is always frustrated with everything and taking them in a bad direction for updates
Leclerc is being investigated for an unsafe release, I guess during the long pit stop
also him, Russell, and Verstappen are each being investigated for collisions (from what I understand one is between just Rus and Ver, then Rus and Lec, then another investigation for the three together? someone can clarify if this is wrong this is based on the FIA messages)
Edit: also being investigated for driving unsafely and cutting corners because part of his car broke during the spin
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Seems like Ferrari has slipped to 4th best. Antonelli, Mclaren, and Verstappen had more pace imo.
Verstappen you mean Jos? Surely not Max, who preceded Leclerc by 3 tenths despite the spin. And even if Max concluded ahead of Leclerc normally, that would not make Ferrari fourth car on the grid in ant case, considering how Red Bull is hopeless if not in hand of Max.
I'm struggling to interpret your message. Can you make this more understandable?
On pace, it did look like Verstappen, Antonelli, and the Mclarens had the legs. Verstappen's 50 laps stint, where for a large part Leclerc wasn't able to recover any ground despite 15 laps fresher tires suggest as much.
Have you ever heard of tire saving? Leclerc pushed when needed and was clear of Max very easily. In any case even if Max had a very tiny margin on the Ferraris, this is not going to make Ferrari the fourth best team in any case, if not in the words of pathetical haters.
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