2026 F1 Chinese GP - full analysis with Peter Windsor
New regs or not - McLaren-Mercedes in the race (or not): nothing could detract from the enormity of this day in Shanghai - from the first GP win for Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli. From the pole, he seized the race lead from Ferrari's Sir Lewis Hamilton on lap two - and was thereafter never headed. Lewis re-applied pressure after the pit stops; and team-mate, George Russell, was up their in P2, pushing hard, as the race unfolded. Kimi, though, was unperturbed. His win was as decisive as it was audacious. George duly finished P2, Lewis a stellar P3 and Charles Leclerc P4 in the other Ferrari…
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