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Race Notes | 2026 Chinese Grand Prix | 166 | Antonelli Arrives, McLaren Implodes & The New Era Keeps Score
A 19-year-old Italian just won the Chinese Grand Prix. The reigning constructors' champions didn't make it to the starting grid. And two races into the most significant regulation change in a decade, the sport is still figuring out what it's actually built.
Shanghai gave us a lot to hold at once. The kind of victory that makes you feel something -- Kimi Antonelli on the top step, the tears, Italy's first Formula 1 winner in twenty years. And in the same afternoon, the reigning world champion's team watching from the garage while everyone else raced. Both things happened. Both matter. And they…
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