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Hamilton pitted one lap before the Safety Car and gained nine positions for free. Verstappen still won by a minute.

Winning the hard braking zones doesn't win you the race at Shanghai — it never has.

Alonso was six tenths quicker than Verstappen on race pace and finished 43 seconds behind him. That's not a car problem.

Stroll made four pit stops to Alonso's three and was still 1.6 seconds per lap slower. That's not a strategy problem. That's a driver problem.