sprint · chinese

Alonso matched Verstappen's pace for 17 laps, then the car broke. That's not bad luck — it's a reliability crisis.

Norris was faster everywhere except the one place that mattered: the Turns 8–10 sequence where Verstappen gained eight-tenths every single lap.

Alonso's tyres were degrading seven times faster than Stroll's, and his pace was falling off a cliff.