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Strategy guide: What are the tactical options for the China Grand Prix?

On Saturday we had a Ferrari and Red Bull in the first row for the Sprint; Sunday is a McLaren and a Mercedes for the Grand Prix, saying that it is quite tight at the top of the F1 tree would be a euphemism.

Oscar Piastri took his first pole position to reach three in a row for McLaren, but it is just a fraction ahead of George Russell for Mercedes, with a field very full of the usual suspects that move closely.

On Saturday we had a Ferrari and Red Bull in the first row for the Sprint; Sunday is a McLaren and a Mercedes for the Grand Prix, saying that it is quite tight at the top of the F1 tree would be a euphemism.

Oscar Piastri took his first pole position to reach three in a row for McLaren, but it is just a fraction ahead of George Russell for Mercedes, with a field very full of the usual suspects that move closely.