F1 2024 - Round 5 - Shanghai, China

This some fantastic hard aggressive racing

Ah gutted for Alonso, but that was great racing. Nice work from Perez to sneak one in the open goal the Spaniards left him

Max pulled out nearly 13 seconds in 10 laps on Hamilton , that's ridiculous. Alonso holding everyone up really saved Hamilton

Cracked under the pressure

Leclerc took it badly though , gloves off at Ferrari now for the rest of the season

Hamilton P18, yikes

Did Tsunoda get caught by the yellow flag for Sargeant?

Not sure. Good to see Ricciardo get a bit more from the car for once.

Ignoring Max fantastic end to qualifying, 6 changes to second place in a row gutted for Piastri as he must thought he was flying

Hamilton was lucky Alonso held everyone up for so long in the sprint, I'd say 3 more laps and Perez would have caught him.

That was some great racing on lap 15/16 for the fight for 3rd. The Perez move on Sainz and Alonso was great.

Yeah, heard Rosberg calling Hamilton out on that during qualifying

Talk of AM appealing quali result due to Sainz causing a red flag and continuing?

I thought if you get the car back to pits under its own power you can continue in the session ?

Just watched quali back now. The end was entertaining. Nico Rosberg is poor though, he brings nothing to the table with his commentary. Crofty doing his best to get him to run us through a lap and we don't get much. When you have Karun Chandok available it makes it worse.

Yes Roseberg was woeful today in comms. Really poor showing. He is better asking questions in the pitlane before and after the race. But Sky have pulled the plug on that so far so they had to push him in somewhere.

Hamilton complaining on the radio. Which is not new, but what I found interesting was when he remarked on the car not turning in. He didn't say the car will not turn in at slow speed corners. He said This Thing will not turn in… He is done with Mercedes personally I feel he is not the driver from three or four years ago. Over 1 second of his team mate today and 18th tomorrow were a track he has always done well I think he has won in China six times. I could be wrong. But if I were a Ferrari fan I would be worried. No doubt about it.

Nico was turning the knife a fair bit. Having said that, he had a point.

He actually took the blame there himself for the poor qualification in an interview in front of a grandstand full of fans full of admiration.

It is a bit ironic that they got Hamilton from wish for qualifying.

Alonsos car getting a bit of last minute repair, not what you expect on the grid, hopefully will still be within the rules or within spec for bodywork

Hamilton and Russell did go opposite directions with setup, are the Parc ferme rules more relaxed this weekend that Hamilton can change the setup more before the race. Might be fun to see if he make can make progress through the cars at the back.

Edit:looks like parc ferme conditions open again after sprint race but closed from race qualifying.