Max Verstappen overcame two Safety Car interruptions to claim a maiden Chinese Grand Prix victory ahead of Lando Norris.
Verstappen appeared to be cruising towards victory until back-to-back mid-race Safety Car interruptions reduced his lead, but calmly rebuilt a 13-second advantage to seal his fourth win in five races this season. The Safety Cars, caused by an engine failure on Valtteri Bottas' Sauber followed by a crash at the resulting restart, helped McLaren's Norris pull off a one-stop strategy that enabled him to leapfrog Sergio Perez and deny Red Bull a one-two.
Norris and the Ferraris stayed out, but Verstappen was able to regain the lead on lap 19, just before Bottas' engine failure triggered a Virtual Safety Car, which became a full Safety Car as the marshals struggled to remove his Sauber from the track. Norris and Leclerc pitted under the VSC, before Verstappen - along with the rest of the drivers who had stopped just a few laps earlier - decided to follow under the full Safety Car.
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