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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'McLaren got the job done'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That was a great job by McLaren, that was more nerve-wracking than everybody on that pit wall would have wanted but they got the job done.

  2. chequered flag

    Chequered flag

    Oscar Piastri wins the Chinese Grand Prix from pole position!

    It's a McLaren one-two in Shanghai as Lando Norris comes home in second place, with George Russell taking the final podium place in third.

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  3. Final lap

    Lap 56/56

    Oscar Piastri is on for his third win in Formula 1 from his maiden pole position. The other McLaren of Lando Norris could be sweating here under the attack of George Russell's Mercedes. Can he hold on to that P2? I think he can...

  4. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Are we going to see George Russell close up to the back of Lando Norris and is there going to be a change of position?

  5. Lap 55/56

    Lewis Hamilton is pumping in fastest laps and inching towards his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc. Lando Norris' struggles with his brake pedal are continuing, potentially putting him under pressure from third-placed George Russell .

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  6. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I didn't expect Haas to be almost the best of the rest of the cars, especially given their pre-season and round one.

  7. Lap 54/56

    With Charles Leclerc ticked off the to-do list, does Max Verstappen have any time left to challenge the Mercedes of George Russell?

    Towards the back of the field, Jack Doohan is being hassled by the Racing Bulls of Isack Hadjar. But the Frenchman doesn't need to push too hard, as the Australian is in possession of a 10-second penalty. Doohan is 14th and Hadjar is 15th.

  8. Verstappen takes P4 from Leclerc

    Lap 53/56

    Max Verstappen has been told he has the pace in the Red Bull and now it gets to show that off, overtaking the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc around the outside as the Monegasque driver tried to defend. Nice move by the Dutchman.

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  9. 'Verstappen a man on a march'

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Max Verstappen has closed right up to the back of Charles Leclerc, he's a man on a march. Verstappen's Red Bull just looks so much more dominant than the Ferrari.

  10. Lap 52/56

    McLaren tell Lando Norris that they would rather him finish second than not at all. His McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri is 2.9 seconds clear and heading for the race victory.

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  11. Lap 51/56

    Jack Doohan has been handed a 10-second penalty for forcing another driver off the road as Max Verstappen in fifth is creeping closer to the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.

  12. Lap 50/56

    Lando Norris is being given information by his engineer Will Joseph to try and ease the situation with his brakes. It doesn't look like this will cause the championship leader too many issues as we head towards the end of this Chinese Grand Prix.

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  13. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    [On Lando Norris' radio about his brakes] Basically the amount of travel you've got to use with your foot it feels like you're having to press the brake pedal harder, firmer and longer to get the same stopping potential from the car.

    As a driver you want something that is consistent and it's a little bit alarming when you notice significant brake wear.

  14. Lap 49/56

    The atmosphere feels a little bit nervous on Lando Norris' side of the garage, as the Briton highlights an issue with a long brake pedal. His engineer is trying to calm the situation.

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  15. Lap 48/56

    Out at the front of the field, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are running one and two, with the Australian clear of the Briton by 3.2 seconds.

  16. Lap 47/56

    Yuki Tsunoda comes in for some repairs to his front wing, but it looks like he didn't make contact with anyone. All very confusing from the replays. Did part of it just fall off all on its own under braking?!

    His team-mate Isack Hadjar did have a moment with Alpine's Jack Doohan, which race control has noted.

  17. 'Not good news for Tsunoda'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    This is not good news for Yuki Tsunoda, I wonder if that's through contact or whether there's been a bit of a malfunction with the front wing.

  18. Lap 46/56

    There's damage to the front wing of Racing Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda after the Japanese driver gets in to a tangle with the Alpine of Jack Doohan at Turn Two. Tsunoda, unlike Charles Leclerc, might not get away with this.

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  19. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    I still think Yuki Tsunoda can get towards the top 10, it just depends on whether other people's tyres fall off the cliff.

  20. Lap 45/56

    George Russell has also been told he is putting in consistently good lap times as he builds a bit of breathing space between his Mercedes in third and the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in fourth.

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