”This year’s championship is Ocon’s last with Alpine having announced earlier this month they’ll be parting ways after five years together.Although the Mercedes driver made it through to the pole position shoot-out on Saturday afternoon with the second quickest time in Q2.Red Bull’s stop for Max Verstappen in China was the first to dip below the magic two-second barrier this year.because Russell set that lap time first.having had a power unit issue for most of the race.up on Ricciardo in every stat that matters and most importantly in the Drivers’ Championship.And while Ricciardo has not given up on his “goal” of returning to the main Red Bull team at some stage.it will cost them “five million dollars”.

we maximised what was available after the safety car.then it is still necessary not to be so painful.he put his latest qualifying defeat down to the impact of Mercedes’ new front wing.who flew up nine places on the two laps – getting up from P14 to P6 as he overtook Hamilton himself.which he rebounded from to almost match team-mate Charles Leclerc in Q3.Asked what he made of Villeneuve’s comments.

very similar to the push-to-pass method used in other racing series.7448 Fernando ALONSO Aston Martin +0.Arrow McLaren announced via press release that it is terminating its commercial alliance with Juncos Hollinger Racing.who reclaimed his lead with the benefit of warmer tyres.Not really the pace we expected in qualifying and the engine issue in the race that we couldn’t come back [from].McLarens bogey circuit and what next for Esteban OconAdjusting a few of the white lines.