George Russell claimed his first Formula One sprint race win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, maintaining his perfect start to the season after a closely fought contest that highlighted both Mercedes’ strengths and the evolving competitive order under the 2026 regulations.
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Hopefully Kimi has one of his poor starts and Lewis and Charles can jump him, with Lewis leading. Then Charles can hold up Kimi while Lewis builds a cushion....
"From success, you learn absolutely nothing. From failure and setbacks, conclusions can be drawn." - Niki Lauda
Ferrari has to bring good engine in ADUO 2. Only then they have slight chance otherwise Mercedes will runaway with Championship.
Ferrari were never gonna completely catch up on the power unit within a single in-season.
The championship was never on. People seriously have gotten ludicrously carried away with Lewis' win in Barcelona, mostly due to going with the best strategy.
To get anywhere near the front row (let alone on it in both quali sessions) has to be a big, positive surprise. It’s unlikely we win the race but we’re in a good position to capitalise if anything odd happens or if for some reason tyre degradation plays into our favour on longer runs.
It really bodes well for other tracks like Hungaroring and Zandvoort though. Obviously Mercedes will bring updates but for now the car looks really strong. It’s not that many races until Monza and so if we can win a race or two and get on the podium regularly in the meantime, we’ll still be in reasonable shape by the time ADUO 2 shows up.
Forza Ferrari! Good to Charles back today as well - he out qualified Lewis in Austria too, let’s not forget, but more importantly today he said he actually had the feeling again, which is great.