Motor racing-Verstappen 'on another planet' with victory in China

SHANGHAI -Triple world champion Max Verstappen won Formula One's first Chinese Grand Prix in five years on Sunday with McLaren's Lando Norris finishing a surprise second to deny dominant Red Bull the one-two.

"I just wasn't expecting today at all," said the Briton, who started fourth on the grid and was voted Driver of the Day."I made a bet to how far behind the Ferrari we would finish today. I thought 35 seconds and I was very wrong by that. So happy to be wrong with myself, and my own bets." The 56-lap race started with the Red Bulls on the front row but Alonso seizing second from Perez as Verstappen disappeared into the distance.

The first safety car was deployed, after a brief virtual period, on lap 23 when Sauber's Valtteri Bottas parked up with a failed engine and marshals struggled to shift the car which was stuck in gear.There was then mayhem at the lap 27 re-start, with Aston Martin's Lance Stroll ploughing into the back of Daniel Ricciardo's RB, the Australian in turn shunted into compatriot Oscar Piastri's McLaren.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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