China

China wasn’t the best race, but here are some stats of the 1000th world championship race.

The Chinese GP stats are a little later than planned, and it’s 4am on Saturday morning during FP3, so hopefully nothing is majorly wrong…

A huge deal is being made ahead of the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix. However, the labelling of it being ‘1000th Formula 1 race’, ‘1000th grand prix’ or the ‘1000th F1 grand prix’ are simply all false. Is this being completely pedantic? Maybe. But the complex history of F1 racing and grand prix racing (which are two different things) makes it incredibly difficult to work out just how many F1 races there have been.

Three races have passed in the 2018 Formula 1 season, and for the third time in as many races, Max Verstappen has made a serious mistake which has compromised his grand prix result. For a driver equipped with one of the six top cars in a Red Bull, this cannot be acceptable. In his fourth season in F1, there cannot be any excuses for these performances.

Sebastian Vettel has won the first two races of the season, but can he make it three in a row with a win at the Chinese GP?

Second race of the season over, and a second winner of the season and a bit of rain before the race to spice things up a bit.

Ferrari won the opening race of the season, but can they repeat the feat, remain upbeat and defeat the elite?

Thankfully the FIA have FINALLY seen some sense and reverted back to 2015 qualifying from the 2016 Chinese GP onwards.

Late stats as I was at Silverstone, not a bad Chinese GP, but not a great one either.

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