The first Sprint Qualifying of the season in China turned into a lottery after the final phase to decide the top ten on the grid at the Shanghai International Circuit was hit by heavy rain. Grip was particularly low as Carlos Sainz set the fifth fastest time and Charles Leclerc secured seventh place on the grid for tomorrow's Sprint Race that starts at 11.00 local time (5 CEST). Having comfortably made the cut through the first two parts of qualifying on a dry track, running Medium tyres, as required by the regulations, Carlos and Charles then had to switch to Intermediate tyres for the first time this season. For the short 8 minutes of Q3, the SF-24s were therefore fuelled to run four...
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