News Details

Race: Balls-to-the-wall Ricciardo wins Chinese GP

It looked to be Ferrari versus Mercedes but a gamble a second time for fresh tyres behind a Safety Car meant Daniel Ricciardo came through to snatch the Chinese GP win. While the early stages of the race were all about Sebastian Vettel versus Valtteri Bottas, a Safety Car just past the midway point of the grand prix upped the ante. Vettel was leading in the opening stint, only for the under-cutting Bottas to beat him out of the pits by 1.3s as the came in for their only and one stop of the afternoon. Ferrari tried to use Kimi Raikkonen, who had yet to stop, as a bollard to hold up Bottas. However, the Mercedes driver was blocked for long, passing Raikkonen down the inside at Turn 3, before...
Full Story »
8y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo struggling to get ultrasofts working

Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he wasn't happy with his Friday free...
8y ago from F1i.com

P3: Vettel leads, Ricciardo woe

Sebastian Vettel led a dominant Ferrari one-two in Practice Three for the...
8y ago from SkySports.com

Ricciardo relieved to salvage sixth from fraught...

Daniel Ricciardo will start from sixth place on the grid for Sunday's...
8y ago from F1i.com

Ricciardo: Red Bull now within reach of Mercedes 

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Red Bull will be able to challenge Mercedes...
8y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Quartararo completes Honda switch for 2027...

Fabio Quartararo has signed a deal to join Honda for the 2027 MotoGP...

Honda announces David Alonso to join MotoGP setup on...

Honda HRC has confirmed its signing of current Moto2 star David Alonso on...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Dreyer and Reinbold purchases Rahal entry in first...

Dreyer and Reinbold Racing has announced that it has purchased one...

Alex Palou ‘not confident at all’ tire choice...

Alex Palou was the winner of Monday’s Music City Grand Prix, but he was...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Saliba out for 'extended period' with back injury

Arsenal have confirmed William Saliba will be out for an extended period...
57m ago from SkySports.com

£75m Arsenal transfer could mean the end of fan...

Arsenal are preparing a third offer for Bruno Guimaraes from Newcastle,...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Trossard, Ramos, Dumfries: 10 transfers you may have...

engrossed with the World Cup drama to keep up with goings-on in the...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

'Joined a club that has the potential of winning the...

Chelsea legend John Terry has taken a cheeky dig at Arsenal after his...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.