Sergio Pérez’s third place in China, behind Lando Norris’s McLaren, has to be counted as a disappointing result for the Mexican, given how dominant his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen was in victory. But as well as acknowledging the extraordinary level Verstappen is operating at, it was also something of a confluence of unfortunate circumstances for Pérez. He was effectively fighting two different strategies in different parts of his race, those of Fernando Alonso and Norris. This had a snowballing effect on his race.
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Everything Wrong - Max Verstappen laid into his team after a disappointing Austrian GP but Mark Hughes can see the logic behind Red Bull's thinking
Max Verstappen laid into his team after a disappointing Austrian GP but Mark Hughes can see the logic behind Red Bull’s thinking
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The civil side of savage
The new AMG GT 63 is performance engineering with everyday practicalities in mind. Andrew Frankel likes what he sees
Mercedes' first GP comeback
Extraordinary tales from the Motor Sport digital archive
KARUN CHANDHOK
\"We've missed this feeling - there's a buzz\"
CAN MERC BOUNCE BACK?
The team that once utterly dominated Formula 1 has had a torrid two years. Now, finally, it appears to have refound its mojo. But why has it taken so long? Andrew Benson investigates what went wrong
CANON BLAST
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Tony Stewart
'Smoke', one of America's most-decorated drivers, on swapping seats with Lewis Hamilton, shunning the media spotlight and tackling the dragstrip
ALWAYS MEET YOUR HEROES...
It's 40 years since Senna arrived in F1. James Elson joins Pierre Gasly as the Alpine driver takes Ayrton's first Toleman on the track
Mercedes returns as a frontrunner
What a difference a month makes. Mark Hughes takes us through the laps at Canada, Spain and Austria as a fourth team joins this season's winners list