Sebastian Vettel has explained his post-qualifying team radio message at the Chinese Grand Prix which suggested he believed he could have beaten Mercedes to pole position.
2019 Chinese Grand Prix articles archive
2019 Chinese Grand Prix articles
China tech review: Haas’s front wing failure, McLaren’s low-drag aero and more
F1 technology
Posted onCraig Scarborough analyses all the F1 teams’ technical developments at Shanghai including Haas’s front wing failure and McLaren’s low-drag rear wing.
Top ten pictures from the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix
F1 Pictures
Posted onTen of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix weekend.
2019 Chinese Grand Prix Star Performers
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton, Daniel Ricciardo and Sergio Perez were RaceFans’ Star Performers of the Chinese Grand Prix. Here’s why.
Hamilton cruises to sixth China win as Ferrari tactics backfire
2019 Chinese Grand Prix review
Posted on“People remember exciting races a lot more than anniversaries” said Sebastian Vettel after the 1,000th championship race. Will anyone other than Lewis Hamilton care to remember this one?
Third consecutive one-two gives Mercedes chance to break record
2019 Chinese Grand Prix stats and facts
Posted onMercedes could set a new F1 record after starting the season with three consecutive one-two finishes. Read more stats from the 1,000 world championship race.
Vettel: Ferrari still need to “unlock” car’s true pace
2019 F1 season
Posted onFerrari’s car is “very strong” but the team hasn’t figured out how to “unlock” its potential yet, according to Sebastian Vettel.
Bottas thinks burnout would have prevented poor start
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas blamed the white line at the front of the grid for his poor start in the Chinese Grand Prix, but says he knows how to prevent it next time.
Stroll unhappy with Racing Point strategy
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onLance Stroll believes he could have taken a points finish for Racing Point if they hadn’t been outmanouevred on strategy by Toro Rosso.
Paddock Diary: Chinese Grand Prix day four
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onDespite the ‘1,000th race’ celebrations, race day in Shanghai felt oddly subdued, Dieter Rencken reports from the Chinese Grand Prix paddock.
Ricciardo says China result shows Renault can lead midfield
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onRenault’s Chinese Grand Prix result shows the team has the pace to head the midfield, Daniel Ricciardo said after finishing today’s race seventh.
Vote for your 2019 Chinese Grand Prix Driver of the Weekend
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onWho was the best driver during the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix weekend? Compare how they did and vote for the best.
2019 Chinese Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onDid Ferrari’s team orders cost them a place to Max Verstappen? Find out using our interactive data from the Chinese Grand Prix.
Hamilton ‘redeemed’ by ending run of poor starts in China
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton feels he redeemed himself by passing his team mate at the start of the Chinese Grand Prix following poor starts in both of the races so far this year.
Strategy helped Red Bull beat “faster” Ferrari – Horner
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onRed Bull were able to beat one of the quicker Ferraris thanks to their strategy in the Chinese Grand Prix, says team principal Christian Horner.
Ferrari stands by decision to swap Vettel and Leclerc
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onFerrari team principal Mattia Binotto says the team made the “right choice” by telling Charles Leclerc to let Sebastian Vettel past in the Chinese Grand Prix.
Kvyat and Tost disagree with penalty for “lap one sandwich”
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onDaniil Kvyat says the stewards were wrong to give him a drive-through penalty for his first-lap collision with the two McLaren drivers.
Vettel move was fair, says Verstappen: “I’d’ve done the same”
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onMax Verstappen said Sebastian Vettel’s driving was hard but fair when the pair went up against each other during the Chinese Grand Prix.
Wolff “surprised” Ferrari threat didn’t materialise
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes team principal Toto Wolff says he expected Ferrari’s straight-line speed would make them a bigger threat in the Chinese Grand Prix.
Vettel expected to be quicker after Ferrari let him past Leclerc
2019 Chinese Grand Prix
Posted onSebastian Vettel said he expected he would be able to lap more quickly than he did after Ferrari told Charles Leclerc to let him through during the Chinese Grand Prix.