Norris bins it on lap 1, Hamilton keeps Verstappen behind

Lando Norris suffered a major setback after starting the sprint race in China. Entering turn five, Norris veered off the track and touched the grass. Resulting in the Briton dropping from P6 to P9.

All eyes were on Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the start. With 11 world titles on the front row of the grid, no surprise, but the battle never came to a head. Hamilton had a good start, shut the door on the Dutchman, leaving the Red Bull Racing driver to settle for second place.

Lando Norris had the worst start of the top drivers. The Briton got away well, but at turn five Norris found himself on the outside. The McLaren driver seemed to open up the wheel just a little too much, prompting him to touch the grass, lose control of his McLaren and from P6, dropped back to P9.

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