F1, GRAND PRIX OF CHINA: A PODIUM AND A REFINEMENT FOR THE FERRARI

In a race decided by the intervention of the safety car and the strategies of tires, the Scuderia Ferrari conquers the podium with Kimi Raikkonen, third, while Sebastian Vettel, who started on pole , must be satisfied with the eighth position after being hit on the track by Verstappen, penalized for the collision, but retains the head of the World Pilots.
THE RACE. The departure favors Bottas passing Raikkonen while Vettel remains ahead. Also Verstappen exceeds Hamilton and Raikkonen and is third. Around the twenty-first lap, the game of pit stops: Mercedes and Red Bull do better than Ferrari. In reality Raikkonen remains out to sacrifice himself to keep Bottas behind with his tires. He will only make the pit stop on the 27th lap. At that point, the ranking will be as follows: Bottas, Vettel, Verstappen, Hamilton, Ricciardo and Raikkonen.
But the race was decided at the 37th lap for a trivial clash in the family between the two Toro Rosso by Pierre Gasly and Brandon Hartley. On the track the debris remains and Gasly is penalized by 10 “.The safety car enters and Red Bull manages to change tires in safety mode, so when Ricciardo and Verstappen are very fast they go on attack. Ricciardo does everything well with a series of overtaking very beautiful, goes to the lead when there are seven laps to the end and flies to the triumph Verstappen, however, in an attempt to pass Vettel (who was second), the spur in the side. on the track with the car partially damaged and Verstappen gets 10 seconds penalty, but the omelette is made.From then onwards almost nothing happens: Ricciardo goes to the finish line in safety.Bottas manages to keep behind Raikkonen, Hamilton (anonymous race ) holds fourth place, Verstappen arrives fourth but is relegated with 10 seconds penalty.