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McLaren dominate F1 world championship race, while Ferrari see red
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McLaren's Oscar Piastri (centre), Lando Norris (left) and Mercedes' George Russell celebrate on the podium after the Chinese Grand Prix.
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This was a weekend that began with red and ended with red, albeit of an altogether different shade, but it was the orange in between that painted the most vivid portrait of the Formula One world championship race thus far.
The sprint race on March 22 at the resurfaced and super-smooth Shanghai International Circuit brought the result we had all hoped to see in Melbourne the previous week, as Lewis Hamilton took his first pole position in a Ferrari, and charged to a dominant victory over Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen.
