Paul Hensby

Toro Rosso left China was just one point thanks to Alexander Albon’s tenth place, but Franz Tost felt the pace of both the Thai driver and team-mate Daniil Kvyat was shown to be strong throughout the weekend.

George Russell and Robert Kubica were sixteenth and seventeenth respectively in last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, again bringing up the rear of the field.

Sergio Pérez and Lance Stroll finished eighth and twelfth respectively in last Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Gil de Ferran watched in disbelief last Sunday as both Carlos Sainz Jr. and Lando Norris saw their races heavily compromised at turn six on lap one.

Kimi Räikkönen finished ninth and Antonio Giovinazzi fifteenth in a tough weekend for Alfa Romeo Racing in China.

Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finished outside the points in China despite both drivers qualifying inside the top ten.

Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly finished fourth and sixth in the Chinese Grand Prix, much to the delight of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.

After retirements in the first two Grand Prix of 2019, Daniel Ricciardo scored his first points with his new employees in China, much to the delight of team principal Cyril Abiteboul.

Both the Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Regional European Championship got underway last weekend at Monza and Paul Ricard respectively.

Daniil Kvyat felt the penalty handed out to him by the stewards in China was unjustified, believing the collisions with the two McLaren drivers was a ‘typical lap one’ clash.

Antonio Giovinazzi started nineteenth and finished fifteenth in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Alexander Albon showed good pace throughout the Chinese Grand Prix to score his second top ten finish in as many races on Sunday.

Sergio Pérez made up some positions at the start and was able to convert his strong opening into a second top ten result of the season.

Kimi Räikkönen secured a third consecutive top ten finish on Sunday in Shanghai despite starting thirteenth.

Sergio Pérez is looking for a second points finish of 2019 this weekend in China, a track he feels is a challenge due to it’s technical nature.