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Race: Balls-to-the-wall Ricciardo wins Chinese GP

It looked to be Ferrari versus Mercedes but a gamble a second time for fresh tyres behind a Safety Car meant Daniel Ricciardo came through to snatch the Chinese GP win. While the early stages of the race were all about Sebastian Vettel versus Valtteri Bottas, a Safety Car just past the midway point of the grand prix upped the ante. Vettel was leading in the opening stint, only for the under-cutting Bottas to beat him out of the pits by 1.3s as the came in for their only and one stop of the afternoon. Ferrari tried to use Kimi Raikkonen, who had yet to stop, as a bollard to hold up Bottas. However, the Mercedes driver was blocked for long, passing Raikkonen down the inside at Turn 3, before...
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