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Hamilton hails ‘huge step’, but couldn’t fight Verstappen in sprint

©RedBull Phillip van Osten 20/04/2024 at 05:2820/04/2024 at 05:58 Lewis Hamilton believes his runner-up spot in Saturday’s Sprint event in Shanghai reflected a ‘huge step” forward for Mercedes despite the Briton being unable to fight Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the race win. Hamilton enjoyed a strong launch off the front row of the grid for the 19-lap mad dash, outrunning poleman Lando Norris to the first corner and seizing the lead as the McLaren driver fell further back as he ran wide at Turn 1. But after settling in during the race’s opening laps, Verstappen made progress, overhauling the Aston martin of Fernando Alonso and then chasing down the leading Mercedes. A lock-up...
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