Follow live text and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary of the sprint race and qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Find out moreUse audio icon at top of the page to listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary Max Verstappen is rapid now. His latest lap is a 1:40.751, which is more than a second quicker than anyone else has managed. He's already almost three seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton.Max Verstappen's Red Bull is firing on all cylinders now and there's nothing Lewis Hamilton can do as he makes his move down the inside into Turn 9 and he is into the lead.
A big opportunity for someone else to snatch the victory today, and Lewis Hamilton looks determined to be the one to get it.I imagine that Verstappen's other problem is tyre temperature, he was complaining yesterday in that wet that he was unable to get his tyres up to temperature. One of the Red Bull strengths is the way it looks after its tyres. On this gripless circuit maybe it's just just taking him time in these early laps to get these tyres operating properly.
Max Verstappen, who struggled in qualifying yesterday, seems to be struggling today too, he's not really getting any closer to Alonso.It is going to take all of Lewis Hamilton's racecraft to hold onto first place for the remainder of this race, but he could not have got off to a better start. Lando Norris has dropped all the way back to seventh so has his work cut out to fight back up the order.
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