Kind of boring race. I like it more when it rains, so much chaos.
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On another note, the Ferrari car breaks its front wing and starts going faster 
It will either be him or Lando, for now though they need to work together and build a gap between them and the others, it's going to get heated between the two of them at some point though.
Yeah. Think he has more raw pace than Norris.
Every single time one of those end plates comes off you think it's going to have this huge impact and then...nothing happens. They said he lost 20-30 points of downforce on the front which sounds really bad but from the looks of things they must have about 100.000 points to start with so it doesn't really matter anyway.
His father has Chinese heritage. It’s a running joke that he basically has a ‘home’ race for almost half the circuit.
They should maybe try the front wing without those side things.On another note, the Ferrari car breaks its front wing and starts going faster
Where are they going to put the sponsor’s logos then?
Did not watch the race, too tired after work, sounds like it was a boring race, will watch the highlights later.
There's space on Vasseur's dome.
Now Leclerc’s car is underweight, that will be a DSQ.
Ferrari heritage in just 2 races
Ferrari heritage in just 2 races
Gasly will be DSQ too for being underweight
Hamilton skid block is also too worn, double Ferrari DSQ incoming.
Underweight and worn skid block , slam bunk DSQs
So both Ferraris and Gasly probably DSQ. Wow.
Racing eritage
Leclerc and Gasly both DSQ
Hamilton also
Hamilton also
Oh Ferrari. 
Didn't they raise the car in Australia? Whatever worked in the Sprint should have been continued with
Ferrari Underweight and overworn skid pad
This seems a bit suss. One car I can understand but both is extremely odd.
And why also so many dq for underweight recently?
And why also so many dq for underweight recently?
My Ferrari theory is they can’t run the car too low for skid plate wear, they can get away with it for a sprint but not a GP so they have to raise the car and lose performance, problem is they didn’t quite get their calculations right for China.
Warn skid block , running car too low or maybe riding too many corner kerbs
Underweight car somebody cocked up ?
Underweight car somebody cocked up ?
Both Ferrari's disqualified from the race. Super...
Leclerc’s car not checked for skid wear as far as I can tell, it’s plausible it was underweight because of excessive wear.
Pierre Gasly, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have been disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix
Pierre and Charles' cars were found to be underweight, while Lewis' car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
Pierre and Charles' cars were found to be underweight, while Lewis' car was deemed to have excessive skid wear
Hamiltons car:
"The plank assembly of Car 44 was measured and found to be 8.6mm (LHS), 8.6mm (car centerline) and 8.5mm (RHS). This is below the minimum thickness of 9mm specified under Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Regulations," the stewards explained.
Leclerc car:
"Car 16 was weighed by the FIA Technical Delegate inside and outside scales with both scales showing the same result of 799 kg after the customary draining of fuel and the replacement of a broken front wing. The calibration of both scales was confirmed and witnessed by the competitor."
I get the plank wear, 0.4 -0.5mm is not much in reality, but how can a car be underweight, once drained of fuel and a replacement wing put on? Also how much under was it?
No wonder Schumacher needed a "dream team" when he moved to Ferrari all those years ago.
"The plank assembly of Car 44 was measured and found to be 8.6mm (LHS), 8.6mm (car centerline) and 8.5mm (RHS). This is below the minimum thickness of 9mm specified under Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Regulations," the stewards explained.
Leclerc car:
"Car 16 was weighed by the FIA Technical Delegate inside and outside scales with both scales showing the same result of 799 kg after the customary draining of fuel and the replacement of a broken front wing. The calibration of both scales was confirmed and witnessed by the competitor."
I get the plank wear, 0.4 -0.5mm is not much in reality, but how can a car be underweight, once drained of fuel and a replacement wing put on? Also how much under was it?
No wonder Schumacher needed a "dream team" when he moved to Ferrari all those years ago.
Ocon 5th, Antonelli 6th, Albon 7th, Bearman 8th, Stroll 9th, Sainz 10th.
Sainz first points for Williams too!
What a result this is for Haas
Sainz first points for Williams too!
What a result this is for Haas
As annoying as these disqualifications are, having 2 Williams in the points is fantastic!.
My predictions all screwed up.
I did have 14 points
Do yourself a favour. Don't.
The post race DQs are more interesting than the race itself.
Glad I didn’t stay up for the race. Seemed quite boring.
Also, Ferrari…
Also, Ferrari…
Just seen the double DSQ. Ferrari, the gift that keeps on giving.
Hamilton on his way to getting the full Ferrari experience in record time.
What have we got for Japan? I'll go with them leading on the last lap by 20 seconds when the engine blows up.
What have we got for Japan? I'll go with them leading on the last lap by 20 seconds when the engine blows up.
Hamilton must be wondering why did he join Ferrari.
FFS lost 2 points and my lead by half a point
Agreed. He drove extremely well