F1 Chinese GP live commentary and updates - race day

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Russell: "Great race, really pleased with P3, we knew McLaren were a smidge quicker than us. I felt quite early on that a one-stop was possible, and we found it quite easy."

Norris: "A few fun moments, the start was what I was hoping for. George got me on the pitstops, but our pace was better on the second stint. Oscar drove well, he was quick the whole race. I'm happy with second."

Piastri: "It was a surprise with how different the tyres behaved. I'm proud of the whole weekend, it feels like what I deserved from last weekend. I'm very happy!"

Antonelli gets driver of the day for...some reason? No idea what that reason could be - the Rio Haryanto (remember him?) clause, perhaps.

Great drive from Esteban Ocon to take seventh, ahead of Antonelli, Albon, and Bearman completes the top 10.

Norris survives and hangs on for second, as Russell runs out of time to make a move on the ailing McLaren. Verstappen clinches fourth, with Leclerc and Hamilton fifth and sixth.

FINAL LAP

Norris has to lift and coast to get to the end here, as he reports the pedal is going flat. Can he hold from Russell?

Lap 55: Norris has backed off now to get to the end - he's four seconds behind Piastri now. Piastri has dominated this.

Lap 53: Leclerc goes ultra-defensive into Turn 1 and hugs the inside line, but Verstappen accepts the outside and lets Leclerc wash out to take the position in Turn 3. Great move from the Red Bull driver, who takes fourth.

Lap 52: Verstappen is all over Leclerc for fourth, as the Ferrari driver is now struggling. 

Lap 50: Norris is being told the pedal will keep going long, and is understandably worried that he'll lose the brakes. He's told 'no hard braking', as the team takes a cautious view.

Either way, the one-stoppers are picking up the pace - so Racing Bulls' decision to two-stop both drivers is looking like a sub-par call. 

Norris also reports that his pedal is going long, but is told he's not lost braking power. He's managed to pick up the pace into the 1m35.7s, so that's pretty good going. 

Lap 48: Tsunoda's front wing just...broke on its own as he was chasing Carlos Sainz. He's not having spectacular luck this race, is he?

Lap 47: Norris has got back into the 1m36.0s, so perhaps he's managed to clear the graining.

Lap 46: Weather update on Norris' radio. Class Half on last lap - so that's probably manageable isn't it?

Lap 45: Norris hasn't had a great lap, a 1m36.7, but Piastri and Russell are only in the 1m36.5s - so the top three are all hanging on a little bit.

Lap 43: Norris is starting to struggle, and shipped 0.6s to Piastri. Can he clear the graining phase, or are his tyres teetering on the brink?

Lap 42: Hamilton needs to find more than a second per lap on Verstappen, which isn't quite happening at the moment despite logging the fastest lap of the race. He's banking on the Red Bull driver's tyres falling off. 

Lap 40: Bearman continues to make progress and gets into P10 with a pass on Gasly. He tried the switchback in Turn 14, which didn't work, so he clears the Alpine around the outside into Turn 1. 

Lap 39: Norris reports he's getting some graining, but that the tyre feels okay. He's 2.4s behind Piastri at the moment, and very slightly closing his team-mate down.

Hamilton pits from fifth, and takes a second set of hard tyres. He rejoins sixth ahead of Ocon, who continues to have a good afternoon.

Lap 37: Stroll finally stops, and comes out 14th ahead of Tsunoda. In the meantime, Verstappen is finally finding pace and closing in on Hamilton.

One driver not one-stopping is Tsunoda, who conducts his second stop. He comes out ahead of Hadjar, but he'll have to push to make his way back into the points. 

Lap 35: Risk of "class 1" rain towards the end of the race, according to McLaren. Variety = spice of life.

Hadjar also stops for a second time, aiming for an undercut on Ocon and Antonelli.

Lap 34: Norris gets confirmation of a one-stop plan, and is told he needs to be patient for now. Race engineer Will Joseph says he might be able to challenge Piastri towards the end, if he has tyre life and pace.

Bearman making the moves again, this time putting a carbon copy of his Lawson move on Doohan. That's P15, and Sainz is next up. Lawson also does a thing, passing Hulkenberg for 17th.

Norris is told he's now on Plan C, and responds that he wants Piastri to speed up to help preserve tyres. One-stopper, it seems.

Lap 32: Norris has broken the 4-second beyond Russell, and now is 4.5s up on his countryman. Leclerc, after a Turn 14 lock-up, has fallen to over 2s behind Russell.

Bearman forces Lawson to take the inside for Turn 14, lets the Red Bull driver run deep, and gets him with the switchback. Lawson pits. "Ciao," the Briton says witheringly.

Lap 30: Norris has been told Piastri will help him to build a four-second gap to Russell, as McLaren wants to evade a potential undercut threat from the Mercedes driver. 

Positions at half distance

1. Piastri, 2. Norris, 3. Russell, 4. Leclerc, 5. Hamilton, 6. Verstappen, 7. Stroll, 8. Tsunoda, 9. Ocon, 10. Antonelli, 11. Hadjar, 12. Albon, 13. Gasly, 14. Sainz, 15. Doohan, 16. Lawson, 17. Bearman, 18. Hulkenberg, 19. Bortoleto.

Lap 28: Norris sets the fastest lap of the race so far, a 1m36.754s, to close in on Piastri and extend his gap to Russell. He's 3.6s behind the leader now.