2018 Chinese Grand Prix

18:51 Stay safe and well, and check back to Autosport.com for all the latest 2020 F1 stories, as well as our usual news and analysis from the rest of the motorsport world.

18:51 Thanks for joining us for this short trip down memory lane, another nice reminder of good modern F1 action in a time when we're all missing the sport.

18:50 We're going to wrap things up here shortly, but here's the conclusion of the race report from the 19 April 2018 issue of Autosport, which sums things up pretty nicely:

"Races like these always pay dividends to those who play their cards right with perfect timing. And Ricciardo is the right man for such circumstances.

"As the man himself pointed out, while he doesn’t win that many grands prix, when he does they tend to be thrillers. The time is right for Ricciardo to be in a title-winning car."

18:48 "Cut-throat, scary," is Red Bull's assessment of Ricciardo's late charge on new softs against his one-stopping rivals.

18:48 Vettel, who dominated early on before being undone by Bottas's undercut and then the safety car, just stays ahead of Sainz to finish P8.

18:47 Bottas holds off Raikkonen, with Verstappen finishing fourth but will end up fifth behind Hamilton.

18:46 Ricciardo wins the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix (again).

18:46 Hamilton is currently 6.4s behind Verstappen, so he will still take P4 at this rate with the Red Bull driver's penalty to come.

18:46 Ricciardo set a new fastest lap at 1m35.785s on the previous tour.

18:45 Ricciardo starts the final lap, as Verstappen latches onto the back of Raikkonen to liven up the last tour.

18:45 "He can't just run me off the chance like that," Vettel naturally complains to Ferrari about that move.

18:44 Alonso mugs Vettel for P7 at Turn 2.

18:43 Vettel is coming under pressure from Alonso in P8.

18:42 Three laps to go and Raikkonen is still pressuring Bottas, but he can't find a way by.

18:41 Hartley retires in the pits for Toro Rosso - with a gearbox issue the cause.

18:38

18:38 After making strategy errors in Australia and Bahrain in 2018, it was another costly mistake that cost Mercedes in China - but not with Bottas. Had the Silver Arrows brought Hamilton in when the Red Bulls stopped under the safety car, he would have enjoyed the same tyre advantage and been in front of them on the track. Bottas was too far gone in the lead at the stage and lost the race through no fault of his own.

18:37 Six laps left in this re-run, with Ricciardo clear in the lead and now Raikkonen pressuring Bottas for second.

18:36 A confession - we completely missed how Raikkonen climbed back into third, but after consulting the 19 April 2018 issue of Autosport we were pleased to find in our coffee table earlier (the digi mags go back to 2010 too, FYI!), it was because he took advantage of the chaos caused by Verstappen clouting Vettel.

18:33 Verstappen passes Hamilton on the run to Turn 6 - he's now got to pull a 10s gap to keep that place at the finish.

18:33 Another new fastest lap from Ricciardo - this time a 1m35.983s.

18:33 So Ricciardo leads Bottas and Raikkonen, with Verstappen now all over Hamilton's P4 again.

18:31 Ricciardo is still flying in the lead and sets a new fastest lap with a 1m36.221s.

18:31

18:30

18:30 Verstappen gets a 10s penalty for causing the Vettel clash.

18:29 "Get it, girl, get it!” was Ricciardo's response to his own brilliance.

18:29 That was a mighty move from Ricciardo - Bottas left only just enough room on the inside and did well not to turn in and end up with contact.

18:28 Ricciardo takes the lead at Turn 6 - he just about squeezes by!

18:27 Up front, Ricciardo is all over Bottas - get ready...

18:27 Both cars spun and Vettel was deep into the turn, but that move was from too far back from Verstappen - and he will later apologies for causing the clash.

18:26 Vettel got completely turned around by that cack-handed move from Verstappen.

18:26 But in the background Verstappen clatters into Vettel at the hairpin!

18:25 Bottas locks up at the hairpin...

18:25 Given the action at the front, it's again disappointing to reflect that this didn't turn into a three-way season-long battle for the titles, with reliability issues and errors hampering Red Bull and Ferrari respectively against Mercedes in 2018.

18:24 It's all happening for Red Bull - with Ricciardo breezing past Vettel to take second on the back straight.

18:23 Verstappen ambushes Hamilton at the Turn 6 hairpin to push the Mercedes driver to fifth.

18:23 There's 15 laps to go and Ricciardo can already see the lead ahead of him, as he sets a new fastest lap at 1m36.608s.

18:22 "Next one is Vettel - let's get him!" a still fired-up Red Bull tells Ricciardo again.