Piastri wins Chinese Grand Prix from pole in McLaren one two

SHANGHAI – Australian Oscar Piastri roared back from season-opening disappointment in his home race by winning the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday in a McLaren one-two with championship-leading teammate Lando Norris.

George Russell finished third for Mercedes, ahead of Red Bulls reigning champion Max Verstappen with Ferraris Charles Leclerc and Saturday sprint winner Lewis Hamilton fifth and sixth.

Piastris win denied Norris a third victory in a row, including last years Abu Dhabi season-ender, but left champions McLaren unbeaten in two races so far this year.

Mega job guys. The car was very, very lovely, Piastri said over the team radio after taking the chequered flag -- an echo of Verstappens simply lovely catchphrase heard so often in the past.

Im just so proud of the whole weekend. This is what I feel like I deserved from last week, added the Australian, who finished ninth in Melbourne after starting on the front row.

Norris finished 9.748 seconds behind on a similar one-stop strategy and after struggling with a long brake pedal that became critical towards the end and forced him to slow.

The Briton now has 44 points to Verstappens 36 and Russells 35. Piastri, who was second in the sprint, is on 34.

McLaren are 25 points clear of Mercedes.

Its like my worst nightmare, said Norris of his brake issue. If I have a nightmare its when the brakes are failing and I was losing two, three, four seconds the last couple of laps. So I was a bit scared but we survived and got to the end,

HAAS POINTS

Esteban Ocon collected Haass first points of the campaign in seventh with Italian rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli eighth for Mercedes and Alex Albon ninth for Williams on his 29th birthday, the teams second