Shanghai, March 23 -- Oscar Piastri took victory in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix, with teammate Lando Norris coming home second for a McLaren 1-2 at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Starting from his first-ever Grand Prix pole position, Piastri headed off Mercedes' George Russell at the start to hold his lead and set about controlling the pace, losing his lead only as the positions shuffled during the pit stop phase.
With none of the drivers having run the Hard compound tyre at any point earlier in the weekend, there was much uncertainty over whether drivers would have to make one pit stop or two.
As it happened, the Hard tyres held up better than most teams appeared to have anticipated, with Piastri and most others electing to make...