While the rumour had been floating around since the Chinese Grand Prix, it was only recently confirmed that Yuki Tsunoda would be replacing Liam Lawson from the Japanese Grand Prix. Now, Lawson has reacted to his move back down to Racing Bulls.
The first day of the Sprint weekend in Shanghai started with a very strong first session for McLaren, that showed a great performance both in terms of race pace and qualifying simulations. Despite this, Hamilton grabbed pole for the Sprint in the afternoon, proving that the SF-25 performance hasn’t been affected at all by the new technical directive introduced this weekend.