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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner declares McLaren “odds-on favourites for pole”, and though he does play a strong expectations management game, Lando Norris was comfortably ahead in practice this morning. That said, Max Verstappen abandoned his only lap on soft tyres, and Liam Lawson has continued to struggle, so Red Bull’s true pace this weekend is a complete unknown.
One of the rookies managed to out-pace their team mate in the sole practice session earlier today: Oliver Bearman pipped Esteban Ocon by 0.089 seconds. Will he repeat that when it matters? The Haas cars also looked in slightly better shape than they were in Melbourne.
We’ve had our second power unit change of the season since practice – Racing Bulls have swapped Yuki Tsunoda’s motor.
Sprint race qualifying at the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix is coming up next.
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