Charles Leclerc admits to not understanding why he lost so much pace once he switched to the hard compound during today's Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton feared that damage to his Mercedes was the reason for his torrid time during the Chinese Grand Prix.
Lando Norris has admitted that he had a wager that he would lose out to the Ferrari's in today's Chinese Grand Prix.
It is a disappointing Sunday for us with both cars taken out of the race in separate incidents which our drivers could do nothing about.
It was a phenomenal weekend for the Team, 117 wins and 15 years since our first victory here marks a very big moment for us.
We expected this weekend in China to be a case of damage limitation but, in reality, it proved to be our strongest weekend of the season so far.
From a purely technical point of view, today's race confirmed that all three compounds were suitable for use.
What today shows is that we still have work to do, and as a team, we need to keep pushing for more performance, as we did not quite have enough today.
"I was expecting more in terms of pace than we demonstrated in the race," admits Vasseur.
Whilst we didn't quite have the pace to fight for the final points positions, we were close on pace with the teams around us.
The helmet Niki Lauda was wearing at the time of his infamous crash at the Nurburgring in 1976 is up for auction.