Max Verstappen fought past Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso to win the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race.

Pole-sitter Lando Norris slid wide at the first corner trying to fend off Hamilton's Mercedes.

Verstappen took a few laps to find his feet in the Red Bull but soon homed in on his rivals ahead.

Alonso hung on until late on when Ferrari's Carlos Sainz overtook him before Red Bull's Sergio Perez took advantage to pass both for third.

Sainz then fought with team-mate Charles Leclerc, the two Ferraris touching wheels at the hairpin before an unhappy Leclerc prevailed to take fourth ahead of the Spaniard and a disappointed Norris.

Alonso, after pitting to change a tyre punctured in his clash with Sainz, was told within a lap to retire the car because of damage.
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