Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix weekend.
Brendon Hartley
The phenomena downforce of modern F1 cars was clear to see from the sparks being thrown up by the cars around Shanghai.
Sergey Sirotkin
After a tough weekend in Bahrain things were somewhat better for Williams in China, though they are still yet to trouble the scorers.
Brendon Hartley
Brendon Hartley out-qualified team mate Pierre Gasly but the pair collided on-track in the race.
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen
The Ferrari drivers locked out the front row of the grid.
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Start
Sebastian Vettel didn’t get away as well as his team mate alongside or Valtteri Bottas behind.
Charles Leclerc
Charles Leclerc was another rookie who qualified well, half a second ahead of Marcus Ericsson, but struggled in the race.
Sebastian Vettel
Vettel was knocked into a spin by Max Verstappen late in the race.
Daniel Ricciardo
having almost missed qualifying while his mechanics finished a power unit replacement, Ricciardo repaid them in the best way possible with victory.
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Cars post-race
F1’s colourful grid parked after the race.
Daniel Ricciardo
Victory was especially sweet for Ricciardo following his early retirement in Bahrain.
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Jere (@jerejj)
17th April 2018, 11:59
Why is the Toro Rosso steering wheel display background color blue sometimes when the cars are in the pit lane even though it’s black while on track?
Tommy C (@tommy-c)
17th April 2018, 12:40
@jerejj I suspect it’s due to the ambient light being much brighter on track so the backlighting of the LCD appears much reduced. In the garage, the ambient light would be dimmer and so the backlight of the steering wheel’s display is more obvious.
Jere (@jerejj)
17th April 2018, 15:02
@tommy-c That could very well be it although I also saw it being blue in a few images taken during the pre-season testing in which the car was in the pit lane, but not in the garage, meaning that it was stationary under the natural daylight rather than the artificial lighting of the garage roof. Maybe during those moments, the sky was cloudy, which would’ve prevented direct sunlight towards the car. It could also be a mode-thing or something, in which the outlook of the display would change when coming to the pits and leaving it.
Phylyp (@phylyp)
17th April 2018, 15:21
@jerejj – They toggle the backlight colour between 2 colours to show different states of the car, IIRC. I think under SC or VSC conditions is one of those times when they run another colour.
Chuck Lantz
19th April 2018, 8:53
Before I begin my rant, some full disclosure is in order; … I’m a sports photographer.
With that detail out out of the way, I would like to know why not even one of the top ten photos has the name of the actual photographer in the credits?
It used to be the norm to show both the name of the shooter, plus the agency he or she was shooting for, like “Jane Doe/Getty” or the like. But recently, only the photo agency is identified, but not the actual person whose work is being displayed.
Is there any chance that this could be remedied? Or at least explained?