◆ bloody ◆ Posted April 15, 2018 Posted April 15, 2018 Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo took a sensational victory in Chinese Grand Prix as a chaotic final 20 laps threw the championship wide open. Ricciardo drove beautifully to pass five cars after Red Bull chose to pit for fresh tyres in a safety car period. Team-mate Max Verstappen did the same - but threw away his chances with two errors caused by over-optimistic driving. Lewis Hamilton finished a frustrated fifth, but was promoted back ahead of Verstappen, who was penalised for causing a collision with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel. The result means Vettel's lead in the championship over Hamilton has been cut to 11 points, with Bottas only three behind the Briton and Ricciardo a further three behind the Finn. How did Ricciardo do it? Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas appeared on course for an excellent victory over Vettel before the safety car period after the Finn jumped the Ferrari during their pit stops. There will be a post-mortem at Ferrari as to how they let that happen, given Vettel was leading by more than three seconds before Bottas' stop on lap 19 on 56, with Vettel stopping a lap later. But the safety car threw in a curve ball and Red Bull grabbed their chance. It was introduced so marshals could clear debris from the hairpin after a collision between Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly and Brendon Harley.
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