Lando Norris has admitted that he had a wager that he would lose out to the Ferrari's in today's Chinese Grand Prix. Having missed out on his chance of victory in the Sprint after running wide in the opening corner, Norris was expecting to lose out again today, confident that the Ferrari would have better race pace. However, maintaining fourth in the opening laps he progressed to third on Lap 7 when he passed Fernando Alonso and subsequently passed Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen to take the lead when he opted to extend his opening stint. Essentially getting a free pit stop under the VSC - albeit a lap later than he wished - he retained second until the end of the race, and at the flag was...
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