Piastri led virtually every lap at the Shanghai International Circuit, with Norris following his team-mate home as McLaren underlined their impressive speed by executing a one-two finish.
Piastri was on course to finish runner-up at the season-opening round in his home country of Australia a week ago before he slid off, finishing ninth as team-mate Norris took the win.
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But here in China, Piastri landed his first pole position and kept his rivals at bay into the opening bend.
Leclerc followed him through but was slightly out of control and his front wing made contact with Hamilton’s right rear tyre. Both were able to continue, albeit with damage to Leclerc’s front wing which was left skimming the tarmac.
“Aren’t we losing a bit of time?” Leclerc asked on lap 13 in an apparent attempt to press the Ferrari team to swap positions.
A change of tyres had not improved Hamilton’s fortunes, and he told Ferrari he would let Leclerc by because he was “struggling” for pace.
The move came at the start of lap 21, Leclerc quickly pulling out a two-second lead over Hamilton. “This is a shame [because] the pace is there,” said Leclerc in apparent annoyance that the order to trade places had not arrived earlier.
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Hamilton opened his winning account for Ferrari in Saturday’s sprint but was growing frustrated in the main event, changing tyres again on lap 38 as the majority of the field completed a one-stop strategy.
Russell took the chequered flag just 1.3 sec further back, with Verstappen fourth after he fought his way ahead of Leclerc on lap 53 of 56.
“The car is mega. I am just proud of the team and the weekend that I have been able to pull off. I feel like I deserved this from last week.”
Reflecting on his late brake problem, Norris continued: “It was scary. It is like my worst nightmare. I was losing time in the last laps, two, three, four seconds, but we survived and made it to the end.”
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