Top ten pictures from the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix

Ten of the best pictures which tell the story of the 2019 Chinese Grand Prix weekend.

1,000th race

There was no shortage of signage proclaiming the long-awaited 1,000th world championship race.

Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo marked the milestone with a Jack Brabham replica helmet, complete with mock stone chips.

Carlos Sainz Jnr

Carlos Sainz Jnr sends up sparks during practice. McLaren were not as competitive in Shanghai as they had been in Bahrain or Melbourne.

Alexander Albon

Alexander Albon’s huge crash on Saturday gouged a hole in the side of his Toro Rosso STR14. Remarkably, he took his repaired car from the pits to the points on race day.

Valtteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas saw off team mate Lewis Hamilton and the rest to take pole position.

Robert Kubica

The struggle goes on at Williams but Robert Kubica continues to persevere with the unco-operative FW42.

Start

Lewis Hamilton snatched the lead from Bottas at the start and was never seriously challenged from that moment on.

Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes ‘double stacked’ Hamilton and Bottas on their way to their third one-two of 2019.

Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen

Max Verstappen beat one Ferrari and tried to pass the other, but Sebastian Veettel reversed the move.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton signals how many races he’s won this year.