Max Verstappen dominated once again, having hinted at his clear advantage in pace during Saturday's sprint race, but it did not go all Red Bull's own way as Sergio Perez was leapfrogged in the stops.
No team was able to quite enjoy an error-free day, as the two safety cars put decision-making under the microscope, but it certainly ensured that China's return to the calendar was not a one-dimensional affair.
Miles quicker than anyone else, demonstrated by a) Verstappen's sprint win from fourth on the grid, and b) his seemingly effortless victory in the grand prix. Good traction ensured that he could gun the throttle on the exit of Turn 14 both times to preserve his lead through the safety car restarts, and had the pace in hand to make a two-stop strategy work without too much in the way of time loss.
Perez admittedly drew the short straw on strategy and fell behind Norris and Charles Leclerc after his second stop but, had he not been so far behind Verstappen, then the double-stack might have offered the Mexican a more felicitous second half.
Source: Autosport