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China was AWESOME.

If you didn't see FP3 and quali, you really missed out. Ricciardo's turbo blew in FP3 (kerblammo). Evidently that's not a part that triggers a grid penalty.

The Red Bull mechanics pulled out the stops and did a full engine swap, beating their own record by a full hour. The days of being able to just bolt a new back end onto the car are long gone... it's a horribly complex process in the current era. They had to scavenge parts off of the engine they were using that morning to make it happen.

But they did... and got Daniel out in Q1 with only two minutes to spare. One flying lap. He wound up starting in P6.

I won't spoil the race but it was a real nail-biter in the last half. Some truly epic driving and totally legit (non-DRS) passing that'll make your hair stand on end.

Best race I've seen in a long while.