Jak Crawford will replace Alonso in FP1 for the Japanese GP. This is the first of two per-car this season. Things are slightly complicated with no Bahrain, as that was a popular choice given the mileage during testing. I expect Barcelona to be a popular choice out of the upcoming races. #F1

Scratch that, their team have been disqualified for going over the tyre usage rules. They only permit six sets of tyres in the race and Verstappen's team used seven. #F1

Verstappen's GT3 team has won the NLS2 four-hour race at the Nordshleife, one of the races he's competed in to prepare for the Nurburgring 24 Hours race in May. #F1

Racing Bulls has revealed it's special livery for the Japanese GP designed by calligrapher Bisen Aoyagi. It blends their regular livery with traditional Japanese shodo calligraphy. #F1

In other team structure news, Bradley Lord has been appointed deputy team principal at Mercedes alongside Toto Wolff. This is a formality, given that he was effectively performing this role in his duties as a team representative and head of communications. #F1

Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll has issued a statement amid rumours around Wheatley's next move. “We are regularly approached by senior executives of other teams who wish to join Aston Martin, but in keeping with our policy, we do not comment on rumour and speculation." #F1

Jonathan Wheatley has departed from Audi with immediate effect, "due to personal reasons," with Mattia Binotto taking up his position as team principal alongside his role as head of Audi F1 project. Audi statement reads: "The team's future structure will be fully defined at a later stage." #F1

F1's Sim Racing World Championship is returning in 2026. The season will kick off at the Dreamhack gaming festival in Birmingham next week, followed by three events at their Media and Technology Centre in Biggin Hill. Only nine teams, as Audi and Cadillac are not in the official games yet. #F1

F1 teams are in 'open discussion' with the FIA over changes to the power unit harvesting and deployment levels. But any rule tweaks could have an unintended financial consequence. #F1

Mercedes' James Allison says Russell's PU problems in Chinese GP qualifying stemmed from an earlier front wing issue. "That problem put us on the back foot timing-wise. We didn't follow the exact fire-up sequence for the car, so when the car went out, it got itself in a bit of a mess." #F1

It's rare that top F1 teams bet on teenagers. Toto Wolff did that with Kimi Antonelli, putting his faith in him as Lewis Hamilton's successor. Now he's reaping the rewards... #F1 #ChineseGP

Verstappen said he had an ERS cooling issue with his car before his retirement. Also doesn't know how he made it as high as P6: “The car didn’t feel good, no balance, high tyre deg. There was also something wrong with the steering wheel, so there’s a whole list of things.” #F1 #ChineseGP

McLaren on their double DNS today. This was the first start Norris has missed in his F1 career, and Piastri's second in a row. #F1 #ChineseGP

Alonso on his #ChineseGP DNF: "From about Lap 20, I was struggling with the vibration levels. We were already one lap down, so we decided to retire the car. The vibrations seemed worse today than on any other day of the weekend, so we need to investigate why that was." #F1

Drivers' Championship after the #ChineseGP: 1. Russell - 51 points 2. Antonelli - 47 points 3. Leclerc - 34 points 4. Hamilton - 33 points 5. Bearman - 17 points 6. Norris - 15 points 7. Gasly - 9 points 8. Verstappen - 8 points #F1

Wolff says "welcome to the club of Mercedes race winners" to Antonelli. He makes it seven of them in F1's history, including Hamilton, Fangio, Moss, Rosberg, Bottas, and Russell. #F1 #ChineseGP

A very emotional Antonelli during the post-race interviews. "I wanted to bring Italy back on top, and we did it today, even if I did give myself a heart attack with a flat spot towards the end of the race." #F1 #ChineseGP

Hamilton hugs Antonelli and his former engineer, Peter Bonnington, in parc ferme. #F1 #ChineseGP

Russell, Hamilton and Bearman make it three British drivers in the top five. #F1 #ChineseGP

Antonelli wins the #ChineseGP! Just shows how much potential he has with a clean session. It's definitely a title fight between him and Russell. #F1

Antonelli locked up at T14 and went wide. He's got 7s to Russell but a bit of a mistake with 3 laps to go... #F1 #ChineseGP

Ocon pits and his mechanics break out the pliers on the left-hand side. Looks like they were taking off some bodywork where he damaged the bargeboards earlier in the race. #F1 #ChineseGP

Verstappen is slow on track. He's being told to bring it back to the pits to retire. #F1 #ChineseGP

Aston Martin on Alonso's retirement: "Fernando has retired from the Chinese GP due to discomfort from vibrations." #F1 #ChineseGP

Year of the horse in China, the Prancing Horses are certainly putting on a show... #F1 #ChineseGP

If the FOM graphics are to be believed, Hamilton consistently has 10% more battery power than Leclerc. He must be draining it on the back straight if he's not got any power exiting T16. #F1 #ChineseGP

Ocon is handed a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Colapinto. #F1 #ChineseGP

Alonso retires after 32 laps of the #ChineseGP. That was 41 laps for Aston Martin with Stroll's lap count. #F1

Ocon has spun at T2, and his Haas has damage to the bargeboards. It looks like he's collided with Colapinto, who just pitted. #F1 #ChineseGP

Russell on the Ferraris: "Man, they're just fast in all the right places!" Impressive from the Ferrari pit wall as they've been coaching both drivers on how to optimise energy to stay in this battle. #F1 #ChineseGP

Brief yellow flag as Lindblad has spun at T14. #F1 #ChineseGP

Both Ferraris are losing time battling each other. Russell passes Hamilton for P3, while the gap to Antonelli is now 7s. #F1 #ChineseGP

Hamilton is overtaken by Leclerc. Looks like he's struggling for grip; Ferrari now 4.4s behind Antonelli, the previous lap it was just 2s. #F1 #ChineseGP

Gasly frustrated by dropping down to P10 at T14 behind Hulk: "I'm out power. What the fuck!" Engineer: "Okay, mate. So that happened because you lifted and then went back on power for Turn 14. So we need to avoid that to stop spending energy." #F1 #ChineseGP

Verstappen and Gasly have been noted for two separate incidents at T6 for moving under braking. #F1 #ChineseGP

Quite a scrap between the two Haas drivers behind Colapinto for P5, then Gasly and Verstappen for P8. #F1 #ChineseGP

Hamilton is hunting down Antonelli for the lead. There was a lot of coaching on optimising battery recharge between him and his engineer before the SC. #F1 #ChineseGP

A mistake from Russell a couple of corners into the restart behind Ocon, enables Hamilton to take P4. #F1 #ChineseGP

Safety Car. Stroll has stopped at T1. #F1 #ChineseGP

Discussion going on between Hamilton and his engineer about the Overtake mode. He's 2.2s behind Russell; Mercedes aren't pulling away just yet... #F1 #ChineseGP

Alpine are having a great race so far. Gasly and Colapinto P5 and P6. #F1 #ChineseGP

The lead was short-lived for Hamilton; Antonelli passed him, and now Russell. Leclerc was also relegated to P4. #fF1 #ChineseGP

Hadjar was forced to pit after his spin on L1. He's now 25 seconds behind Perez and on hard tyres. Team radio: "My tyres are destroyed. I need to box. Too much vibrations." #F1 #ChineseGP

Neither McLaren has made it out yet. #F1 #ChineseGP

Hamilton straight into the lead at T1, Russell demoted to P4 behind Leclerc. #F1 #ChineseGP

Gasly just overshot his grid box but was able to reverse back into place... #F1 #ChineseGP

Mix of start tyres: top four all on the medium. Verstappen and Hadjar on the soft. Then Norris, Hulk, Colapinto, Ocon, Lindblad, Bortoleto, Alonso, Stroll, and Albon starting on the hard tyre. Everyone else on medium. #F1 #ChineseGP

Piastri is now being pushed off the grid and back into the garage! #F1 #ChineseGP

No Bortoleto on the grid for the start. So we are down to 19 cars on the grid. #F1 #ChineseGP

Possible race strategies for the #ChineseGP according to Pirelli. One-stop the fastest, with an average pit stop time loss of 24s. #F1