5 things to look forward to at the 2017 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai

#3 The Red Bull Challenge

Daniel Ricciardo had a race to forget in his home Grand Prix

Red Bull had high hopes for Australia with home favourite Daniel Ricciardo and the prodigious Max Verstappen setting decent times in Friday practice and winter testing. But the weekend didn’t go as planned as they were beaten soundly by both the Mercedes and Ferrari in qualifying and the race.

China will, however, show the true potential of the Red Bull-Tag Heuer (Read: Renault) chassis-engine combination. Renault have made giant strides on the engine side and have closed the gap to Mercedes. The Renault now has more horsepower, improved drivability and have massively improved their reliability.

Red Bull have more or less mastered the black art of aerodynamics, with Adrian Newey and his crack team delivering chassis after chassis that outperform the competition.