Kimi Antonelli is a very young race driver. He drives for the Mercedes team. In Shanghai, he took the first starting spot. Experts call this Pole Position. Antonelli is only 19 years old. He breaks an old world record with this. Sebastian Vettel held this record before. Vettel was older than 21 years at his first time.
The race was very good for Mercedes. George Russell also drives for Mercedes. He took second place in the Qualifying. A Qualifying is the warm-up round for the main race. Before this, there was a short race in Shanghai. People call it a Sprint Race. George Russell won this race. He was faster than the Ferrari drivers.
Nico Hülkenberg had bad luck in the Sprint Race. He drives a car from Audi. His car stopped on the track. There seemed to be a problem with the power. So he could not finish the race. Max Verstappen also had a hard day. The World Champion only finished eighth. The Red Bull team currently has problems with the car.
