Red Bull's Max Verstappen recovered from a difficult start to finish P4 at the Chinese Grand Prix.
The Dutchman began the race in P4 but struggled from the off, slipping behind the Ferraris of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc through the first two corners, dropping down to P6.
On the medium tyres, Verstappen struggled to keep pace with the top five, seeing the gap widen as the race progressed, despite managing to keep himself ahead of the rest of the pack.
Changing into the hard tyres, however, worked better for the four-time World Champion, as he began to eat time out of the drivers ahead.
Verstappen was about to catch Hamilton when the British driver dived into the pits for a second stop, seeing him climb to fifth and begin the hunt for Leclerc in fourth.
With the Monagasque's front wing damage, Verstappen was able to chase him down and catch him with around four laps remaining in the race.
It was a strong recovery from Verstappen, who picked up valuable points to keep himself amongst the title challengers, ensuring he maintains his second place in the Drivers' Standings.
The team's struggles with the medium tyre, however, will be something that needs looking into ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in a fortnight's time.
It was yet another challenging race for Verstappen's teammate Liam Lawson, however, as the New Zealander finished P15 courtesy of a Jack Doohan penalty.
With Lawson qualifying P20, Red Bull opted to make changes to his car's suspension under Parc Ferme, which saw him start the race from the pit lane.
Lawson started on hard tyres and made up a few places, but after changing to mediums in the middle stint, he struggled and could not catch cars ahead of him.
A second change back onto hard tyres help him overtake the two Kick Saubers of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, but he could not catch up to the battling Jack Doohan (Alpine) and Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls).
The 23-year-old now has two weeks to prepare for the race in Suzuka, with an urgent need to get out of Q1 and put in a strong race performance for Red Bull.
