 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvika pa1000th Formula 1 Grand Prix muChina, Mercedes yakaratidza kuva chikwata chokurova. Musi woMugovera, maSilver Arrows akawana kuvharwa kwavo kwechipiri mumutsetse wapamberi wemwaka. Bottas akakwanisa kutora nzvimbo yechipiri, achipfuura mumwe wake nemasekondi 0.023 chete, nemaFerrari aVettel naLeclerc anenge zvikamu zvitatu kubva muzvitanhatu. Pakutanga kwomujaho, Hamilton akakwanisa kupfuudza Bottas. Akaenderera mberi achitungamirira denderedzwa rimwe nerimwe ndokukunda nhangemutange yacho nenzira inogutsa. Bottas akapedza ari panzvimbo yechipiri uye akabatsira Mercedes kuchengetedza yechitatu yakatevedzana 12. Mugumisiro wacho wakapa Mercedes mavambo akakwana emwaka. Chikwata chokupedzisira kuwana zvibodzwa zvitatu zvakapetwa kamwe chete pakutanga kwemwaka chaiva Williams muna 1992. 