Formula 1 occasionally produces races that feel like a mirror image of expectation. The 2026 Chinese Grand Prix at the vast Shanghai International Circuit was one of them.
The streets in Monaco remember Fangio flying past the harbour. They remember Senna racing through the rain. They remember engines screaming between walls so close you can almost hear the paint scrape. And now they remember a rule that arrived with fanfare… and disappeared almost quietly. The experiment lasted one season.
