This weekend, Formula One reaches a milestone of achieving its 1000th F1 race. The venue for the 1000th running is the Shanghai International circuit. So, to commemorate the 1000th F1 race, we’ve turned back the clock to two years ago in in China itself.
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During the race, Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas was in his second race for the team. Unfortunately, he spun off but managed to recover to begin the fight back up the order.
Then, the Finn came across Haas‘ Kevin Magnussen and made short work of him. Then, the next target was Racing Point’s Sergio Perez. The team was called Force India at the time but now race under the Racing Point banner.
On Twitter, all the teams were at it once again and an exchange between Mercedes and Force India stood out. This is how the conversation unfolded.
👊 #VB77 puts a move on K-Mag!
Perez is the next car… up for a fight @ForceIndiaF1#ChineseGP #F1
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) April 9, 2017
Apparently Force India were not in the mood as they had other problems to deal with.
We'd very much rather not. Could you just sit there? We're kinda dealing with an Alonso here… #ChineseGP
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1) April 9, 2017
Mercedes tried to be generous with their fellow Mercedes-powered team.
We could help you with that! If you let us past 😉
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) April 9, 2017
But Force India were not falling for that again
You said the same in Australia and just played with our feelings.
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1) April 9, 2017
In the end, Bottas ended the race in 6th and the Force Indias had a double points finish with 9th and 10th.
For now, back in 2019, the 1000th F1 race will take place at the Chinese GP and all 10 teams will be gearing up for a good outing.
