PADDOCK INSIDER: Teams gear up for Sprint challenge on return to China as the driver market hots up

Formula 1 is back in China for the first time since 2019 – and 20 years after the inaugural Grand Prix in the country.
Though there’s been a bit of a gap, F1 appears to be gathering momentum in the country. Our data shows there are over 100 million F1 fans in the country – half of whom have only started following the sport in the last five seasons.
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