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The first Sprint of the 2026 F1 season is in the books at the Chinese GP, and you can view the championship standings after it here. Heading into the weekend, George Russell led the standings for the first time. It was a perfect 43/43 for Mercedes as well thanks to Kimi Antonelli backing him up…
The 2026 F1 Chinese GP marked the first Sprint Race weekend of the season with Mercedes F1’s George Russell claiming victory once again, view the results here. After a dominant victory in Melbourne, the Silver Arrows continued on their strong form and start to the season at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP, topping both FP1…
Ollie Bearman managed to make it into SQ3 of the 2026 F1 Chinese GP Sprint Qualifying session with Haas. He will start from ninth position on the grid. After placing higher than Haas teammate Esteban Ocon once again in qualifying, Bearman said after the session to F1TV, “Yeah, it was good. Sprint Quali three, we…
The Chinese GP marks the first F1 Sprint weekend of this season. The current Constructors’ Champions, McLaren, set solid times during the first F1 Sprint Qualifying in 2026. Lando Norris will be starting P3 behind polesitter George Russell on Saturday. Teammate Oscar Piastri set the fifth-fastest time at the Shanghai International Circuit. It is the…
While his teammate, Franco Colapinto, was out in SQ2, Pierre Gasly put in a strong lap and put himself in SQ3, delivering a P7 for Alpine at the F1 2026 Chinese GP Sprint Qualifying. He was over 0.3s clear of Max Verstappen in the final segment. After leaving Melbourne with 1 point as he closed…
Ferrari emerged as Mercedes’ closest challengers during Sprint Qualifying at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP, showing strong pace throughout the session in Shanghai. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton consistently ran near the front as the field fought for positions behind the dominant Silver Arrows. Both drivers briefly threatened the top of the timing sheets during…
Red Bull Drivers Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar will head into the 2026 F1 Chinese GP Sprint from the fourth and fifth row of the grid after qualifying in P8 and P10, respectively. After finishing the first and only practice session of the 2026 F1 Chinese GP weekend in P8 and P13, Red Bull…
Kimi Antonelli has said there is still ‘work to do’ after qualifying in second place for the Sprint race at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP. The Italian set a lap time nearly three tenths slower than his Mercedes teammate George Russell, who took pole position for Saturday’s race. He finished three tenths ahead of McLaren’s…
George Russell dominated the first Sprint Qualifying session of the 2026 F1 season at the Chinese GP. He claimed pole position with a lap time of 1:31.520. The Mercedes team has again a front-row lockout with P1 and P2 for the Sprint Race during the China GP weekend. The gap to Russell’s team mate Kimi…
Flavio Briatore confirms talks with Mercedes regarding sale of Otro Capital’s shares in Alpine F1 Team, but clarified it is not with Toto Wolff directly. The American hedge fund company Otro Capital is looking to sell its 24% shares in Alpine F1 Team. The discussions of the same have been on since last year, with…
