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Kimi Antonelli admitted he lost confidence in his Mercedes car throughout qualifying for the 2025 F1 Chinese GP, after he could only manage eighth on the grid as he struggled with tyre warm-up issues which meant he was four tenths back from his team-mate George Russell, who qualified on the front row, less than a…
Lando Norris qualified third for tomorrow’s F1 Chinese GP, one-and-a-half tenths adrift of team-mate Oscar Piastri on pole position, who he claims just did a better job in handling a McLaren that is “definitely” the quickest car, but “tricky” to handle over the course of a full lap around Shanghai. Norris bounced back in qualifying…
After a dominant start to the 2025 F1 Chinese GP weekend, Lewis Hamilton’s weekend took a somewhat sour turn during the qualifying session. Though he made it into the third round (Q3), he struggled to get his car to the top of the timesheet, and ultimately, qualified fifth—three-tenths off pole-sitter Oscar Piastri. Hamilton, winner of…
Red Bull’s reigning champion, Max Verstappen, will start the F1 Chinese GP from the second row after qualifying in P4. Verstappen couldn’t quite replicate his Sprint qualifying result from Friday, which saw him start the Sprint Race from P2, which turned into P3 at the end of that. Crucially, Verstappen finished the Sprint race…
In a qualifying session that saw Oscar Piastri secure his maiden pole position, rookie driver Isack Hadjar delivered a standout performance by qualifying seventh for the F1 Chinese GP for Racing Bulls. The young Frenchman demonstrated impressive pace throughout all three qualifying segments, establishing himself as a serious contender among F1’s established drivers. Rising to…
Oscar Piastri took his first F1 pole ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP. It had been quite a long time coming for the young McLaren driver, who has bested Daniel Ricciardo’s record and has now become Australia’s youngest pole sitter ever at age 23. A great moment Both of Piastri’s efforts during Q3 were impressive…
Mercedes’ George Russell takes second place in the qualifying session for tomorrow’s F1 Chinese GP. He was separated from the pole-sitter Oscar Piastri by 0.082 seconds. Following the thrilling conclusion to qualifying, Russell felt incredible and looked forward to the race tomorrow. Different direction that came alive at the right moment Nothing was clicking for Russell…
After a Sprint that saw battles up and down the field, the grid had to be determined during qualifying for the F1 Chinese GP. Can Lewis Hamilton repeat his result for the qualifying proper or will McLaren rediscover their early weekend form? Q1 First out on track was Lance Stroll as a large line of…
Alpine and Australian driver Jack Doohan has picked up a 10-second penalty after the F1 Chinese GP Sprint following a collision with Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto. A last lap collision at turn 14 Throughout the F1 Chinese GP Sprint race, Bortoleto was involved in a good few wheel-to-wheel tussles, while Doohan got a nice bump…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri clinched a 2nd place finish in the F1 Chinese GP Sprint Race after running in P3 for most of the event as he managed to look after his tyres better than the current World Champion. The Australian driver battled it out with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen until the end, in…
