Team principal Andrea Stella has addressed the late brake issue that Lando Norris encountered at the Shanghai International Circuit as McLaren secured their first 1-2 finish of the season at the F1 Chinese GP. After aborting his final flying lap in Q3 due to a couple of mistakes and starting from third on the grid…
Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly have all been disqualified from the F1 Chinese GP, the FIA has announced. This comes after Leclerc and Gasly’s cars were both found to be under the minimum weight set out by FIA regulations, while Hamilton suffered skid wear that exceeded the permitted level. Charles Leclerc and Pierre…
It was a disappointing Saturday at the 2025 F1 Chinese GP for BWT Alpine F1 Team’s Pierre Gasly and Jack Doohan with both drivers failing to score points during the Sprint Race before being knocked out in the first round of Qualifying. The morning’s Sprint Race brought disappointing results for Alpine, with rookie driver Doohan…
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc will be starting the Chinese GP from the third row on the grid after qualifying in P6. Leclerc had a difficult start to the weekend after qualifying P4 for the Sprint, two-tenths adrift from teammate Lewis Hamilton, who scored pole. During the Sprint, P4 on the grid turned into P5 on…
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…
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…
The F1 world witnessed a chaotic season opener race in Melbourne, Australia Grand Prix, where Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar was the first to get caught by the damp and greasy circuit, crashing out of the competition during the formation lap. Along his way to the paddock, he could not hold back his tears due to…
On media day at the Chinese GP, Nico Hülkenberg discussed the changes Sauber introduced between pre-season testing in Bahrain and the F1 season opener in Australia to extract extra performance from the car. During testing, Sauber’s C45 looked like one of—if not the—weakest car. While midfield contenders, such as Williams, appeared to have made noticeable…
Sprint Qualifying at the F1 Chinese GP saw Racing Bulls drivers Yuki Tsunoda and Isack Hadjar secure P8 and P15 respectively, with Hadjar making an exit in SQ2 after a snap in turns one and two forced him to abort his lap. His teammate Tsunoda, however, benefitted from Hadjar’s early exit thanks to a slipstream…
