Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc ahead of the F1 Sprint Race at the Chinese GP
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“Pretty happy” Leclerc recovers to P2 in the Chinese F1 Sprint Race

Following a more challenging Friday Qualifying session with car issues, Charles Leclerc managed to turn his 2026 F1 Chinese GP Sprint Race into a positive podium finish, getting ahead of his teammate Lewis Hamilton. The Monegasque had qualified in P6, set to begin his day behind the McLaren driver duo. Immediately at the beginning of…

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Lando Norris, McLaren, during F1 Sprint Qualifying 2026 at Shanghai International Circuit.
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McLaren duo satisfied with first F1 Sprint Qualifying performance in 2026

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…

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Kimi Antonelli after Sprint Qualifying at the F1 Chinese GP
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Antonelli: “Work to do” after P2 in 2026 F1 Chinese GP Sprint Qualifying

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…

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Verstappen is not hopeful for a strong sprint race ahead of the F1 Qatar GP as he continues to struggle with oversteer and understeer.
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Verstappen: 2025 F1 Qatar GP Sprint Race “will be more about just trying to survive” amid struggles with balance

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen is producing one of the most remarkable surges towards the WDC ahead of the F1 Qatar GP. McLaren dominated the first half of the season, but Red Bull put significant work into their car over the summer break. By the Dutch GP, Verstappen had already taken a third of the season’s…

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Lewis Hamilton out on track in Sprint Qualifying for the 2025 F1 Qatar GP.
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Hamilton: “Nice weather” the only positive from disastrous Sprint Qualifying for F1 Qatar GP

Lewis Hamilton’s difficult end of his first season for Ferrari continues, as he qualified a lowly 18th place for the Sprint at the 2025 F1 Qatar GP, only ahead of the struggling Alpines of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, and failing to make it out of the first part of qualifying for the second consecutive…

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Lando Norris on track in Sprint Qualifying for the 2025 F1 Qatar GP.
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Norris resigns to “probably finishing P3” in the Sprint for F1 Qatar GP after SQ3 mistake

Lando Norris qualified in third place on the final Sprint Qualifying of the 2025 F1 season at the Qatar GP, as he saw his team-mate and championship rival Oscar Piastri claim pole by over two tenths over him, with George Russell’s Mercedes sandwiched in between the two McLarens. “The pace was there” – Norris explains…

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