At 8:00 AM Italian time, the Chinese Grand Prix will begin, marking the second race of the 2025 Formula 1 season.
Tomorrow morning, at 8:00 AM Italian time, the Chinese Grand Prix will kick off, the second race of the Formula 1 season. Oscar Piastri will start from pole position, with the Australian driver from McLaren securing his first-ever pole of his career. Next to him will be the remarkable George Russell, who is just 82 thousandths of a second behind Piastri’s first-place position for the Papaya team.
The second row resembles a remake of last season, with Lando Norris, struggling with a tricky MCL39 in his hands, starting from third, while Max Verstappen will be next to him. Verstappen has shown his ability to push the RB21 beyond its limits (as demonstrated by Liam Lawson’s consecutive poor qualifying performances).
The third row is entirely Ferrari‘s, with the Maranello team experiencing a Saturday of highs and lows. In the morning, Lewis Hamilton triumphed in the Sprint Race, dominating from start to finish, creating huge gaps to his rivals (thanks to less tire degradation). In the afternoon, there were minimal improvements for the two Ferraris, with the seven-time world champion starting from fifth, while Leclerc will be sixth.
Completing the top 10 of the Chinese Grand Prix are Hadjar in seventh, and a Racing Bulls team in great form, considering Tsunoda‘s ninth-place finish. Sandwiched between the two “White Red Bulls” is Kimi Antonelli, in eighth, not far from the top positions. In tenth is Albon, who once again outqualified Carlos Sainz.
The Starting Grid of the Chinese Grand Prix
Statistics and Previous Results of the Chinese Grand Prix
China returned to host a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2024, after the forced break due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Last season saw Max Verstappen dominate, followed by Lando Norris and Sergio Perez. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished in fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
The race will start at 3:00 PM local time, and the drivers will complete 56 laps, covering a race distance of 305.66 km. A notable difference from last year’s edition is the new asphalt, which, as seen in the previous qualifying sessions, allowed drivers to improve their times by at least three seconds compared to 2024.
As for Ferrari, the Chinese circuit is particularly favorable to Lewis Hamilton, who has won here 6 times (7 if you include today’s sprint race), with 6 pole positions, 9 podiums, and 4 fastest laps. Charles Leclerc has always struggled on this track, as he himself admitted, with modest results. Hamilton will also be the ninth driver in a Ferrari to race at the Chinese circuit.
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