2025 Chinese Grand Prix

2025 Chinese Grand Prix
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Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race details [1]
Date	23 March 2025
Official name	Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2025
Location	Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Weather	Cloudy
Attendance	220,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:30.641
Fastest lap
Driver	Lando Norris [a]	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:35.454 on lap 53
Podium
First	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	George Russell	Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2025 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2025) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 23 March 2025 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the second round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the first of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format.

Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari took sprint pole position and kept the lead to win the sprint ahead of Oscar Piastri in the McLaren and Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Piastri took his maiden career pole position for the main race, ahead of George Russell in the Mercedes and teammate Lando Norris.

In the main race, Piastri converted his pole position to a win ahead of teammate Norris and Russell. Following the race, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly were disqualified from fifth, sixth and eleventh respectively. Leclerc and Gasly were disqualified due to their cars being underweight, whilst Hamilton was disqualified due to excessive plank wear. This marked the first time in Formula One that both Ferraris were disqualified from a Grand Prix. ^[b]

Background

The event was held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai for the 18th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 21–23 March. ^[7] The Grand Prix was the second round of the 2025 Formula One World Championship and the 18th running of the Chinese Grand Prix. ^[8] It was also the first of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the Chinese Grand Prix featured it. ^[9]

Prior to the event, teams and tyre supplier Pirelli faced what the FIA referred to as logistical issues regarding the transportation of equipment from Melbourne, venue of the preceding Grand Prix, to Shanghai. As a result, the FIA gave special dispensation to reduce the night curfew period on Wednesday before this event only from 11.5 hours to just six hours in order to minimise the impact of these issues on the event. ^[10]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the event, Lando Norris led the Drivers' Championship with 25 points, 7 points ahead of Max Verstappen in second, and 10 ahead of George Russell in third. McLaren and Mercedes, both holding 27 points, entered this round as the leaders of the Constructors' Championship from Red Bull Racing, who are third with 18 points. ^[11]

Entrants

See also: 2025 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list, with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. ^[12]

Tyre choices

Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. ^[13]

Track changes

The DRS zone leading in to turn 14 was lengthened by 75 metres (246 ft). ^[13]

Practice

The sole free practice session was held on 21 March 2025, at 11:30 local time (UTC+8), ^[1] and was topped by McLaren driver Lando Norris, ahead of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, and Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri. A red flag was observed after Jack Doohan's Alpine A525 lost power steering, stranding him on track. ^[14]

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying was held on 21 March 2025, at 15:30 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint. ^[15]

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.212	1:31.384	1:30.849	1
2	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:31.916	1:31.521	1:30.867	2
3	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.723	1:31.362	1:30.929	3
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.518	1:31.561	1:31.057	4
5	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.952	1:31.346	1:31.169	5
6	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.396	1:31.174	1:31.393	6
7	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.999	1:31.475	1:31.738	7
8	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:32.316	1:31.794	1:31.773	8
9	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.462	1:31.539	1:31.852	9
10	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:32.327	1:31.742	1:31.982	10
11	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:32.121	1:31.815	N/A	11
12	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.269	1:31.978	N/A	12
13	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:32.457	1:32.325	N/A	13
14	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.539	1:32.564	N/A	14
15	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:32.171	No time	N/A	15
16	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	1:32.575	N/A	N/A	16
17	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:32.640	N/A	N/A	17
18	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.651	N/A	N/A	18
19	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.675	N/A	N/A	PL 1
20	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:32.729	N/A	N/A	19
107% time: 1:37.596
Source: [16] [15]

Notes

• ^1 – Nico Hülkenberg qualified 19th, but was required to start the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions. ^[15]

Sprint

The sprint was held on 22 March 2025, at 11:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 19 laps. ^[1]

Sprint report

Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari took pole position and held a lead throughout the sprint to take his first and also Ferrari’s first ever sprint victory. The remaining podium positions were secured by Oscar Piastri in the McLaren and Max Verstappen in the Red Bull. Early championship leader Lando Norris in the McLaren finished eighth having lost places at the start of the race. ^[17]

Sprint classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	19	30:39.965	1	8
2	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+6.889	3	7
3	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	+9.804	2	6
4	63	George Russell	Mercedes	19	+11.592	5	5
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	+12.190	4	4
6	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	19	+22.288	8	3
7	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	19	+23.038	7	2
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	19	+23.471	6	1
9	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	19	+24.916	10
10	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	19	+38.218	11
11	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	19	+39.292	9
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	19	+39.649	17
13	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	19	+42.400	15
14	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	19	+44.904	19
15	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	19	+45.649	12
16	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	19	+46.182	18
17	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	19	+51.376	13
18	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+53.940	14
19	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	19	+56.682	PL
20	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	19	+1:10.212 1	16
Source: [15] [18]

Notes

• ^1 – Jack Doohan finished 20th on track, but received a post-sprint ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Gabriel Bortoleto. The penalty made no difference as he was classified in the last position. ^[19]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 22 March 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the main race. ^[1]

Qualifying report

Oscar Piastri in the McLaren took his maiden Grand Prix pole position ahead of George Russell in the Mercedes. Piastri's teammate Lando Norris qualified third having topped Q1 and Q2. ^[20]

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:31.591	1:31.200	1:30.641	1
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:31.295	1:31.307	1:30.723	2
3	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.983	1:30.787	1:30.793	3
4	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:31.424	1:31.142	1:30.817	4
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.690	1:31.501	1:30.927	5
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.579	1:31.450	1:31.021	6
7	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:31.162	1:31.253	1:31.079	7
8	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.676	1:31.590	1:31.103	8
9	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	1:31.238	1:31.260	1:31.638	9
10	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.503	1:31.595	1:31.706	10
11	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:31.876	1:31.625	N/A	11
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:31.921	1:31.632	N/A	12
13	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:31.719	1:31.688	N/A	13
14	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	1:31.923	1:31.773	N/A	14
15	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	1:31.628	1:31.840	N/A	15
16	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	1:31.992	N/A	N/A	16
17	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:32.018	N/A	N/A	17
18	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	1:32.092	N/A	N/A	18
19	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	1:32.141	N/A	N/A	19
20	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	1:32.174	N/A	N/A	PL 1
107% time: 1:37.351
Source: [21] [22]

Notes

• ^1 – Liam Lawson qualified 20th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions. ^[22]

Race

The race was held on 23 March 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 56 laps. ^[1]

Race report

Polesitter Oscar Piastri in the McLaren kept the lead on the first lap, while his teammate Lando Norris moved up to second. Lewis Hamilton in the Ferrari tagged with teammate Charles Leclerc, causing the left endplate of Leclerc's front wing to come off. On the fifth lap, Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin retired from the race due to overheating on his rear brakes, while Gabriel Bortoleto of Sauber spun into the gravel on the same lap, though he was able to keep going. ^[23]

Following the race, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Pierre Gasly of Alpine were disqualified due to their cars being underweight, ^[24] while sprint winner and Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton was disqualified for excessive skid wear. ^[25] This marked the first double disqualification for a team since Renault's double disqualification at the 2019 Japanese Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix to see more than two disqualifications since the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, and the first time in Formula One history that both Ferrari cars had been disqualified from a Grand Prix. ^{[b] [26]}

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1:30:55.026	1	25
2	4	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+9.748	3	18
3	63	George Russell	Mercedes	56	+11.097	2	15
4	1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	56	+16.656	4	12
5	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	56	+49.969	11	10
6	12	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	56	+53.748	8	8
7	23	Alexander Albon	Williams-Mercedes	56	+56.321	10	6
8	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	56	+1:01.303	17	4
9	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	56	+1:10.204	14	2
10	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams-Mercedes	56	+1:16.387	15	1
11	6	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	56	+1:18.875	7
12	30	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT	56	+1:21.147	PL
13	7	Jack Doohan	Alpine-Renault	56	+1:28.401 1	18
14	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	19
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber-Ferrari	55	+1 lap	12
16	22	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT	55	+1 lap	9
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes	4	Brakes	13
DSQ	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	Underweight 2	6
DSQ	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	56	Plank wear 3	5
DSQ	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Renault	56	Underweight 2	16
Source: [22] [27] [28]

Notes

• ^1 – Jack Doohan finished 14th, but received a 10-second time penalty for forcing Isack Hadjar off track. He gained a position following the disqualifications of Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly. ^[29]
• ^2 – Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly finished 5th and 11th, respectively, but were disqualified as their cars were found underweight. ^{[30] [31]}
• ^3 – Lewis Hamilton finished 6th, but was disqualified for excessive plank wear. ^[32]

Championship standings after the race

For full season standings, see 2025 Formula One World Championship § Results and standings.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Lando Norris 44 2 Max Verstappen 36 3 George Russell 35 5 4 Oscar Piastri 34 1 5 Andrea Kimi Antonelli 22 Source: [33]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 McLaren-Mercedes 78 2 Mercedes 57 3 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 36 4 Williams-Mercedes 17 2 5 Ferrari 17 Source: [33]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

1. Lewis Hamilton originally set the fastest lap, but was later disqualified as the thickness of the plank assembly was below the minimum thickness required. ^[3] Lando Norris, initially having the second-fastest lap, was recognised for setting the fastest lap of the race. ^[4]
2. Both Ferrari cars were initially disqualified after the 1999 Malaysian Grand Prix, ^[5] but the team lodged an appeal that was ultimately upheld. ^[6]

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