2024 Chinese Grand Prix

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2024 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 5 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg
Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit
Race details [1]
Date21 April 2024
Official name Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024
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 180,000 [2]
Pole position
Driver Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Time 1:33.660
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes
Time 1:37.810 on lap 45
Podium
First Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT
Lap leaders
  • 2024 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2024 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 21 April 2024 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the fifth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the first Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format. It was also the first Chinese Grand Prix since 2019 as the planned races from 2020 to 2023 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Lando Norris of McLaren took sprint pole position in a heavily rain-affected sprint qualifying. Ultimately, both races were won by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who also took pole position for the main race. Zhou Guanyu became the first Chinese Formula One driver to compete at his home race.

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Background

The event was held across the weekend of 19–21 April at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai for the 17th time in the circuit's history, and for the first time since the 2019 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. [3] The Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 17th running of the Chinese Grand Prix. [4]

Championship standings before the race

Ahead of the weekend race, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship with 77 points, 13 points from his teammate Sergio Pérez in second, and 18 from Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship with 141 points, separated from Ferrari by 21 points and from McLaren by 72, in second and third, respectively. [5]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race. [6] Zhou Guanyu of Sauber became the first Chinese driver to compete at his home Grand Prix. [7]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event. [8]

Sprint format

The weekend was the first of six in the season to follow the sprint format. [9] The FIA was criticised by some drivers for choosing to run the sprint format at a venue that had not hosted a Formula One race for some years, with drivers concerned that one practice session would be insufficient for them to sufficiently prepare. [10] [11] [12]

Practice

The only free practice session was held on 19 April 2024, at 11:30 local time (UTC+8), [1] and was topped by Lance Stroll of Aston Martin ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. A brief red flag period was observed after a patch of grass at the side of the track in turn 7 caught fire. [13]

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying was held on 19 April 2024, at 15:30 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint. [1]

Sprint qualifying report

Fernando Alonso during the sprint qualifying session Fernando Alonso 2024 Chinese GP.jpg
Fernando Alonso during the sprint qualifying session

In a session heavily affected by rain, Lando Norris of McLaren took sprint pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. [14] [15] Norris' pole position time was initially deleted due to a track limits violation at turn 17 in the preceding lap. However, the time was reinstated, as track limits violations at turn 17 did not result in an automatically invalid lap time (as defined by the race director's notes), and analysis showed that Norris lost time by exceeding track limits. [16] This marked a second consecutive sprint pole for Norris having also achieved sprint pole at the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix. [17]

The start of the second segment of sprint qualifying (SQ2) was delayed after the same patch of grass that was burned during practice again caught fire. In SQ3, Sauber drivers, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas saw their first appearances in the final segment of any type of qualifying for the season, with Zhou going on to qualify 10th and Bottas in 9th. [14] [15]

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesSprint
grid
SQ1SQ2SQ3
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.3841:36.0471:57.9401
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:37.1811:36.2871:59.2012
314 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:36.8831:36.1191:59.9153
41 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:36.4561:35.6062:00.0284
555 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:36.7191:36.0522:00.2145
611 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:36.1101:35.7812:00.3756
716 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:36.5371:35.7112:00.5667
881 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:36.5421:35.8532:00.9908
977 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.1121:36.0562:01.0449
1024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:37.5441:36.3072:03.53710
1163 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 1:37.3101:36.345N/A11
1220 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:37.0331:36.473N/A12
1327 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 1:36.9241:36.478N/A13
143 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 1:37.3211:36.553N/A14
1518 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:36.9611:36.677N/A15
1610 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1:37.632N/AN/A16
1731 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:37.720N/AN/A17
1823 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:37.812N/AN/A18
1922 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 1:37.892N/AN/A19
202 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 1:37.923N/AN/A20
107% time: 1:42.837
Source: [18] [19]

Sprint

The sprint was held on 20 April 2024, at 11:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 19 laps. [1]

Sprint report

Verstappen won the sprint ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez. [20] Sprint polesitter Norris dropped down to sixth behind Leclerc and Sainz of Ferrari in fourth and fifth, respectively. [20] Alonso, who started in third, retired from a puncture after a collision with Sainz. [20]

Following the sprint, Alonso was given a ten-second penalty for the collision. [21] [22]

Sprint classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1932:04.66048
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 19+13.04327
311 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 19+15.25866
416 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 19+17.48675
555 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 19+20.69654
64 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 19+22.08813
781 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 19+24.71382
863 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 19+25.696111
924 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 19+31.95110
1020 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 19+37.39812
113 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 19+37.84014
1277 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 19+38.2959
1331 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 19+39.84117
1418 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 19+40.29915
1510 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 19+40.83816
1622 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 19+41.87019
1723 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 19+42.99818
182 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 19+46.35220
1927 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 19+49.63013
20 1 14 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 17Collision damage3
Fastest lap: Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT) – 1:40.331 (lap 3)
Source: [19] [22]

Notes

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 20 April 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the main race. [1]

Qualifying report

Verstappen set the fastest lap time in all sessions, earning Red Bull Racing's 100th pole position in their history. [23] He was joined by teammate Pérez in the grid's front row ahead of Alonso and Norris in third and fourth respectively. [24] The session was red-flagged in Q2 after Sainz spun out to the barriers in the last turn. [24] Hamilton exited in Q1 for the first time since the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. [25] [26]

Qualifying classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:34.7421:33.7941:33.6601
211 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:35.4571:34.0261:33.9822
314 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:35.1161:34.6521:34.1483
44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.8421:34.4601:34.1654
581 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.0141:34.6591:34.2735
616 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:34.7971:34.3991:34.2896
755 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:34.9701:34.3681:34.2977
863 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 1:35.0841:34.6091:34.4338
927 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 1:35.0681:34.6671:34.6049
1077 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:35.1691:34.7691:34.66510
1118 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:35.3341:34.838N/A11
123 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 1:35.4431:34.934N/A12
1331 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:35.3561:35.223N/A13
1423 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:35.3841:35.241N/A14
1510 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1:35.2871:35.463N/A15
1624 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:35.505N/AN/A16
1720 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:35.516N/AN/A17
1844 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:35.573N/AN/A18
1922 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 1:35.746N/AN/A19
202 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 1:36.358N/AN/APL 1
107% time: 1:41.373
Source: [27] [28]

Notes

Race

The race was held on 21 April 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 56 laps. [1]

Race report

Logan Sargeant started the race from the pit lane after his Williams team broke parc fermé conditions. [29] [30] As the race began, Fernando Alonso moved his Aston Martin ahead of Sergio Pérez of Red Bull Racing to slide into second place behind the other Red Bull Racing of Max Verstappen, who proceeded to create a large gap. Pérez soon regained the position as brief contact between Nico Hülkenberg of Haas and Alonso's Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll was observed and investigated by stewards. A similar instance between Alexander Albon and Pierre Gasly of Alpine was also investigated. [31]

The drivers began their first routine pit stops on lap nine. However, Pierre Gasly pulled away from his box sooner than expected, before all four tyres were fitted, causing an engineer to fall over. While no major injuries were reported, Alpine was fined 10,000 after the race for the unsafe procedure. [32] While Max Verstappen made his stop, Lando Norris stayed out, allowing him to briefly inherit the lead of the race. Soon, Valtteri Bottas' Sauber ground to a halt, his engine expiring as he went into turn 11. Marshals struggled to move the car as it appeared to be stuck in gear, facilitating double-waved yellow flags before it was decided that a virtual safety car period was required. During this period of time, numerous drivers who had not yet made their pit stops opted to change their tyres as the virtual safety car period transitioned into a full safety car period. During this period of time, drivers decided to box once more, with Zhou Guanyu in particular suffering a slow stop. [31]

The safety car was called in on lap 26. During the restart, Alonso locked up into turn 14, creating a concertina effect which culminated in two incidents involving both RB's: Yuki Tsunoda was sent into a spin by Kevin Magnussen in turn 6, and Daniel Ricciardo's rear was struck by Lance Stroll. Ricciardo, whose car was pitched upward from the impact, was then pushed into the McLaren of Oscar Piastri; both drivers suffered major damage to their diffusers, with Ricciardo in particular being forced to retire a few laps later. Tsunoda suffered terminal rear-right damage and retired on the spot, and marshals also had trouble moving the car. Piastri carried on but with reduced performance. Stroll was given a ten-second penalty and two penalty points by the stewards, as well as Magnussen. In an interview following the race, Ricciardo, who had a chance to score his first points of the season, revealed that he was displeased with the crash, criticising Stroll's lack of responsibility regarding the incident. [33] Stewards investigated a safety car infringement involving Sargeant and Hülkenberg, penalising the former with a ten-second penalty. [31]

The two incidents facilitated a second safety car period, with drivers opting to change their tyres once more; Alonso took the soft tyres over hards, so he had to stop once again later on to swap to mediums. Ricciardo overtook Nico Hülkenberg during this safety car period; stewards imposed a ten-second penalty for Ricciardo, turned into a three-place grid drop as he could not serve the penalty, in the following Miami Grand Prix. [34] The safety car period ended on lap 31, with Verstappen leading the race ahead of Norris and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. During this period, Alonso's car snapped at the final straight, but swiftly recovered to gain DRS, and Stroll and Magnussen, who both had ten-second penalties, had a brief battle for sixteenth. Stroll won the battle after he passed Magnussen on the first two turns. Meanwhile, Zhou and Gasly battled against Sargeant, with Gasly displeased with Sargeant's defence. Zhou passed Magnussen to finish fourteenth in his first home race and received a celebratory parking spot in his honour after he finished. [31]

The race was won by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, with Lando Norris behind him and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez completing the podium. Fernando Alonso achieved the fastest lap of the race. [31]

Race classification

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 561:40:52.554125
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 56+13.773418
311 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 56+19.160215
416 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Ferrari 56+23.623612
555 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 56+33.983710
663 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Russell Mercedes 56+38.72488
714 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 56+43.41437 1
881 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 56+56.19854
944 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56+57.986182
1027 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 56+1:00.47691
1131 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 56+1:02.81213
1223 Flag of Thailand.svg Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 56+1:05.50614
1310 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 56+1:09.22315
1424 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 56+1:11.68916
1518 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 56+1:22.78611
1620 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 56+1:27.533 2 17
172 Flag of the United States.svg Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes 56+1:35.110 3 PL
Ret3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 33Collision damage12
Ret22 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 26Collision19
Ret77 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 19Engine10
Fastest lap: Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes) – 1:37.810 (lap 45)
Source: [28] [35] [36] [37]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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