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The 2026 F1 Academy Chinese GP Race 1 saw Nina Gademan take the first victory of the season, with a dramatic reverse-grid race setting the tone for the championship. Gademan makes strong start Gademan launched superbly off the line and held the lead into Turn 1 of Race 1. Granada, facing her first front-row start…
Race 1 at round 1 of the 2026 F1 Academy season at the Chinese GP is in the books, view the championship standings here. Back for a second season in the category, Red Bull-backed driver Alisha Palmowski dominated practice and qualifying to take pole in her Campos. She was 0.4s quicker than Ferrari and MP…
Nina Gademan claimed a dominant victory at the 2026 F1 Academy Chinese GP Race 1, with the full results listed below. After finishing qualifying in P8, Nina Gademan started from reverse-grid pole position alongside rookie Natalia Granada. At lights out, Gademan got a strong start, charging ahead, while Rafaela Ferreira moved into P3 ahead of…
Alpine-backed MP Motorsport driver Nina Gademan was left disappointed with a P8 result in Qualifying but remains optimistic about making the most of her reverse-grid pole for Race 1 at the 2026 F1 Academy Chinese GP. The Dutch driver arrives in Shanghai with a season of experience under her belt, having finished 6th in last…
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…
Championship leader George Russell extended his advantage by earning the first Sprint Race win of F1 2026 at the Chinese GP . It’s only his second ever Sprint Race win of his career, following the 2022 Brazilian racing weekend, during which the Mercedes driver had won both the Sprint event and the actual Grand Prix…
Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton put up a strong fight against Mercedes during the early stages of the Sprint Race but ultimately finished 3rd at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP. After finishing 6th in FP1 and 4th in Sprint Qualifying, Saturday got off to a solid start for Hamilton and Ferrari, with Charles Leclerc securing 2nd in…
The Sprint Race at the 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Chinese GP marked the first Sprint event of the season under the revised regulations. George Russell lined up on pole position, with Kimi Antonelli starting alongside him on the front row. The McLaren duo of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri started from P3 and P5 respectively….
The first Sprint of the 2026 F1 season is in the books at the Chinese GP, and you can view the championship standings after it here. Heading into the weekend, George Russell led the standings for the first time. It was a perfect 43/43 for Mercedes as well thanks to Kimi Antonelli backing him up…
The 2026 F1 Chinese GP marked the first Sprint Race weekend of the season with Mercedes F1’s George Russell claiming victory once again, view the results here. After a dominant victory in Melbourne, the Silver Arrows continued on their strong form and start to the season at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP, topping both FP1…
