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After a dominant start to the 2025 F1 Chinese GP weekend, Lewis Hamilton’s weekend took a somewhat sour turn during the qualifying session. Though he made it into the third round (Q3), he struggled to get his car to the top of the timesheet, and ultimately, qualified fifth—three-tenths off pole-sitter Oscar Piastri. Hamilton, winner of…
Red Bull’s reigning champion, Max Verstappen, will start the F1 Chinese GP from the second row after qualifying in P4. Verstappen couldn’t quite replicate his Sprint qualifying result from Friday, which saw him start the Sprint Race from P2, which turned into P3 at the end of that. Crucially, Verstappen finished the Sprint race…
In a qualifying session that saw Oscar Piastri secure his maiden pole position, rookie driver Isack Hadjar delivered a standout performance by qualifying seventh for the F1 Chinese GP for Racing Bulls. The young Frenchman demonstrated impressive pace throughout all three qualifying segments, establishing himself as a serious contender among F1’s established drivers. Rising to…
Oscar Piastri took his first F1 pole ahead of the 2025 Chinese GP. It had been quite a long time coming for the young McLaren driver, who has bested Daniel Ricciardo’s record and has now become Australia’s youngest pole sitter ever at age 23. A great moment Both of Piastri’s efforts during Q3 were impressive…
Mercedes’ George Russell takes second place in the qualifying session for tomorrow’s F1 Chinese GP. He was separated from the pole-sitter Oscar Piastri by 0.082 seconds. Following the thrilling conclusion to qualifying, Russell felt incredible and looked forward to the race tomorrow. Different direction that came alive at the right moment Nothing was clicking for Russell…
After a Sprint that saw battles up and down the field, the grid had to be determined during qualifying for the F1 Chinese GP. Can Lewis Hamilton repeat his result for the qualifying proper or will McLaren rediscover their early weekend form? Q1 First out on track was Lance Stroll as a large line of…
Under beautiful sunny skies, F1 Academy is back and ready for Race 1 at the Chinese GP. The Qualifying session saw Maya Weug secure pole position, outpacing her closest rival Dorianne Pin by 0.497 seconds with a commanding time of 2:03.379. With the championship adopting a reverse grid format for the top eight qualifiers in…
The 2025 F1 Academy season is underway as the drivers competed in the first race of the weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit, and you can view the full championship standings and results after the reverse grid race here at the Chinese GP. Dutch driver Nina Gademan started on pole as the top 8 got…
Alpine and Australian driver Jack Doohan has picked up a 10-second penalty after the F1 Chinese GP Sprint following a collision with Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto. A last lap collision at turn 14 Throughout the F1 Chinese GP Sprint race, Bortoleto was involved in a good few wheel-to-wheel tussles, while Doohan got a nice bump…
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri clinched a 2nd place finish in the F1 Chinese GP Sprint Race after running in P3 for most of the event as he managed to look after his tyres better than the current World Champion. The Australian driver battled it out with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen until the end, in…
