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Chinese Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sun 23rd March 2025 3:00pm Local
Sun 23rd March 2025 7:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2025

Round
Round 2

Status
FT

Location

Shanghai International Circuit

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Description

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.

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Result List

01	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:30:55.026
02	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+9.748s
03	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+11.097s
04	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+16.656s
05	Esteban Ocon	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	+49.969s
06	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	+53.748s
07	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	+56.321s
08	Oliver Bearman	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	+61.303s
09	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	+70.204s
10	Carlos Sainz Jr	Williams Racing	+76.387s
11	Isack Hadjar	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	+78.875s
12	Liam Lawson	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+81.147s
13	Jack Doohan	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	+88.401s
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi Revolut F1 Team	+1 lap
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi Revolut F1 Team	+1 lap
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	+1 lap

Result Description

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.

Piastri and Norris, the latter suffering from a worsening brake issue, completed their 50th 1-2 finish for McLaren ahead of George Russell in the Mercedes.

Post-race
Following the race, Charles Leclerc of Ferrari and Pierre Gasly of Alpine were disqualified due to their cars being underweight, while sprint winner and Leclerc's teammate Lewis Hamilton was disqualified for excessive skid wear. 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.

In the days that followed the Grand Prix, Red Bull announced that Liam Lawson would undergo a driver swap with Racing Bulls' Yuki Tsunoda, with the latter taking his seat at Red Bull from the Japanese Grand Prix onward.