| 2025 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 2 of 24 in the2025 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 23 March 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 HeinekenChinese 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 | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:30.641 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Lando Norris[a] | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:35.454 on lap 53 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2025 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2025) was aFormula One motor race that was held on 23 March 2025 at theShanghai International Circuit inShanghai, China. It was the second round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the first of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format.
Lewis Hamilton in theFerrari took sprint pole position and kept the lead to win the sprint ahead ofOscar Piastri in theMcLaren andMax Verstappen in theRed Bull. Piastri took his maiden career pole position for the main race, ahead ofGeorge Russell in theMercedes and teammateLando 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 andPierre 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 excessiveplank wear. This marked the first time in Formula One that both Ferraris were disqualified from a Grand Prix.[b]
The event was held at theShanghai International Circuit inShanghai 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 the2025 Formula One World Championship and the 18th running of theChinese Grand Prix.[8] It was also the first of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format and the second time overall that the Chinese Grand Prix featured it.[9]
Prior to the event, teams and tyre supplierPirelli faced what theFIA referred to as logistical issues regarding the transportation of equipment fromMelbourne, venue of thepreceding 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]
Going into the event,Lando Norris led theDrivers' Championship with 25 points, 7 points ahead ofMax Verstappen in second, and 10 ahead ofGeorge Russell in third.McLaren andMercedes, both holding 27 points, entered this round as the leaders of theConstructors' Championship fromRed Bull Racing, who are third with 18 points.[11]
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list, with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[12] The Grand Prix marked the last forLiam Lawson atRed Bull Racing andYuki Tsunoda forRacing Bulls; from theJapanese Grand Prix onward, both drivers would swap teams.[13]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[14]
TheDRS zone leading in to turn 14 was lengthened by 75 metres (246 ft).[14]
The solefree practice session was held on 21 March 2025, at 11:30 local time (UTC+8),[1] and was topped byMcLaren driverLando Norris, ahead ofFerrari driverCharles Leclerc, and Norris's teammateOscar Piastri. A red flag was observed afterJack Doohan'sAlpine A525 lostpower steering, stranding him on track.[15]
Sprint qualifying was held on 21 March 2025, at 15:30 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for thesprint.[16]
Notes
Thesprint was held on 22 March 2025, at 11:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 19 laps.[1]
Lewis Hamilton in theFerrari 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 byOscar Piastri in theMcLaren andMax Verstappen in theRed Bull. Early championship leaderLando Norris in the McLaren finished eighth having lost places at the start of the race.[18]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 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 |  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 | +1:10.2121 | 16 | |
| Source:[16][19] | |||||||
Notes
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]
Oscar Piastri in theMcLaren took his maiden Grand Prix pole position ahead ofGeorge Russell in theMercedes. Piastri's teammateLando Norris qualified third having topped Q1 and Q2.[21]
Notes
The race was held on 23 March 2025, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 56 laps.[1]
PolesitterOscar Piastri in theMcLaren kept the lead on the first lap, while his teammateLando Norris moved up to second.[24]Lewis Hamilton in theFerrari tagged with teammateCharles Leclerc, causing the left endplate of Leclerc's front wing to come off.[25] On the fifth lap,Fernando Alonso in theAston Martin retired from the race due to overheating on his rear brakes caused by his brake duct assembly setup being different to that from his teammateLance Stroll, whileGabriel Bortoleto ofSauber spun into the gravel on the same lap, though he was able to keep going.[24][26]
Piastri and Norris, the latter suffering from a worsening brake issue, completed the 50th 1-2 finish for McLaren ahead ofGeorge Russell in theMercedes.[24]
Following the race,Charles Leclerc ofFerrari andPierre Gasly ofAlpine were disqualified due to their cars being underweight,[27] while sprint winner and Leclerc's teammateLewis Hamilton was disqualified for excessive skid wear.[28] This marked the first double disqualification for a team sinceRenault's double disqualification at the2019 Japanese Grand Prix, the first Grand Prix to see more than two disqualifications since the2004 Canadian Grand Prix, and the first time in Formula One history that both Ferrari cars had been disqualified from a Grand Prix.[b][29]
In the days that followed the Grand Prix,Red Bull announced thatLiam Lawson would undergo a driver swap withRacing Bulls'Yuki Tsunoda, with the latter taking his seat at Red Bull from theJapanese Grand Prix onward.[13]
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| Previous race: 2025 Australian Grand Prix | FIA Formula One World Championship 2025 season | Next race: 2025 Japanese Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2024 Chinese Grand Prix | Chinese Grand Prix | Next race: 2026 Chinese Grand Prix |
