Chinese Formula One Grand Prix

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Chinese Formula One Grand Prix

Sprint Race Saturday Morning at 04:00am
Race Sunday at 08:00am

Sprint Qualifying
Wet and slippery top ten shoot-out, with Max Verstappen going off track.
Lando Norris was fastest but had time deleted because of track limits. That put Lewis Hamilton on pole. But, , Norris’s time was reinstated.
Fernando Alonso had provisional pole position with just a minute to go. That would have been one for the records.

1) Lando Norris, [McLaren]
2) Lewis Hamilton, [Mercedes]
3) Fernando Alonso, [Aston Martin]
4) Max Verstappen, [Red Bull]
5) Carlos Sainz, [Ferrari]
6) Sergio Perez, [Red Bull]
7) Charles Leclerc, [Ferrari]
8) Oscar Piastri, [McLaren]
9) Valtteri Bottas, [Sauber]
10) Zhou Guanyu, [Sauber]

11) George Russell, [Mercedes]
12) Kevin Magnussen, [Haas]
13) Nico Hulkenberg, [Haas]
14) Daniel Ricciardo, [RB]
15) Lance Stroll, [Aston Martin ]

16) Pierre Gasly, [Alpine]
17) Esteban Ocon, [Alpine]
18) Alex Albon, [Williams]
19) Yuki Tsunoda, [RB]
20) Logan Sargeant, [Williams]


Sprint race and first practice really did set the grass on fire as the sparks from the cars ignited the grass around the track. Caused red flag in practice and kept the marshals busy during the sprint qualifying.

This is the first Chinese Grand Prix since 2019 and it is expected the sprint race will be more a chance to collect data for the main race than a race.