Chinese Sprint Race 2025

Sprint race

1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Oscar Piastri 3. Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton wins his first race in red!

After the disappointment of the Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton comes back to China better and faster, taking the fastest in sprint qualifying and finishing first in the sprint, winning him 8 points, more than he won after the Australian Grand Prix.

Chinese Grand Prix 2025

1. Oscar Piastri 2. Lando Norris 3. George Russell

Oscar Piastri wins the Chinese Grand Prix, his third-ever win after his first-ever pole position.

Following the disappointment of the Australian Grand Prix, the weekend seemed promising for Oscar. He took second place in the sprint race and later went on to get his maiden pole position with a time of _. His teammate was not far behind as Norris qualified third, with the McLaren pair being split by Mercedes driver George Russell.

During the race, it seemed to be smooth sailing for the pair until the last few laps when Norris's brakes decided to give up on him, forcing him to brake early to go around corners. This gave Russell an advantage to catch up to Norris. Fortunately, Norris kept second place, earning McLaren their 50th 1-2 finish.

Fernando Alonso crashes again after also crashing in the Australian Grand Prix. The 2025 season hasn't been off to a great start for Alonso. Will we see him improve?

Compared to the Australian GP, fortunately, none of the rookies crashed this race. In fact, two of the rookies were in the points: Kimi Antonelli in sixth place, earning him 8 points, and Oliver Bearman in eighth place, earning him 4 points. Hadjar, Lawson, and Doohan weren't far out of the points, with Hadjar in P11, Lawson in P12, and Doohan in P13. These results also consider the fact that three drivers were disqualified, which gave Lawson, Hadjar, and Doohan a few more places.

Regarding the subject of disqualification, both Ferrari drivers were disqualified for separate reasons. Lewis Hamilton was disqualified on account of the underbody plank being 0.1mm below the minimum permitted 9mm, whereas Charles Leclerc was disqualified because his car was underweight. When fuel was drained from Leclerc's car, two liters as per the draining procedure, the Ferrari dropped to a weight of 799kg, just below the minimum of 800kg. This was the same for the Alpine of Pierre Gasly. The weight loss came after both Gasly and Leclerc did a one-stop race; Leclerc's stint after his pit stop was 41 laps (73% of the race distance), and Gasly's final stint was 46 laps (82%).