Lewis Hamilton has taken his first pole as a Ferrari driver in sprint qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, the Englishman set a 30.849 going nearly two hundredths faster than Max Verstappen. In recent weeks Hamilton had spoken about needing to find his feet and needing to learn lessons from last weekend in Melbourne. It’s
Lando Norris was fastest in practice ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, the McLaren driver set a 31.504 to put himself nearly half a second faster than Charles Leclerc. The Englishman set his fastest time right at the end of the session but looked to have more pace as he ran wide in the
The latest news and analysis behind the headlines ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, looking at the biggest talking points going into this race at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Round two of the 2025 season brings F1 to China’s business and commercial capital Shanghai for the first sprint weekend of the season. Since joining the calendar twenty years ago the Shanghai International Circuit has become one of the best of the newer circuits with penalty of overtaking and drama, thanks to its trick nature
Analysis, reaction and talking points, plus the story of the weekend’s Austrlian Grand Prix, at Albert Park, Melbourne. Plus the biggest news stories from the last seven days looking at what they mean for F1, both on and off track
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:42:05.304 25 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT +00:00.895 18 3 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:08.481 15 4 Andrea Kimi Antonelli ITA Mercedes +00:10.135 12 5 Alexander Albon THA Williams – Mercedes +00:10.773 10 6 Lance Stroll CAN Aston
Lando Norris has taken back-to-back wins for the first time in his career in a chaotic, treacherous, accident-packed season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver held off world champion Max Verstappen in the closing stages to take a nine-tenths victory, in one of the most drama-filled season openers defined by making the right calls at
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:15.912 01:15.475 01:15.096 2 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 01:16.062 01:15.468 01:15.180 3 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:16.018 01:15.565 01:15.481 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:15.971 01:15.798 01:15.548 5 Yuki Tsunoda JAP RB – Honda RBPT
Lando Norris has beaten his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by nine hundredths to take pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The Englishman set a 15.096 putting him well ahead of Piastri and his expected championship rival Max Verstappen by nearly three-tenths of a second as McLaren locked out the front row. McLaren went
Charles Leclerc topped the times in second practice ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the Ferrari driver set a 16.439 going a tenth and a quarter faster than Oscar Piastri. The Monacan setting his fastest time midway through the session on his first run on the soft tyres to push both McLarens down the
