Round 2 · 2025

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai, China · 23 Mar 2025

The main event. Most laps wins; points go to the top 10.

How the race went

Oscar Piastri won the race from pole, finishing 9.748s ahead of Lando Norris.

A clean race: no Safety Cars or red flags.
Oliver Bearman was the big mover, climbing from P17 to P8.
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap: 1:35.069 on lap 41.
25 pit stops in total; most drivers stopped once. Quickest stop: Yuki Tsunoda, 2.1s.
Oscar Piastri's tyres: Medium → Hard.
1 driver didn't finish: Fernando Alonso.
A dry race, with the track around 36°C.
221 overtakes recorded.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Time / gap	Pts
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1	1:30:55.026	25
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	3 ▲1	+9.748s	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	2 ▼1	+11.097s	15
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	4	+16.656s	12
5	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	11 ▲6	+49.969s	10
6	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	8 ▲2	+53.748s	8
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	10 ▲3	+56.321s	6
8	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	17 ▲9	+61.303s	4
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14 ▲5	+70.204s	2
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	15 ▲5	+76.387s	1
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	7 ▼4	+78.875s	0
12	Liam Lawson	Red Bull Racing	20 ▲8	+81.147s	0
13	Jack Doohan	Alpine	18 ▲5	+88.401s	0
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19 ▲5	+1 LAP	0
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	12 ▼3	+1 LAP	0
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	9 ▼7	+1 LAP	0
–	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	16	DSQ	0
–	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	13	DNF	0
–	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	DSQ	0
–	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	5	DSQ	0

Reading this table

Grid is where the driver started. ▲ means they gained places during the race, ▼ means they lost places. DNF = did not finish, DNS = did not start, DSQ = disqualified. The winner's time is the total race time; everyone else is shown as the gap behind the winner.