Round 2 · 2026

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai · China

Fri 13 Mar – Sun 15 Mar

Finished

Schedule

Practice 1 ✓Fri 13 Mar03:30
Sprint Qualifying ✓Fri 13 Mar07:30
Sprint ✓Sat 14 Mar03:00
Qualifying ✓Sat 14 Mar07:00
Race ✓Sun 15 Mar07:00

Times are shown in the selected time zone.

Results

Practice 1 Sprint Qualifying Sprint Qualifying Race

Practice 1 Fri 13 Mar 03:30

Pos	Driver	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:32.741		29
2	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:32.861	+0.120	30
3	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:33.296	+0.555	29
4	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:33.472	+0.731	28
5	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:33.599	+0.858	28
6	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:34.129	+1.388	26
7	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:34.426	+1.685	28
8	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:34.541	+1.800	24
9	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:34.639	+1.898	27
10	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:34.676	+1.935	28
11	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:34.773	+2.032	29
12	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:34.828	+2.087	26
13	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:34.856	+2.115	26
14	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:34.877	+2.136	25
15	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:34.947	+2.206	26
16	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:35.480	+2.739	31
17	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	1:35.679	+2.938	18
18	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:35.856	+3.115	18
19	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:36.057	+3.316	25
20	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	1:37.224	+4.483	20
21	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:37.896	+5.155	6
22	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	1:39.200	+6.459	13

Race control highlights

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Weather

Air11.6–14 °C
Track11.5–27.7 °C
Humidity37%
Wind1.6 m/s
RainNo

Sprint Qualifying Fri 13 Mar 07:30

Pos	Driver	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Laps
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:33.030	1:32.241	1:31.520	13
2	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:33.455	1:32.291	1:31.809	13
3	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:33.783	1:33.086	1:32.141	13
4	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:33.148	1:33.042	1:32.161	15
5	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:33.813	1:33.038	1:32.224	13
6	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:33.194	1:32.602	1:32.528	16
7	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:33.970	1:33.405	1:32.888	15
8	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:34.170	1:33.564	1:33.254	17
9	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:34.280	1:33.501	1:33.409	16
10	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:34.447	1:33.620	1:33.723	15
11	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:33.997	1:33.635		14
12	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:34.087	1:33.639		13
13	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:34.110	1:33.714		13
14	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:34.291	1:33.774		14
15	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:34.495	1:34.048		13
16	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:34.592	1:34.327		12
17	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	1:34.761			6
18	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:35.305			6
19	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:35.581			5
20	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	1:36.151			7
21	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:37.378			8

Weather

Air15.7–16.9 °C
Track25.3–30.5 °C
Humidity26%
Wind1.8 m/s
RainNo

Sprint Sat 14 Mar 03:00

⏱ Fastest lap LEC Charles LECLERC · 1:34.753 · lap 18

Pos	Driver	Laps	Time / Gap	Pts
1	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	19	33:38.998	8
2	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	19	+0.674 ⏱	7
3	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	19	+2.554	6
4	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	19	+4.433	5
5	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	19	+5.688	4
6	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	19	+6.809	3
7	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	19	+10.900	2
8	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	19	+11.271	1
9	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	19	+11.619
10	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	19	+13.887
11	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	19	+14.780
12	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	19	+15.753
13	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	19	+15.858
14	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	19	+16.393
15	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	19	+16.430
16	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	19	+20.014
17	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	19	+21.599
18	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	19	+21.971
19	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	19	+28.241
DNF	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	12	DNF
DNF	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	12	DNF
DNF	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	11	DNF

Starting grid

from Sprint Qualifying

1RUS1:31.520
2ANT1:31.809
3NOR1:32.141
4HAM1:32.161
5PIA1:32.224
6LEC1:32.528
7GAS1:32.888
8VER1:33.254
9BEA1:33.409
10HAD1:33.723
11HUL1:33.635
12OCO1:33.639
13LAW1:33.714
14BOR1:33.774
15LIN1:34.048
16COL1:34.327
17SAI1:34.761
18ALO1:35.581
19STR1:36.151
20BOT1:37.378
21PER
22ALB1:35.305

Tyre strategy

S Soft
M Medium
H Hard

RUSS
LECS
HAMS
NORS
ANTS
PIAS
LAWH
BEAM
VERS
OCOM
GASM
SAIH
BORM
COLS
HADS
ALBS
ALOH
STRM
PERS
HULM
BOTM
LINM

119

Pit stops

12 pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop (s)	Pit lane (s)
13	NOR	2.4	22.5
13	VER	–	24.1
13	HAD	5.5	31.2
13	PER	5.0	25.8
13	ANT	13.7	33.7
13	LEC	2.8	23.2
13	STR	2.7	23.1
13	ALB	4.3	24.3
13	COL	2.8	23.6
13	HAM	2.7	27.9
13	RUS	3.5	23.4
13	PIA	2.7	23.5

Race control highlights

Lap 7Penalty10 SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR CAR 12 (ANT) - CAUSING A COLLISION
Lap 13Safety carSAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
Lap 16Safety carSAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP
Lap 18Penalty5 SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR CAR 11 (PER) - SAFETY CAR INFRINGEMENT

Weather

Air14.6–15.7 °C
Track13–22.7 °C
Humidity48%
Wind4.4 m/s
RainNo

Qualifying Sat 14 Mar 07:00

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	1:33.305	1:32.443	1:32.064	15
2	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	1:33.262	1:32.523	1:32.286	13
3	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	1:33.522	1:32.567	1:32.415	19
4	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	1:33.175	1:32.486	1:32.428	20
5	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	1:33.590	1:33.130	1:32.550	20
6	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	1:33.535	1:32.910	1:32.608	20
7	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	1:33.788	1:33.003	1:32.873	21
8	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	1:33.417	1:33.098	1:33.002	20
9	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	1:33.632	1:33.352	1:33.121	20
10	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	1:33.687	1:33.197	1:33.292	19
11	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	1:34.116	1:33.354		12
12	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	1:33.634	1:33.357		15
13	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	1:33.974	1:33.538		14
14	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	1:34.139	1:33.765		15
15	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	1:33.906	1:33.784		15
16	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	1:33.549	1:33.965		14
17	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	1:34.317			10
18	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	1:34.772			10
19	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	1:35.203			9
20	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	1:35.436			9
21	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	1:35.995			9
22	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	1:36.906			6

Weather

Air17.5–18.3 °C
Track29.3–32.5 °C
Humidity34%
Wind2.7 m/s
RainNo

Race Sun 15 Mar 07:00

⏱ Fastest lap ANT Kimi ANTONELLI · 1:35.275 · lap 52

Pos	Driver	Laps	Time / Gap	Pts
1	ANT Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes	56	1:33:15.607 ⏱	25
2	RUS George RUSSELLMercedes	56	+5.515	18
3	HAM Lewis HAMILTONFerrari	56	+25.267	15
4	LEC Charles LECLERCFerrari	56	+28.894	12
5	BEA Oliver BEARMANHaas F1 Team	56	+57.268	10
6	GAS Pierre GASLYAlpine	56	+59.647	8
7	LAW Liam LAWSONRacing Bulls	56	+80.588	6
8	HAD Isack HADJARRed Bull Racing	56	+87.247	4
9	SAI Carlos SAINZWilliams	55	+1 lap	2
10	COL Franco COLAPINTOAlpine	55	+1 lap	1
11	HUL Nico HULKENBERGAudi	55	+1 lap
12	LIN Arvid LINDBLADRacing Bulls	55	+1 lap
13	BOT Valtteri BOTTASCadillac	55	+1 lap
14	OCO Esteban OCONHaas F1 Team	55	+1 lap
15	PER Sergio PEREZCadillac	55	+1 lap
DNF	VER Max VERSTAPPENRed Bull Racing	45	DNF
DNF	ALO Fernando ALONSOAston Martin	32	DNF
DNF	STR Lance STROLLAston Martin	9	DNF
DNS	PIA Oscar PIASTRIMcLaren	0	DNS
DNS	NOR Lando NORRISMcLaren	0	DNS
DNS	BOR Gabriel BORTOLETOAudi	0	DNS
DNS	ALB Alexander ALBONWilliams	0	DNS

Starting grid

from Qualifying

1ANT1:32.064
2RUS1:32.286
3HAM1:32.415
4LEC1:32.428
5PIA1:32.550
6NOR1:32.608
7GAS1:32.873
8VER1:33.002
9HAD1:33.121
10BEA1:33.292
11HUL1:33.354
12COL1:33.357
13OCO1:33.538
14LAW1:33.765
15LIN1:33.784
16BOR1:33.965
17SAI1:34.317
18ALO1:35.203
19BOT1:35.436
20STR1:35.995
21PER1:36.906
22ALB1:34.772

Tyre strategy

S Soft
M Medium
H Hard

ANTMH
RUSMH
HAMMH
LECMH
BEAMH
GASMH
LAWMH
HADHH
SAIMH
COLHM
HULHM
LINHM
BOTMH
OCOHMS
PERMH
VERSH
ALOH
STRH
PIA
NOR
BOR
ALB

156

Pit stops

19 pit stops

Lap	Driver	Stop (s)	Pit lane (s)
1	HAD	2.7	23.1
9	VER	3.4	23.7
9	LAW	2.5	22.7
9	SAI	3.1	23.1
10	HAD	5.7	25.7
10	GAS	2.8	23.5
10	ANT	2.9	23.0
10	LEC	3.5	25.6
10	HAM	2.4	22.4
10	RUS	3.2	23.4
10	BOT	7.4	27.8
10	BEA	–	23.0
11	PER	5.5	26.2
29	OCO	5.7	26.0
31	ALO	2.8	23.3
32	COL	2.6	23.2
35	HUL	16.1	37.4
42	LIN	2.9	23.3
46	OCO	26.9	47.1

Race control highlights

Lap 10Safety carSAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
Lap 13Safety carSAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP
Lap 37Penalty10 SECOND TIME PENALTY FOR CAR 31 (OCO) - CAUSING A COLLISION

Weather

Air14.9–16.2 °C
Track19.7–24.8 °C
Humidity56%
Wind2.4 m/s
RainNo