China 2025: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Piastri	McLaren	1:31.591	1:31.200	1:30.641
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:31.295	1:31.307	1:30.723	+0.082
3	Norris	McLaren	1:30.983	1:30.787	1:30.793	+0.152
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.424	1:31.142	1:30.817	+0.176
5	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.690	1:31.501	1:30.927	+0.286
6	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.579	1:31.450	1:31.021	+0.380
7	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:31.162	1:31.253	1:31.079	+0.438
8	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.676	1:31.590	1:31.103	+0.462
9	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:31.238	1:31.260	1:31.638	+0.997
10	Albon	Williams	1:31.503	1:31.595	1:31.706	+1.065
11	Ocon	Haas	1:31.876	1:31.625		+0.838
12	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:31.921	1:31.632		+0.845
13	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:31.719	1:31.688		+0.901
14	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:31.923	1:31.773		+0.986
15	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:31.628	1:31.840		+1.053
16	Gasly	Alpine	1:31.992			+1.009
17	Bearman	Haas	1:32.018			+1.035
18	Doohan	Alpine	1:32.092			+1.109
19	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:32.141			+1.158
20	Lawson	Red Bull	1:32.174			+1.191

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:31.212	1:31.384	1:30.849
2	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:31.916	1:31.521	1:30.867	+0.018
3	Piastri	McLaren	1:31.723	1:31.362	1:30.929	+0.080
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:31.518	1:31.561	1:31.057	+0.208
5	Russell	Mercedes	1:31.952	1:31.346	1:31.169	+0.320
6	Norris	McLaren	1:31.396	1:31.174	1:31.393	+0.544
7	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:31.999	1:31.475	1:31.738	+0.889
8	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	1:32.316	1:31.794	1:31.773	+0.924
9	Albon	Williams	1:32.462	1:31.539	1:31.852	+1.003
10	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:32.327	1:31.742	1:31.982	+1.133
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:32.121	1:31.815		+0.641
12	Bearman	Haas	1:32.269	1:31.978		+0.804
13	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:32.457	1:32.325		+1.151
14	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:32.539	1:32.564		+1.390
15	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:32.171			+0.959
16	Doohan	Alpine	1:32.575			+1.363
17	Gasly	Alpine	1:32.640			+1.428
18	Ocon	Haas	1:32.651			+1.439
19	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:32.675			+1.463
20	Lawson	Red Bull	1:32.729			+1.517

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Hamilton	Ferrari	1	30:39.965	8
2	Piastri	McLaren	3	+6.889	7
3	Verstappen	Red Bull	2	+9.804	6
4	Russell	Mercedes	5	+11.592	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	4	+12.190	4
6	Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	8	+22.288	3
7	Antonelli	Mercedes	7	+23.038	2
8	Norris	McLaren	6	+23.471	1
9	Stroll	Aston Martin	10	+24.916
10	Alonso	Aston Martin	11	+38.218
11	Albon	Williams	9	+39.292
12	Gasly	Alpine	17	+39.649
13	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	15	+42.400
14	Lawson	Red Bull	19	+44.904
15	Bearman	Haas	12	+45.649
16	Ocon	Haas	18	+46.182
17	Sainz Jr.	Williams	13	+51.376
18	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	14	+53.940
19	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	PL	+56.682
20	Doohan	Alpine	16	+1:10.212

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1	56	1:30:55.026	1	Mercedes
2	Lando NorrisFastest lap	McLaren	3	56	+9.748	1	Mercedes
3	George Russell	Mercedes	2	56	+11.097	1	Mercedes
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	4	56	+16.656	1	Honda RBPT
5	Esteban Ocon	Haas	11	56	+49.969	1	Ferrari
6	Kimi AntonelliDriver of the Day	Mercedes	8	56	+53.748	1	Mercedes
7	Alexander Albon	Williams	10	56	+56.321	1	Mercedes
8	Oliver Bearman	Haas	17	56	+1:01.303	1	Ferrari
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	14	56	+1:10.204	1	Mercedes
10	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	15	56	+1:16.387	1	Mercedes
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	7	56	+1:18.875	2	Honda RBPT
12	Liam Lawson	Red Bull	PL	56	+1:21.147	2	Honda RBPT
13	Jack Doohan	Alpine	18	56	+1:28.401	1	Renault
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19	55	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	12	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
16	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls	9	55	+1 lap	3	Honda RBPT
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	13	4	Brakes	0	Mercedes
DSQ	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	56	Car underweight	1	Ferrari
DSQ	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	5	56	Illegal skid block wear	2	Ferrari
DSQ	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	16	56	Car underweight	1	Renault

Starting grid vs qualifying

Lawson Qualified 20, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Bearman17→8+9
LawsonPL→12+8
Ocon11→5+6
Stroll14→9+5
Sainz Jr.15→10+5
Doohan18→13+5
Bortoleto19→14+5
Albon10→7+3
Antonelli8→6+2
Norris3→2+1
Piastri1→10
Verstappen4→40
Russell2→3-1
Hülkenberg12→15-3
Hadjar7→11-4
Tsunoda9→16-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Leclerc22.151R15
2Norris22.213R15
3Hadjar22.234R33
4Russell22.324R14
5Lawson22.355R30
6Hamilton22.364R37
7Hamilton22.388R13
8Verstappen22.454R13
9Tsunoda22.519R11
10Lawson22.536R18

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Piastri14421 stop
Norris15411 stop
Russell14421 stop
Verstappen13431 stop
Ocon11451 stop
Antonelli12441 stop
Albon20361 stop
Bearman26301 stop
Stroll36201 stop
Sainz Jr.17391 stop

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

AlonsoBrakesAston Martin
LeclercCar underweightFerrari
HamiltonIllegal skid block wearFerrari
GaslyCar underweightAlpine

This race in history

17 races here since 2004Won from pole: 10 of 17

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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