China 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.305	1:32.443	1:32.064
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:33.262	1:32.523	1:32.286	+0.222
3	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.522	1:32.567	1:32.415	+0.351
4	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.175	1:32.486	1:32.428	+0.364
5	Piastri	McLaren	1:33.590	1:33.130	1:32.550	+0.486
6	Norris	McLaren	1:33.535	1:32.910	1:32.608	+0.544
7	Gasly	Alpine	1:33.788	1:33.003	1:32.873	+0.809
8	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.417	1:33.098	1:33.002	+0.938
9	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:33.632	1:33.352	1:33.121	+1.057
10	Bearman	Haas	1:33.687	1:33.197	1:33.292	+1.228
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:34.116	1:33.354		+0.911
12	Colapinto	Alpine	1:33.634	1:33.357		+0.914
13	Ocon	Haas	1:33.974	1:33.538		+1.095
14	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:34.139	1:33.765		+1.322
15	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:33.906	1:33.784		+1.341
16	Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.549	1:33.965		+1.522
17	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:34.317			+1.142
18	Albon	Williams	1:34.772			+1.597
19	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.203			+2.028
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:35.436			+2.261
21	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.995			+2.820
22	Pérez	Cadillac	1:36.906			+3.731

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	Russell	Mercedes	1:33.030	1:32.241	1:31.520
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.455	1:32.291	1:31.809	+0.289
3	Norris	McLaren	1:33.783	1:33.086	1:32.141	+0.621
4	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.148	1:33.042	1:32.161	+0.641
5	Piastri	McLaren	1:33.813	1:33.038	1:32.224	+0.704
6	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.194	1:32.602	1:32.528	+1.008
7	Gasly	Alpine	1:33.970	1:33.405	1:32.888	+1.368
8	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.170	1:33.564	1:33.254	+1.734
9	Bearman	Haas	1:34.280	1:33.501	1:33.409	+1.889
10	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:34.447	1:33.620	1:33.723	+2.203
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:33.997	1:33.635		+1.394
12	Ocon	Haas	1:34.087	1:33.639		+1.398
13	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:34.110	1:33.714		+1.473
14	Bortoleto	Audi	1:34.291	1:33.774		+1.533
15	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:34.495	1:34.048		+1.807
16	Colapinto	Alpine	1:34.592	1:34.327		+2.086
17	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:34.761			+1.731
18	Albon	Williams	1:35.305			+2.275
19	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.581			+2.551
20	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.151			+3.121
21	Bottas	Cadillac	1:37.378			+4.348

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	Russell	Mercedes	1	33:38.998	8
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	6	+0.674	7
3	Hamilton	Ferrari	4	+2.554	6
4	Norris	McLaren	3	+4.433	5
5	Antonelli	Mercedes	2	+5.688	4
6	Piastri	McLaren	5	+6.809	3
7	Lawson	Racing Bulls	13	+10.900	2
8	Bearman	Haas	9	+11.271	1
9	Verstappen	Red Bull	8	+11.619
10	Ocon	Haas	12	+13.887
11	Gasly	Alpine	7	+14.780
12	Sainz Jr.	Williams	17	+15.753
13	Bortoleto	Audi	14	+15.858
14	Colapinto	Alpine	16	+16.393
15	Hadjar	Red Bull	10	+16.430
16	Albon	Williams	22	+20.014
17	Alonso	Aston Martin	18	+21.599
18	Stroll	Aston Martin	19	+21.971
19	Pérez	Cadillac	21	+28.241
DNF	Hülkenberg	Audi	11	Mechanical
DNF	Bottas	Cadillac	20	Withdrew
DNF	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	15	Collision damage

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Kimi AntonelliFastest lapDriver of the Day	Mercedes	1	56	1:33:15.607	1	Mercedes
2	George Russell	Mercedes	2	56	+5.515	1	Mercedes
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	56	+25.267	1	Ferrari
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	56	+28.894	1	Ferrari
5	Oliver Bearman	Haas	10	56	+57.268	1	Ferrari
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	7	56	+59.647	1	Mercedes
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	14	56	+1:20.588	1	Red Bull Ford
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	9	56	+1:27.247	2	Red Bull Ford
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	17	55	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	12	55	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11	55	+1 lap	1	Audi
12	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	15	55	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
13	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	19	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas	13	55	+1 lap	2	Ferrari
15	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	21	55	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8	45	Coolant leak	1	Red Bull Ford
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	18	32	Vibrations	1	Honda
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20	9	Battery	0	Honda
DNS	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5		Electrical	0	Mercedes
DNS	Lando Norris	McLaren	6		Electrical	0	Mercedes
DNS	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	16		Hydraulics	0	Audi
DNS	Alexander Albon	Williams	PL		Hydraulics	0	Mercedes

Race

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Places gained

Sainz Jr.17→9+8
Lawson14→7+7
Bottas19→13+6
Pérez21→15+6
Bearman10→5+5
Lindblad15→12+3
Colapinto12→10+2
Gasly7→6+1
Hadjar9→8+1
Antonelli1→10
Russell2→20
Hamilton3→30
Leclerc4→40
Hülkenberg11→110
Ocon13→14-1

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

Fastest pit stops

1Hamilton22.433R10
2Lawson22.721R9
3Bearman22.967R10
4Antonelli23.005R10
5Hadjar23.062R1
6Sainz Jr.23.106R9
7Colapinto23.195R32
8Lindblad23.290R42
9Alonso23.291R31
10Russell23.390R10

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

Stints of the top 10

Antonelli10461 stop
Russell10461 stop
Hamilton10461 stop
Leclerc10461 stop
Bearman10461 stop
Gasly10461 stop
Lawson9471 stop
Hadjar19462 stops
Sainz Jr.9461 stop · +1 lap
Colapinto32231 stop · +1 lap

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

VerstappenCoolant leakRed Bull
AlonsoVibrationsAston Martin
StrollBatteryAston Martin
PiastriElectricalMcLaren
NorrisElectricalMcLaren
BortoletoHydraulicsAudi
AlbonHydraulicsWilliams

This race in history

18 races here since 2004Won from pole: 11 of 18

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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