China 2025
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Race Weekend
Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix 2025
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Fri, 21 March, 03:30
Free Practice 1
Fri, 21 March, 07:30
Sprint Qualifying
Sat, 22 March, 03:00
Sprint
Sat, 22 March, 07:00
Qualifying
Sun, 23 March, 07:00
Race
A warm welcome to the Shanghai International Circuit, which returned to the calendar after four seasons away in 2024.
Shanghai has hosted the Chinese Grand Prix since its inauguration in 2004 with this impressive circuit of eye-catching architecture and facilities.
Its layout, with a combination of long straights and a diverse range of corners, features wide corners to encourage passing and differing lines, and two long straights where slipstreaming guarantees wheel-to-wheel action.
Circuit Overview:
The Shanghai International Circuit sits at 5.451 km (3.388 miles) with 16 turns, starting with the seemingly never-ending snail-shaped Turns 1 and 2 — two tightening right-handers that demand careful braking and precise throttle control.
Sector 2 begins with a right-hand hairpin, but it's mostly single file through the curves until reaching the entirely different third and final sector.
There's a 1.2 km straight between Turn 13 and Turn 14 for drivers to drag race down, and the lap concludes on the pit straight, which itself is 0.8 km long for more flat-out racing.
Fast Facts
Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Location: Shanghai, China
First Grand Prix: 2004
Circuit Length: 5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Race Distance: 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Laps: 56
Lap Record: 1:32.238 (Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004)
2025 Support Series: F1 Academy
Alex Albon Last Year
Race: P12
Fastest Lap: 1:40.790 (Lap 34)
Qualifying: P14 (1:35.241)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Medium-Hard
Carlos Sainz Last Year
Race: P5
Fastest Lap: 1:39.764 (Lap 19)
Qualifying: P7 (1:34.297)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Hard
Williams Racing's Chinese GP History
Best Finish: P5 (Juan-Pablo Montoya, 2004 / Felipe Massa, 2015)
Best Qualifying: P4 (Felipe Massa, 2015)
Alex's Best Finish: P10 (2019)
Carlos' Best Finish: P5 (2024)
Williams Racing Highlight: Felipe and teammate Valtteri Bottas took two consecutive double-points scoring races in 2015 and 2016 at China, with Felipe leading a P5-P6 finish in 2015.
China At A Glance
Capital: Beijing
Population: 1.4 billion
Size: 9,596,961 sq km
Language: Mandarin
Currency: Chinese Yuan (CNY)
China 2025
Race Weekend
Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix 2025
Times displayed in your local time zone.
Fri, 21 March, 03:30
Free Practice 1
Fri, 21 March, 07:30
Sprint Qualifying
Sat, 22 March, 03:00
Sprint
Sat, 22 March, 07:00
Qualifying
Sun, 23 March, 07:00
Race
A warm welcome to the Shanghai International Circuit, which returned to the calendar after four seasons away in 2024.
Shanghai has hosted the Chinese Grand Prix since its inauguration in 2004 with this impressive circuit of eye-catching architecture and facilities.
Its layout, with a combination of long straights and a diverse range of corners, features wide corners to encourage passing and differing lines, and two long straights where slipstreaming guarantees wheel-to-wheel action.
Circuit Overview:
The Shanghai International Circuit sits at 5.451 km (3.388 miles) with 16 turns, starting with the seemingly never-ending snail-shaped Turns 1 and 2 — two tightening right-handers that demand careful braking and precise throttle control.
Sector 2 begins with a right-hand hairpin, but it's mostly single file through the curves until reaching the entirely different third and final sector.
There's a 1.2 km straight between Turn 13 and Turn 14 for drivers to drag race down, and the lap concludes on the pit straight, which itself is 0.8 km long for more flat-out racing.
Fast Facts
Circuit Name: Shanghai International Circuit
Location: Shanghai, China
First Grand Prix: 2004
Circuit Length: 5.451 km (3.387 miles)
Race Distance: 305.066 km (189.559 miles)
Laps: 56
Lap Record: 1:32.238 (Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 2004)
2025 Support Series: F1 Academy
Alex Albon Last Year
Race: P12
Fastest Lap: 1:40.790 (Lap 34)
Qualifying: P14 (1:35.241)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Medium-Hard
Carlos Sainz Last Year
Race: P5
Fastest Lap: 1:39.764 (Lap 19)
Qualifying: P7 (1:34.297)
Tyre Strategy: Medium-Hard
Williams Racing's Chinese GP History
Best Finish: P5 (Juan-Pablo Montoya, 2004 / Felipe Massa, 2015)
Best Qualifying: P4 (Felipe Massa, 2015)
Alex's Best Finish: P10 (2019)
Carlos' Best Finish: P5 (2024)
Williams Racing Highlight: Felipe and teammate Valtteri Bottas took two consecutive double-points scoring races in 2015 and 2016 at China, with Felipe leading a P5-P6 finish in 2015.
China At A Glance
Capital: Beijing
Population: 1.4 billion
Size: 9,596,961 sq km
Language: Mandarin
Currency: Chinese Yuan (CNY)
Event Ended
The new order 🇨🇳
The updated result of our Chinese GP
23 Mar 2025
Disqualifications ❌
Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly, and Lewis Hamilton are all excluded from the final classification for technical infringements.
Alex is promoted to P7, and Carlos to P10.
23 Mar 2025
Celebrate Alex's P9 🛍️
23 Mar 2025
ALEX and JAMES
ALEX: Well done everyone. Good points. I think we got a bit unlucky.
ALEX: The hard was so good and I think we could have got Kimi there if the issue didn't happen at the end.
JAMES: Alex, well done. It's a good point. Agreed with you there was more in it, but I'm more encouraged by the fact that we had a good race car underneath us today. That we won't lose.
JAMES: I'm looking forward to the next few races. Yeah, good recovery from yesterday everyone, so well done.
23 Mar 2025
Two grands prix. Two top-10 finishes 💪
That's P9 for Albono
23 Mar 2025
PIT and CARLOS
PIT: That's P13. Alex P9. You were matching Alex's lap time... a lot of learnings, but there's still some more for us to do.
JAMES: Carlos, well done. A tough race out there but a lot of learning and I think we got a little bit unlucky as the tyres held on better than expected.
JAMES: It didn't quite pan out the way we wanted it to. I'm encouraged with the car pace so we'll build on that.
CARLOS: Yeah. I think we improved the car compared to yesterday but, on my side, a lot of work to do still. Things to find. I think I am faster than this.
JAMES: You are, of course, a lot faster than this. We'll do this together.
23 Mar 2025
China ✅
23 Mar 2025
JAMES and ALEX
JAMES: Happy birthday, again.
ALEX: Thanks. I'm getting old!
JAMES: Believe me, it gets worse.
23 Mar 2025
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