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Trackside view: Hamilton has China sprint pole, but Ferrari still struggling most of leading teams

The rolling cheers were the first clue. Reverberating as if sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was taking place within a leisure centre swimming pool – such is the way the Shanghai track’s giant main grandstand traps noise - was the noise that greeted Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari pole.

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Trackside view: Ferrari still struggling despite Hamilton's China sprint pole

The rolling cheers were the first clue. Reverberating as if sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was taking place within a leisure-centre swimming pool – such is the way the Shanghai track’s giant main grandstand traps noise - was the noise that greeted Lewis Hamilton’s first Ferrari pole.

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Lawson puts F1 Chinese GP SQ1 elimination down to inability to cool tyres

Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.

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Lawson explains F1 Chinese GP SQ1 elimination

Liam Lawson put his Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying woes down to an inability to cool his tyres enough for his final flying lap, leading to him propping up the rest of the Formula 1 field.

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Norris admits "trying to push too much" after "struggling" with McLaren car in China

Lando Norris admitted his own mistakes left the early Formula 1 championship leader qualifying down in sixth for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

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Norris: "I made a mistake", and McLaren is "just not quick enough"

Lando Norris held his hands up as his own mistakes left the early championship leader qualifying down in sixth for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton ‘in shock’ at his first Ferrari F1 pole for Chinese GP sprint race

Lewis Hamilton landed his first pole position as a Ferrari driver by taking top spot for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix

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Hamilton "gobsmacked" as he gets first Ferrari sprint pole

Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is "a bit gobsmacked" after taking his first sprint pole of his nascent Ferrari era.

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F1 Chinese GP: Hamilton takes stunning first Ferrari pole for sprint race, Norris sixth

Lewis Hamilton announced his arrival at Ferrari by taking pole position for the Formula 1 sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix and is joined on the front row by old foe Max Verstappen.

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F1 Chinese GP: Hamilton beats Verstappen by 0.018s for sprint pole

Lewis Hamilton announced his arrival at Ferrari by taking pole position for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix and will be joined on the front row by old foe Max Verstappen.

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Race our writers! – F1 2025's first sprint weekend brings fresh fantasy challenges

With the Chinese Grand Prix upon us, Motorsport Network writers give their insight into what F1 Fantasy changes they have made

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Alpine, Haas make wing tweaks after China F1 flex test changes

Alpine and Haas have revealed they have needed to make changes to their Formula 1 cars' rear wings in light of the latest technical directive that has tightened flex tests.

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F1 drivers given clarification about swearing in "quite fair" Australia FIA discussion

Formula 1 drivers have been given further clarification by the FIA on the recent tightening of rules surrounding inappropriate language, following concerns triggered by the wording of the initial guidance.

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F1 Chinese GP: Norris sets blistering pace in sole practice session, Leclerc second

Lando Norris needed the whole of the one and only practice session at the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix before he ultimately set the benchmark with a stunning lap.

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Hamilton aims to get closer to McLaren as China hosts the season's first F1 sprint weekend

McLaren’s dominance, Lewis Hamilton’s bid to bounce back after a disappointing Ferrari debut, and the passing of Eddie Jordan have generated headlines as Formula 1 prepares for its first Sprint weekend of the season at the Chinese Grand Prix

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Johnny Herbert on the man who made him, Eddie Jordan

Every time I saw Eddie, he’d say, ‘I made you!’, which goes all the way back to Formula 3. I knew of his own racing – he wasn’t a bad driver – and at the end of 1986 I saw him at the Grovewood Awards. He said, ‘Has anyone signed…

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Eddie Jordan: Formula 1's great disruptor

Pull the 21 April 1988 edition of Autosport from the archives and you’ll find an image of Johnny Herbert, arm aloft in triumph, crossing the finishing line in the opening round of the International F3000 season at Jerez. In a stark visual echo of the white border around the photo,…

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Jordan Grand Prix’s magic F1 moments

Eddie Jordan’s team burst into Formula 1 in 1991 and immediately made an impression.

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Inside the aero problems that will keep Haas near the back of the F1 field

The usual caveats applied when it came to Haas' pre-season testing pace - or so it seemed at the time. After it spent last year's Formula 1 test in Bahrain doing nothing except running at full fuel loads to quell its greedy streak with tyres, Haas rocked up in the…

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Mind games or accepting a tough reality? What's behind Russell's McLaren most dominant claims

Formula 1 has picked off in Shanghai where it left off in Melbourne – with McLaren’s rivals wondering just how far they are behind the championship’s leading car.

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Verstappen: McLaren “quite far ahead”, Red Bull among chasing pack

Max Verstappen admits McLaren looks good across the board in 2025 as the reigning world champion believes Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes will trade blows in the battle for best of the rest.

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Ex-Formula 1 driver Eddie Jordan dies aged 76

Former BBC Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey has said he is “utterly devastated” following the death of Eddie Jordan at the age of 76

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Verstappen: McLaren “good everywhere”, Red Bull among chasing pack

Max Verstappen admits McLaren looks good across the board in 2025 as the reigning world champion believes Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes will trade blows in the battle for best of the rest.

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Komatsu feared "something was broken" on Haas F1 car amid "severe" issue

Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu admitted he thought something was broken when his Formula 1 outfit logged its initial FP1 laps at the Australian Grand Prix, and doesn't expect an immediate fix to its high-speed corner problems.

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Hamilton: Verstappen's radio "far worse" than me and Adami

Lewis Hamilton has hit back at media making too much of his radio exchanges with his new Ferrari race engineer during his Scuderia debut in Australia, suggesting "far worse" comments by Max Verstappen went unnoticed.

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