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McLaren F1 car "may well" be slower if adapted to Norris's driving style

Lando Norris seemed to roll a grenade under the door during a press conference ahead of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix when he said he had effectively given up persuading his McLaren team to design a car which flatters his preferred attacking style.

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Autosport Podcast: Reviewing Friday practice and sprint qualifying at the Chinese GP

Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review Friday’s sprint qualifying session for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix.

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Williams referred to F1 Chinese GP stewards for wing footage breach

Aero-elasticity continues to be a hot topic in Formula 1 in the wake of the FIA announcing more stringent tests on rear wings to detect if they are flexing under load. So naturally there has been an immediate presumption of guilt when the governing body circulated a report from technical…

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Chinese Grand Prix prediction: Double delight for Ferrari

Read our free F1 betting tips ahead of the second race of the 2025 season in Shanghai

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Sainz "still not feeling at home" in Williams F1 car

Carlos Sainz admits he still does not feel at home in the cockpit of his Williams Formula 1 car after a disappointing showing in Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

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Sainz admits he's "still not feeling at home" in Williams

Carlos Sainz admits he still does not feel at home in the cockpit of his Williams Formula 1 car after a disappointing showing in Chinese Grand Prix sprint qualifying.

Autosport

Red Bull feared Verstappen wouldn't even make top six

Red Bull was worried it wouldn't make the front two rows for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint after woeful tyre wear in practice, says advisor Helmut Marko.

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Lewis Hamilton ‘gobsmacked’ to land sprint pole after Ferrari debut disaster

The 40-year-old was start first in Saturday’s race at the Chinese Grand Prix.

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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: "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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What is a sprint race in F1 and how does qualifying shootout work?

The Chinese Grand Prix hosts the first of six sprint races in the 2025 F1 season

The Independent UK

F1 Chinese Grand Prix 2025: Race start time and how to watch this weekend

F1 heads to Shanghai for the second race of the 2025 season

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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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F1 grid: Starting positions for Chinese Grand Prix sprint race

F1 heads to Shanghai for the second race of the 2025 season and the first sprint weekend of the new campaign

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Lando Norris sets the practice pace for McLaren in Shanghai

Norris saw off Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc by 0.454 seconds with the fastest time in the sole practice for the Chinese Grand Prix.

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How to watch Chinese Grand Prix 2025: TV & live streams, schedule, start time, what channel is it on? Piastri on pole

Here's how to watch a Chinese Grand Prix 2025 live stream from anywhere – can Lando Norris continue his winning start to the season in Shanghai?

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Autosport Podcast: Rounding-up media day at the Chinese Grand Prix

Alex Kalinauckas and Ronald Vording report from the Shanghai International Circuit to review media day for the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix, and it begins on a sombre note as the series pays tribute to Eddie Jordan, the former team boss of Jordan and broadcaster who passed away this morning…

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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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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 exchanges "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.

Motorsport

Lawson “couldn’t care less” what Brown says on Red Bull selection

Liam Lawson insists he has no interest in what McLaren CEO Zak Brown has to say on Red Bull’s choice of drivers for 2025.

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Hadjar on defusing Marko's "embarrassing" storm, Hamilton's compassion

Isack Hadjar says he has spoken to Red Bull's Helmut Marko after copping criticism for his tearful Australian Grand Prix exit, and reveals he has received further support from Lewis Hamilton.

Evening Standard

Chinese Grand Prix 2025: Start time, grid positions, how to watch F1 and weather forecast today

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri takes first career pole position in Shanghai ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris

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