The Latest Breaking News from Chinese Grand Prix

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.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

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.

Motorsport · Mar 21, 2025

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.

Autosport · Mar 21, 2025

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.

Motorsport · Mar 21, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025

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?

TechRadar · Mar 20, 2025

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…

Autosport · Mar 20, 2025

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.

Motorsport · Mar 20, 2025

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.

Motorsport · Mar 20, 2025