Round 05 · 2024Sprint

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai, China19–21 Apr

Drawn from car positions, 2026 FP1

Practice 1
Fri 03:30
Data published
track 39° ·air 23° ·22% hum ·4.3 km/h wind
Sprint Qualifying
Fri 07:30
Data published
track 28° ·air 20° ·37% hum ·2.9 km/h windwet
Sprint
Sat 03:00
Data published
track 27° ·air 20° ·69% hum ·9.0 km/h wind
Fantasy lock
Qualifying
Sat 07:00
Data published
track 34° ·air 22° ·55% hum ·6.1 km/h wind
Grand Prix
Sun 07:00
Data published
track 30° ·air 19° ·66% hum ·5.4 km/h wind

Times in UTC

Grand Prix result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	1	—	1:40:52.554	25
2	NOR	McLaren	4	2	+13.773	18
3	PER	Red Bull Racing	2	1	+19.160	15
4	LEC	Ferrari	6	2	+23.623	12
5	SAI	Ferrari	7	2	+33.983	10
6	RUS	Mercedes	8	2	+38.724	8
7	ALO	Aston Martin	3	4	+43.414	7
8	PIA	McLaren	5	3	+56.198	4
9	HAM	Mercedes	18	9	+57.986	2
10	HUL	Haas F1 Team	9	1	+60.476	1
11	OCO	Alpine	13	2	+62.812
12	ALB	Williams	14	2	+65.506
13	GAS	Alpine	15	2	+69.223
14	ZHO	Kick Sauber	16	2	+71.689
15	STR	Aston Martin	11	4	+82.786
16	MAG	Haas F1 Team	17	1	+87.533
17	SAR	Williams	20	3	+95.110
18	RIC	RB	12	6	Retired
19	TSU	RB	19	—	Retired
20	BOT	Kick Sauber	10	10	Retired

Sprint result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Moved	Time / gap	Pts
1	VER	Red Bull Racing	4	3	32:04.660	8
2	HAM	Mercedes	2	—	+13.043	7
3	PER	Red Bull Racing	6	3	+15.258	6
4	LEC	Ferrari	7	3	+17.486	5
5	SAI	Ferrari	5	—	+20.696	4
6	NOR	McLaren	1	5	+22.088	3
7	PIA	McLaren	8	1	+24.713	2
8	RUS	Mercedes	11	3	+25.696	1
9	ZHO	Kick Sauber	10	1	+31.951
10	MAG	Haas F1 Team	12	2	+37.398
11	RIC	RB	14	3	+37.840
12	BOT	Kick Sauber	9	3	+38.295
13	OCO	Alpine	17	4	+39.841
14	STR	Aston Martin	15	1	+40.299
15	GAS	Alpine	16	1	+40.838
16	TSU	RB	19	3	+41.870
17	ALB	Williams	18	1	+42.998
18	SAR	Williams	20	2	+46.352
19	HUL	Haas F1 Team	13	6	+49.630
20	ALO	Aston Martin	3	17	Retired

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	VER	1:34.742	1:33.794	1:33.660
2	PER	1:35.457	1:34.026	1:33.982	+0.322
3	ALO	1:35.116	1:34.652	1:34.148	+0.488
4	NOR	1:34.842	1:34.460	1:34.165	+0.505
5	PIA	1:35.014	1:34.659	1:34.273	+0.613
6	LEC	1:34.797	1:34.399	1:34.289	+0.629
7	SAI	1:34.970	1:34.368	1:34.297	+0.637
8	RUS	1:35.084	1:34.609	1:34.433	+0.773
9	HUL	1:35.068	1:34.667	1:34.604	+0.944
10	BOT	1:35.169	1:34.769	1:34.665	+1.005
11	STR	1:35.334	1:34.838	—	+1.178
12	RIC	1:35.443	1:34.934	—	+1.274
13	OCO	1:35.356	1:35.223	—	+1.563
14	ALB	1:35.384	1:35.241	—	+1.581
15	GAS	1:35.287	1:35.463	—	+1.803
16	ZHO	1:35.505	—	—	+1.845
17	MAG	1:35.516	—	—	+1.856
18	HAM	1:35.573	—	—	+1.913
19	TSU	1:35.746	—	—	+2.086
20	SAR	1:36.358	—	—	+2.698

Sprint Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap to pole
1	NOR	1:36.384	1:36.047	1:57.940
2	HAM	1:37.181	1:36.287	1:59.201	+1.261
3	ALO	1:36.883	1:36.119	1:59.915	+1.975
4	VER	1:36.456	1:35.606	2:00.028	+2.088
5	SAI	1:36.719	1:36.052	2:00.214	+2.274
6	PER	1:36.110	1:35.781	2:00.375	+2.435
7	LEC	1:36.537	1:35.711	2:00.566	+2.626
8	PIA	1:36.542	1:35.853	2:00.990	+3.050
9	BOT	1:37.112	1:36.056	2:01.044	+3.104
10	ZHO	1:37.544	1:36.307	2:03.537	+5.597
11	RUS	1:37.310	1:36.345	—	+-21.595
12	MAG	1:37.033	1:36.473	—	+-21.467
13	HUL	1:36.924	1:36.478	—	+-21.462
14	RIC	1:37.321	1:36.553	—	+-21.387
15	STR	1:36.961	1:36.677	—	+-21.263
16	GAS	1:37.632	—	—	+-20.308
17	OCO	1:37.720	—	—	+-20.220
18	ALB	1:37.812	—	—	+-20.128
19	TSU	1:37.892	—	—	+-20.048
20	SAR	1:37.923	—	—	+-20.017

How the weekend has moved

Practice 11:36.302run 1:43.098

Sprint Qualifying1:35.606−0.696

Sprint1:40.331+4.725run 1:43.239

Qualifying1:33.660−6.671

Grand Prix1:37.810+4.150run 1:41.895

Fastest lap of each session, the change from the session before, and the midfield's median fuel-corrected long run. Times normally tumble as the track rubbers in.

Shanghai in earlier seasons

20241:36.302run 1:43.098

20191:32.830−3.472run 1:40.498

20181:33.018−3.284run 1:40.226

Fastest practice lap per season at this circuit. Layout changes, resurfacing and weather all move these numbers, so read them as context rather than a like-for-like comparison.

Practice 1

Fri 19 Apr, 03:30 UTCFastestSTR1:36.302

Single-lap pace

STR1:36.302—21 laps

PIA1:36.629+0.32724 laps

VER1:36.660+0.35825 laps

PER1:36.690+0.38824 laps

HUL1:37.101+0.79923 laps

MAG1:37.118+0.81623 laps

OCO1:37.213+0.91123 laps

ALB1:37.229+0.92719 laps

RIC1:37.238+0.93625 laps

BOT1:37.530+1.22824 laps

ZHO1:37.626+1.32424 laps

TSU1:38.006+1.70427 laps

LEC1:38.090+1.78820 laps

SAI1:38.284+1.98219 laps

SAR1:38.286+1.98423 laps

NOR1:38.630+2.32821 laps

RUS1:38.806+2.50421 laps

HAM1:38.839+2.53724 laps

ALO1:38.936+2.63422 laps

GAS1:39.276+2.97421 laps

Best lap regardless of fuel load or compound — a sighting shot, not a form guide.

Long runs, fuel-corrected

Driver	Tyre	Laps	Fuel-corrected	Gap	Spread	Deg / lap
RIC	H	6*	1:41.324	—	±1.090	—
TSU	H	6*	1:42.306	+0.982	±1.491	—
ALO	H	5*	1:42.492	+1.168	±0.426	—
VER	M	8	1:42.615	+1.291	±0.411	+0.132s
PER	M	7*	1:43.088	+1.764	±0.341	—
ALB	M	6*	1:43.098	+1.774	±0.489	—
SAR	M	6*	1:43.247	+1.923	±0.649	—
BOT	M	7*	1:43.809	+2.485	±1.156	—
ZHO	M	6*	1:44.056	+2.732	±0.645	—
HUL	M	7*	1:44.979	+3.655	±1.145	—
MAG	M	7*	1:45.676	+4.352	±1.057	—

Each driver's longest clean stint, using green-flag laps only. Cool-down laps go first (anything more than 7% slower than that stint's best), then laps sitting well above the stint's own trend — traffic and mistakes — and a stint is discarded entirely if what remains isn't one continuous run. Times are corrected for fuel burn at 60 ms per lap, measured from 2024 race stints rather than assumed. Runs under eight laps (marked *) get no degradation figure, because a trend through so few laps is noise. Teams don't publish fuel loads, and 15 kg is worth about 0.4s a lap, so read these as driver groupings rather than exact gaps, and compare runs on the same compound.

Sectors and the lap they could have done

Driver	S1	S2	S3	Ideal lap	Best lap	Left out
STR	25.091	28.534	42.677	1:36.302	1:36.302	0.000
VER	25.180	28.652	42.576	1:36.408	1:36.660	0.252
PER	25.286	28.699	42.536	1:36.521	1:36.690	0.169
PIA	24.970	29.018	42.641	1:36.629	1:36.629	0.000
OCO	25.270	28.745	42.824	1:36.839	1:37.213	0.374
HUL	25.295	28.897	42.887	1:37.079	1:37.101	0.022
MAG	25.383	28.931	42.804	1:37.118	1:37.118	0.000
RIC	25.328	29.068	42.758	1:37.154	1:37.238	0.084
ALB	25.367	29.060	42.802	1:37.229	1:37.229	0.000
BOT	25.382	29.037	42.910	1:37.329	1:37.530	0.201
ZHO	25.430	28.826	43.206	1:37.462	1:37.626	0.164
LEC	25.768	29.132	43.079	1:37.979	1:38.090	0.111
TSU	25.453	29.290	43.263	1:38.006	1:38.006	0.000
SAI	25.780	29.188	43.133	1:38.101	1:38.284	0.183
SAR	25.715	29.361	43.097	1:38.173	1:38.286	0.113
NOR	25.639	29.404	43.437	1:38.480	1:38.630	0.150
HAM	25.766	29.290	43.711	1:38.767	1:38.839	0.072
RUS	25.885	29.491	43.430	1:38.806	1:38.806	0.000
ALO	25.743	29.452	43.636	1:38.831	1:38.936	0.105
GAS	25.978	29.485	43.813	1:39.276	1:39.276	0.000

Best sector times are usually set on different laps, so their sum — the ideal lap — is quicker than anyone's actual best. The last column is the time left out there. Purple marks the session's fastest sector.

What the tyres are worth here

SSoft — referenceM+1.853(4 drivers ran both)

Measured within each driver — only drivers who set a representative time on both compounds count — then averaged, so this isn't distorted by who happened to run which tyre. A lap counts only if it is within 2% of that driver's own best of the session, which keeps genuine runs on a slower tyre while dropping in-laps and aborted runs that would otherwise masquerade as a compound's best. A compound fewer than three drivers tried is listed but not priced. Even so, these laps aren't all qualifying simulations, so read this as the order of the compounds rather than an exact price.

Team-mates, head to head

Aston MartinSTRahead of ALO+2.634

McLarenPIAahead of NOR+2.001

Red Bull RacingVERahead of PER+0.030

Haas F1 TeamHULahead of MAG+0.017

AlpineOCOahead of GAS+2.063

WilliamsALBahead of SAR+1.057

RBRICahead of TSU+0.768

Kick SauberBOTahead of ZHO+0.096

FerrariLECahead of SAI+0.194

MercedesRUSahead of HAM+0.033

Same car, so the gap on their best lap is the clearest read on the driver available.

Stints and compounds

STR795

PIA141333

VER71035

PER7935

HUL896

MAG797

OCO797

ALB5815

RIC6118

BOT798

ZHO789

TSU6138

LEC389

SAI3610

SAR58163

NOR61023

RUS2145

HAM4212114

ALO688

GAS786

SSoftMMediumHHard