Starting grid for F1 Chinese Grand Prix: How the race will begin
Here is the staཧrti✨ng grid for Sunday's F1 Chinese Grand Prix
This is ho🐲w the F1 Chinese Grand Prix on Su💞nday will start.
| 2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix - Starting grid | |||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 2 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 4 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 7 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
| 8 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 10 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| 12 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 13 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 14 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
| 15 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
| 16 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
| 18 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
| 19 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
| 20 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
Max Verstappen scored Red Bull's 100th F1 pole in 🍨Shanghai.
Teammate Se𝓡rgio Perez lines up in secondꦇ, behind Verstappen.
Fernando Alonso will ꦬbegin from third in a hugely-popular result for the Chine🌜se fans.
The two McLarens, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, a❀re behind Alonso in fourth and fifth respectively.
Then the two Ferraris, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, line up in sixth and seventh r💝espectively.
Lewis Hamilton suffered🐈 a disastrous qualifying result and will start from 18th.
His Mercedes teammate George Russell is eighth.
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