2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying Results
Full results from qualifying at the Chine🍒se Grand Prix, Round 2 of the 2025 F1 world c🍌hampionship.
Oscar Piastri cl🅷aಌims his first-ever F1 pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix.
| 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
| 1 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team | 1m31.591s | 1m31.200s | 1m30.641s |
| 2 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m31.295s | 1m31.307s | 1m30.723s |
| 3 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team | 1m30.983s | 1m30.787s | 1m30.793s |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m31.424s | 1m31.234s | 1m30.817s |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m31.690s | 1m31.501s | 1m30.927s |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari HP | 1m31.579s | 1m31.450s | 1m31.021s |
| 7 | Isack Hadjar | FRA | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m31.162s | 1m31.253s | 1m31.079s |
| 8 | Kimi Antonelli | ITA | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1m31.676s | 1m31.590s | 1m31.103s |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team | 1m31.238s | 1m31.425s | 1m31.638s |
| 10 | Alex Albon | THA | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m31.503s | 1m31.595s | 1m31.706s |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m31.876s | 1m31.625s | |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m31.921s | 1m31.632s | |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m31.719s | 1m31.688s | |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team | 1m31.923s | 1m31.773s | |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Atlassian Williams Racing | 1m31.628s | 1m31.840s | |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m31.992s | ||
| 17 | Oliver Bearman | GBR | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team | 1m32.018s | ||
| 18 | Jack Doohan | AUS | BWT Alpine F1 Team | 1m32.092s | ||
| 19 | Gabriel Bortoleto | BRA | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber | 1m32.141s | ||
| 20 | Liam Lawson | NZL | Oracle Red Bull Racing | 1m32.174s | ||
Piastri claims maiden F1 pole
Piastri was the man to beat i﷽n qualif♑ying in Shanghai, as the McLaren driver took pole with a 1m30.641s.
The Austral🅺ian, looking to bounce back from a disappointing season opener in Melbourne, was 0.082s faster than George Russell, who claimed a front-row spot for Mercedes.
F1 championship leader Lando Norris was third q꧒uickest🍃, 0.152s down on his McLaren teammate.
Max Verstappen was fourth in his Red Bull, with Lewis Hamilton, who to🐲ok pole and the win in the China sprint race, was fifth-fastest, 0.286s adrift of Piastri.
The sev♕en-time world champion did outqualify Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc for the first time in a regular qualifying session, as the Monegasque was sixth, a tenth behind.
Isack Hadjar was an im🧸pressive seventh for Racing Bulls, ahead of Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and teammate Yuki Tsunoda.
Alex Albon was 10th for Williams.
Carlos Sainz was a disappointing 15th for🌠 Williams as he failed to join teammate Albon in the top-10 shootout.
It was another disওastrous qualifying session for new Red Bull driver Liam Lawson, who was eliminated in Q1 with the slowest time of all for the seconꦗd day running.
Lawson was a whopping seven-tenthꦰs adrift of Red Bull teammate Verstappen.
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