2025 Chinese Grand Prix

The **2025 Chinese Grand Prix** (known for advertising reasons as the **Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2025**) was a Formula One auto race that happened on 23 March 2025 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the second race of the 2025 Formula One World Championship. It was also the first of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise the sprint format and the second time overall that the Chinese Grand Prix featured it. It was the first of the year to have a sprint race, which will happen at 5 other races in 2025.

Lewis Hamilton fron Ferrari won the sprint race pole position and won the sprint. Oscar Piastri from McLaren was 2nd. Max Verstappen from the Red Bull Racing Team came 3rd. Piastri won his first Formula One Grand Prix pole position, with George Russell from Mercedes starting 2nd. Teammate of Piastri, Lando Norris, started 3rd.

In the Grand Prix race, Piastri won with Norris in 2nd and Russell in 3rd. Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly were disqualified from the race. Leclerc and Gasly were disqualified because their cars were too light. Hamilton was disqualified because the skid block on his car was too thin and damaged. This was the first time in Formula One that both Ferrari drivers were disqualified from a Grand Prix.

### Sprint

|scope="col"||scope="col"||scope="col"|Driver|scope="col"|Constructor|scope="col" class="unsortable"||scope="col" class="unsortable"|Time/Retired|scope="col"||scope="col"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=center|44|data-sort-value="ham"|**Lewis Hamilton**|**Ferrari**|align=center|19|30:39.965|align=center|1|align=center|**8**|||||
|align=center|81|data-sort-value="pia"|**Oscar Piastri**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align=center|19|+6.889|align=center|3|align=center|**7**|||||
|align="center"|1|data-sort-value="ver"|**Max Verstappen**|**Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT**|align="center"|19|+9.804|align="center"|2|align="center"|**6**|||||
|align=center|63|data-sort-value="rus"|**George Russell**|**Mercedes**|align=center|19|+11.592|align=center|5|align=center|**5**|||||
|align=center|16|data-sort-value="lec"|**Charles Leclerc**|**Ferrari**|align=center|19|+12.190|align=center|4|align=center|**4**|||||
|align=center|22|data-sort-value="tsu"|**Yuki Tsunoda**|**Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT**|align=center|19|+22.288|align=center|8|align=center|**3**|||||
|align=center|12|data-sort-value="ant"||**Mercedes**|align=center|19|+23.038|align=center|7|align=center|**2**|||||
|align=center|4|data-sort-value="nor"|**Lando Norris**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align=center|19|+23.471|align=center|6|align=center|**1**|||||
|align=center|18|data-sort-value="str"|Lance Stroll||align=center|19|+24.916|align=center|10|||||||
|align=center|14|data-sort-value="alo"|Fernando Alonso||align=center|19|+38.218|align=center|11|||||||
|align=center|23|data-sort-value="alb"|Alexander Albon|Williams-Mercedes|align=center|19|+39.292|align="center"|9|align=center||||||
|align=center|10|data-sort-value="gas"||Alpine-Renault|align=center|19|+39.649|align=center|17|||||||
|align=center|6|data-sort-value="had"|Isack Hadjar|Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT|align=center|19|+42.400|align=center|15|||||||
|align=center|30|data-sort-value="law"|Liam Lawson|Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT|align=center|19|+44.904|align=center|19|||||||
|align=center|87|data-sort-value="bea"|Oliver Bearman|Haas-Ferrari|align=center|19|+45.649|align=center|12|||||||
|align=center|31|data-sort-value="oco"|Esteban Ocon|Haas-Ferrari|align=center|19|+46.182|align=center|18|||||||
|align=center|55|data-sort-value="sai"|Carlos Sainz Jr.|Williams-Mercedes|align=center|19|+51.376|align=center|13|||||||
|align=center|5|data-sort-value="bor"|Gabriel Bortoleto|Kick Sauber-Ferrari|align=center|19|+53.940|align=center|14|||||||
|align=center|27|data-sort-value="hul"|Nico Hülkenberg|Kick Sauber-Ferrari|align=center|19|+56.682|align=center data-sort-value="19"||||||||
|align="center"|7|data-sort-value="doo"|Jack Doohan|Alpine-Renault|align="center"|19|+1:10.212|align="center"|16|||||||
|colspan="8" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"|**Source:**|||||||||||||||
**Notes**
- – Jack Doohan finished 20th and also got a post-sprint ten-second time penalty for causing a crash with Gabriel Bortoleto. The penalty made no difference as he was classified in the last position.

### Grand Prix

|scope="col"||scope="col"||scope="col"|Driver|scope="col"|Constructor|class="unsortable" scope="col"||class="unsortable" scope="col"|Time/Retired|scope="col"||scope="col"|Points|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|81|data-sort-value="pia"|**Oscar Piastri**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align="center"|56|1:30:55.026|align="center"|1|align="center"|**25**|||||
|align="center"|4|data-sort-value="nor"|**Lando Norris**|**McLaren-Mercedes**|align="center"|56|+9.748|align="center"|3|align="center"|**18**|||||
|align="center"|63|data-sort-value="rus"|**George Russell**|**Mercedes**|align="center"|56|+11.097|align="center"|2|align="center"|**15**|||||
|align="center"|1|data-sort-value="ver"|**Max Verstappen**|**Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT**|align="center"|56|+16.656|align="center"|4|align="center"|**12**|||||
|align="center"|31|data-sort-value="oco"|**Esteban Ocon**|**Haas-Ferrari**|align="center"|56|+49.969|align="center"|11|align="center"|**10**|||||
|align="center"|12|data-sort-value="ant"||**Mercedes**|align="center"|56|+53.748|align="center"|8|align="center"|**8**|||||
|align="center"|23|data-sort-value="alb"|**Alexander Albon**|**Williams-Mercedes**|align="center"|56|+56.321|align="center"|10|align="center"|**6**|||||
|align="center"|87|data-sort-value="bea"|**Oliver Bearman**|**Haas-Ferrari**|align="center"|56|+1:01.303|align="center"|17|align="center"|**4**|||||
|align="center"|18|data-sort-value="str"|** Lance Stroll**|****|align="center"|56|+1:10.204|align="center"|14|align="center"|**2**|||||
|align="center"|55|data-sort-value="sai"|** Carlos Sainz Jr.**|**Williams-Mercedes**|align="center"|56|+1:16.387|align="center"|15|align="center"|**1**|||||
|align="center"|6|data-sort-value="had"|Isack Hadjar|Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT|align="center"|56|+1:18.875|align="center"|7|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|30|data-sort-value="law"|Liam Lawson|Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT|align="center"|56|+1:21.147|align="center" data-sort-value="21"||align="center"||||||
|align="center"|7|data-sort-value="doo"|Jack Doohan|Alpine-Renault|align="center"|56|+1:28.401|align="center"|18|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|5|data-sort-value="bor"|Gabriel Bortoleto|Kick Sauber-Ferrari|align="center"|55|+1 lap|align="center"|19|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|27|data-sort-value="hul"|Nico Hülkenberg|Kick Sauber-Ferrari|align="center"|55|+1 lap|align="center"|12|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|22|data-sort-value="tsu"|Yuki Tsunoda|Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT|align="center"|55|+1 lap|align="center"|9|||||||
|align="center"|14|data-sort-value="alo"|Fernando Alonso||align="center"|4|Brakes|align="center"|13|||||||
|align="center"|16|data-sort-value="lec"|Charles Leclerc|Ferrari|align="center"|56|Underweight|align="center"|6|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|44|data-sort-value="ham"|Lewis Hamilton|Ferrari|align="center"|56|Plank wear|align="center"|5|align="center"||||||
|align="center"|10|data-sort-value="gas"|Pierre Gasly|Alpine-Renault|align="center"|56|Underweight|align="center"|16|align="center"||||||
|colspan="8" style="background-color:#eaecf0;text-align:center"|**Source:**|||||||||||||||
**Notes**
- – Jack Doohan finished 14th, but got a 10-second time penalty for causing Isack Hadjar to go off track. This initially dropped him to 16th in the results, but he ended up 13th because Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Pierre Gasly were disqualified.
- – Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly finished 5th and 11th, but were disqualified because their cars were too light.
- – Lewis Hamilton finished 6th, but was disqualified because his skid block was too thin.

## Infobox (grand prix race report)

- **type**: F1
- **country**: China
- **grand prix**: Chinese
- **previous round**: 2025 Australian Grand Prix
- **next round**: 2025 Japanese Grand Prix
- **image**: Shanghai International Racing Circuit track map.svg
- **image-size**: 200px
- **caption**: Map of the Shanghai International Circuit
- **date**: 23 March
- **year**: 2025
- **official name**: Formula 1 Heineken Chinese Grand Prix 2025
- **race no**: 2
- **season no**: 24
- **location**: Shanghai International Circuit
Shanghai, China
- **course**: Permanent racing facility
- **course km**: 5.451
- **course mi**: 3.387
- **distance laps**: 56
- **distance km**: 305.066
- **distance mi**: 189.559
- **weather**: Cloudy
- **attendance**: 220,000
- **pole driver**: Oscar Piastri
- **pole country**: AUS
- **pole team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **pole time**: 1:30.641
- **fast driver**: Lando Norris
- **fast country**: GBR
- **fast team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **fast time**: 1:35.454
- **fast lap**: 53
- **first driver**: Oscar Piastri
- **first country**: AUS
- **first team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **second driver**: Lando Norris
- **second country**: GBR
- **second team**: McLaren-Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, Mercedes
- **third driver**: George Russell (racing driver), George Russell
- **third country**: GBR
- **third team**: Mercedes-Benz in Formula One, Mercedes