Chinese Grand Prix 2025 Sprint Completed

2025 Chinese Grand Prix Sprint

Shanghai 22 Mar 2025, 11:00 local

Lewis Hamilton won the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix sprint at Shanghai. Piastri finished second and Verstappen third. Hamilton led from pole position. The sprint ran in dry conditions, with track temperatures around 36°C.

Session: Sprint
Date: 22 Mar 2025
Start: 11:00 local
Winner: Lewis Hamilton
Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: 1:35.819

Sprint result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Pts
1	44 Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1	19	30:39.965	8
2	81 Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	3 +1	19	+6.889	7
3	1 Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	2 -1	19	+9.804	6
4	63 George Russell RUS	Mercedes	5 +1	19	+11.592	5
5	16 Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	4 -1	19	+12.190	4
6	22 Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Racing Bulls	8 +2	19	+22.288	3
7	12 Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	7	19	+23.038	2
8	4 Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	6 -2	19	+23.471	1
9	18 Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	10 +1	19	+24.916	—
10	14 Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	11 +1	19	+38.218	—
11	23 Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	9 -2	19	+39.292	—
12	10 Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	17 +5	19	+39.649	—
13	6 Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	15 +2	19	+42.400	—
14	30 Liam Lawson LAW	Red Bull Racing	19 +5	19	+44.904	—
15	87 Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas F1 Team	12 -3	19	+45.649	—
16	31 Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas F1 Team	18 +2	19	+46.182	—
17	55 Carlos Sainz SAI FL	Williams	13 -4	19	+51.376	—
18	5 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	14 -4	19	+53.940	—
19	27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	20 +1	19	+56.682	—
20	7 Jack Doohan DOO	Alpine	16 -4	19	+70.212	—

Race replay

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Speed Lap 1 0:00

Analysis

Lap times, sectors, top speed and tyre strategy - pick drivers to compare

Cleaned laps for the top ten finishers. Pit-out laps are omitted.

Median sector times for the top ten finishers, stacked into a representative lap.

Median speed-trap reading (km/h) for the top ten finishers.

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Soft Medium Hard Intermediate Wet

Stint compounds across the race, ordered by finishing position.

Sprint report

The story of the race, read from the timing data

Winner Lewis Hamilton From P1 on the grid

Pole position Lewis Hamilton Started P1

Fastest lap Carlos Sainz 1:35.819 on lap 13

Winning margin 6.889s Over Oscar Piastri

Top speed 353 km/h Liam Lawson

Fastest pit stop 22.40s Carlos Sainz

Biggest mover Pierre Gasly Gained 5 places

Safety cars None

Lewis Hamilton won the Chinese Grand Prix from pole position at Shanghai. The winning margin was 6.889 seconds over Oscar Piastri, with Max Verstappen completing the podium.

Carlos Sainz set the fastest lap of the sprint, a 1:35.819 on lap 13. Liam Lawson recorded the highest speed-trap reading at 353 km/h.

Most of the grid started on the medium compound, the field made 1 pit stops in total, the quickest of them belonging to Carlos Sainz at 22.40 seconds. The race ran without a safety car.

Pierre Gasly was the biggest mover, climbing 5 places to finish P12.