2026 Chinese Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread 🏎️
ROUND 2: 🇨🇳 China
FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026
Weekend Schedule
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- Practice 1: Friday, 04:30 CET | 03:30 UTC
- Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 08:30 CET | 07:30 UTC
- Sprint: Saturday, 04:00 CET | 03:00 UTC
- Qualifying: Saturday, 08:00 CET | 07:00 UTC
- Race: Sunday, 08:00 CEST | 07:00 UTC
Circuit stats & Tyres
- First Grand Prix: 2004
- Number of laps: 56
- Circuit Length: 5.451 km
- Race Distance: 305.066 km
- Lap record: 1:32.238 Michael Schumacher (2004)
- 2025 Pole: Oscar Piastri (1:30.641)
- 2025 Fastest Lap: Lando Norris (1:35.454)
- 2025 winner: Oscar Piastri
- Pirelli Tyres: C2 (Hard) ⚪, C3 (Medium) 🟡, C4 (Soft) 🔴
Antonelli 👏👏👏 well done
Hamilton podium!!! Finally.
7 cars out and 4 of them didn't even start.
GG Kimi.
Williams in the points!
It was a better race than Australia.
Race is much more interesting so far than last year's. Enjoying the Haas vs Alpine battles.
Loved the Ferrari battles even if at their own cost. Antonelli running away with the lead.
Ferrari have taught the drivers some good deployment techniques, they are jumping around each other just like they did against the Merc last weekend.
And whatever is helping their starts also gives good SC restarts.
Norris having electrical issues and might not make it out in time for a grid start. Oop.
I wonder which race will be the first with 22 cars on the grid. I think it will be Spain or Austria.
Both McLaren’s it seems
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That would be a second DNS for Piastri.
How far through the season before Piastri gets to start the season?
They did it!
Ferrari built for combat
Omg Haas mechanics hacking away at Ocon's car in the pits with bolt cutters. Don't think I've ever seen that in F1.
what the fuck is happening
I don't care what the naysayer say: This is brilliant!
Ocon "yeah that was my fault"
Ah Ocon was having a decent race performance until that incident. Bearman has been fantastic in comparison.
Spicy start. Was hoping Ferrari could hold the lead for at least a few more laps before going back to Merc 1-2.
Glad Leclerc is enjoying the battle haha. We are too.
The 'bunny on skis' track layout really is a great design for racing
What a great race! Lewis going at Charles for that sequence of corners was fantastic! Well done to Kimi, held his cool (aside from the lock up) and got a well deserved win. Disaster for McLaren, and a shame that Oscar hasn't run any racing laps so far this year yet.
Welp the engine did not last the race distance like Honda was hoping. https://youtu.be/GjXxi-1eZ7w
Red Bull having a disastrous race so far.