Round 2 of 23 · 15 March 2026

Chinese Grand Prix 2026

Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China. 56 laps of 5.451 km (305.3 km).

Kimi Antonelli won the Chinese Grand Prix 2026 for Mercedes, ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. Pole position: Kimi Antonelli. Fastest lap: Kimi Antonelli, 1:35.275 on lap 52. 15 classified, 3 retirements, 4 did not start.

Race classification

56 laps

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / retired	Grid	Pts
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	56	1:33:15.607	1	25
2	63	George Russell	Mercedes	56	+5.515s	2	18
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	56	+25.267s	3	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	56	+28.894s	4	12
5	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	56	+57.268s	10	10
6	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	56	+59.647s	7	8
7	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	56	+80.588s	14	6
8	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	56	+87.247s	9	4
9	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	+1 lap	17	2
10	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	55	+1 lap	12	1
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	55	+1 lap	11	0
12	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	55	+1 lap	15	0
13	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	55	+1 lap	19	0
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	55	+1 lap	13	0
15	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	55	+1 lap	21	0
Ret	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	45	DNF	8	0
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	32	DNF	18	0
Ret	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	9	DNF	20	0
Ret	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	0	DNS	5	0
Ret	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	0	DNS	6	0
Ret	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	0	DNS	16	0
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	0	DNS	Pit lane	0

Starting grid

Penalties and pit lane starts

Albon was sent to the pit lane after his car was modified under parc fermé conditions; he then did not start.

Qualifying

Q1 · Q2 · Q3

Pos	No	Driver	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	1:33.305	1:32.443	1:32.064
2	63	George Russell	1:33.262	1:32.523	1:32.286
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	1:33.522	1:32.567	1:32.415
4	16	Charles Leclerc	1:33.175	1:32.486	1:32.428
5	81	Oscar Piastri	1:33.590	1:33.130	1:32.550
6	1	Lando Norris	1:33.535	1:32.910	1:32.608
7	10	Pierre Gasly	1:33.788	1:33.003	1:32.873
8	3	Max Verstappen	1:33.417	1:33.098	1:33.002
9	6	Isack Hadjar	1:33.632	1:33.352	1:33.121
10	87	Oliver Bearman	1:33.687	1:33.197	1:33.292
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	1:34.116	1:33.354
12	43	Franco Colapinto	1:33.634	1:33.357
13	31	Esteban Ocon	1:33.974	1:33.538
14	30	Liam Lawson	1:34.139	1:33.765
15	41	Arvid Lindblad	1:33.906	1:33.784
16	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:33.549	1:33.965
17	55	Carlos Sainz	1:34.317
18	23	Alexander Albon	1:34.772
19	14	Fernando Alonso	1:35.203
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	1:35.436
21	18	Lance Stroll	1:35.995
22	11	Sergio Perez	1:36.906

Sprint

Sprint classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / retired	Pts
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	19	33:38.998	8
2	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	19	+0.674s	7
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	19	+2.554s	6
4	1	Lando Norris	McLaren	19	+4.433s	5
5	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	19	+5.688s	4
6	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	19	+6.809s	3
7	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	19	+10.900s	2
8	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	19	+11.271s	1
9	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	19	+11.619s	0
10	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	19	+13.887s	0
11	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	19	+14.780s	0
12	55	Carlos Sainz	Williams	19	+15.753s	0
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	19	+15.858s	0
14	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	19	+16.393s	0
15	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	19	+16.430s	0
16	23	Alexander Albon	Williams	19	+20.014s	0
17	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	19	+21.599s	0
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	+21.971s	0
19	11	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	19	+28.241s	0
Ret	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	12	DNF	0
Ret	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	12	DNF	0
Ret	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	11	DNF	0

Sprint qualifying

SQ1 · SQ2 · SQ3

Pos	No	Driver	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	63	George Russell	1:33.030	1:32.241	1:31.520
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	1:33.455	1:32.291	1:31.809
3	1	Lando Norris	1:33.783	1:33.086	1:32.141
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	1:33.148	1:33.042	1:32.161
5	81	Oscar Piastri	1:33.813	1:33.038	1:32.224
6	16	Charles Leclerc	1:33.194	1:32.602	1:32.528
7	10	Pierre Gasly	1:33.970	1:33.405	1:32.888
8	3	Max Verstappen	1:34.170	1:33.564	1:33.254
9	87	Oliver Bearman	1:34.280	1:33.501	1:33.409
10	6	Isack Hadjar	1:34.447	1:33.620	1:33.723
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	1:33.997	1:33.635
12	31	Esteban Ocon	1:34.087	1:33.639
13	30	Liam Lawson	1:34.110	1:33.714
14	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	1:34.291	1:33.774
15	41	Arvid Lindblad	1:34.495	1:34.048
16	43	Franco Colapinto	1:34.592	1:34.327
17	55	Carlos Sainz	1:34.761
18	23	Alexander Albon	1:35.305
19	14	Fernando Alonso	1:35.581
20	18	Lance Stroll	1:36.151
21	77	Valtteri Bottas	1:37.378

Practice 1

Best lap per driver

Pos	No	Driver	Time / gap	Laps
1	63	George Russell	1:32.741	29
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	+0.120s	30
3	1	Lando Norris	+0.555s	29
4	81	Oscar Piastri	+0.731s	28
5	16	Charles Leclerc	+0.858s	28
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	+1.388s	26
7	87	Oliver Bearman	+1.685s	28
8	3	Max Verstappen	+1.800s	24
9	27	Nico Hulkenberg	+1.898s	27
10	10	Pierre Gasly	+1.935s	28
11	30	Liam Lawson	+2.032s	29
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	+2.087s	26
13	6	Isack Hadjar	+2.115s	26
14	31	Esteban Ocon	+2.136s	25
15	43	Franco Colapinto	+2.206s	26
16	23	Alexander Albon	+2.739s	31
17	55	Carlos Sainz	+2.938s	18
18	14	Fernando Alonso	+3.115s	18
19	77	Valtteri Bottas	+3.316s	25
20	18	Lance Stroll	+4.483s	20
21	41	Arvid Lindblad	+5.155s	6
22	11	Sergio Perez	+6.459s	13

Tyres

Pirelli compounds: C2 (hard), C3 (medium), C4 (soft).

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