Round 2 · 2026CHINESE GRAND PRIX

Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai (China) · 15.03.2026 07:00 UTC · background

Lap trace · drawn from raw GPS

Chinese Grand Prix

Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai · the fastest lap of each podium finisher, plotted from OpenF1 positional samples and painted by speed. Black overlay marks where the brake pedal was down.

Kimi ANTONELLIMercedes

Lap: 52
Time: 1:35.275
Top: 321 km/h
Slowest: 65 km/h
Samples: 362

speed over the lap

George RUSSELLMercedes

Lap: 56
Time: 1:35.400
Top: 329 km/h
Slowest: 70 km/h
Samples: 360

speed over the lap

Lewis HAMILTONFerrari

Lap: 55
Time: 1:36.092
Top: 320 km/h
Slowest: 66 km/h
Samples: 361

speed over the lap

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Race classification

#	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Pts
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1	56	1:33:15.607	25
2	George Russell	Mercedes	2	56	+5.515	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	56	+25.267	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	4	56	+28.894	12
5	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	10	56	+57.268	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	7	56	+59.647	8
7	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	14	56	+1:20.588	6
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	9	56	+1:27.247	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	17	55	+11.673	2
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	12	55	+12.403	1
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11	55	+21.109	0
12	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	15	55	+22.828	0
13	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	19	55	+56.158	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	13	55	+1:06.256	0
15	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	21	55	+1:14.641	0
16	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	8	45	Retired	0
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	18	32	Retired	0
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20	9	Retired	0
19	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	0	Did not start	0
20	Lando Norris	McLaren	6	0	Did not start	0
21	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	16	0	Did not start	0
22	Alexander Albon	Williams	22	0	Did not start	0

Qualifying

#	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.305	1:32.443	1:32.064
2	George Russell	Mercedes	1:33.262	1:32.523	1:32.286
3	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.522	1:32.567	1:32.415
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.175	1:32.486	1:32.428
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:33.590	1:33.130	1:32.550
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:33.535	1:32.910	1:32.608
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine F1 Team	1:33.788	1:33.003	1:32.873
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.417	1:33.098	1:33.002
9	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	1:33.632	1:33.352	1:33.121
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:33.687	1:33.197	1:33.292
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:34.116	1:33.354	—
12	Franco Colapinto	Alpine F1 Team	1:33.634	1:33.357	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	1:33.974	1:33.538	—
14	Liam Lawson	RB F1 Team	1:34.139	1:33.765	—
15	Arvid Lindblad	RB F1 Team	1:33.906	1:33.784	—
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:33.549	1:33.965	—
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	1:34.317	—	—
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:34.772	—	—
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.203	—	—
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac F1 Team	1:35.436	—	—
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.995	—	—
22	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac F1 Team	1:36.906	—	—

Pit stops

Driver	Stop	Lap	Duration
I. Hadjar	1	1	23.062
L. Lawson	1	9	22.721
M. Verstappen	1	9	23.678
C. Sainz	1	9	23.106
A. Antonelli	1	10	23.005
G. Russell	1	10	23.390
L. Hamilton	1	10	22.433
C. Leclerc	1	10	25.633
P. Gasly	1	10	23.539
O. Bearman	1	10	22.967
V. Bottas	1	10	27.795
I. Hadjar	2	10	25.748
S. Pérez	1	11	26.213
E. Ocon	1	29	25.997
F. Alonso	1	31	23.291
F. Colapinto	1	32	23.195
N. Hülkenberg	1	35	37.358
A. Lindblad	1	42	23.290
E. Ocon	2	46	47.067