2026 Chinese Grand Prix

Circuit: Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
Winner: Andrea Kimi AntonelliMercedes
Pole: Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Fastest lap: Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Entries: 2215 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	F1 W17	1	56	Finished	25	fastest lap
2	George Russell	Mercedes	F1 W17	2	56	Finished	18
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	SF-26	3	56	Finished	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	SF-26	4	56	Finished	12
5	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	10	56	Finished	10
6	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	A526	7	56	Finished	8
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	14	56	Finished	6
8	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	RB22	9	56	Finished	4
9	Carlos Sainz	Williams	FW48	17	55	Finished	2
10	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	A526	12	55	Finished	1
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	R26	11	55	Finished	0
12	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	VCARB 03	15	55	Finished	0
13	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	CA01	19	55	Finished	0
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	VF-26	13	55	Finished	0
15	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	CA01	21	55	Finished	0
DNF	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	RB22	8	45	Coolant leak	0
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	AMR26	18	32	Vibrations	0
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	AMR26	20	9	Battery	0
DNS	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	MCL40	5	—	Electrical	0
DNS	Lando Norris	McLaren	MCL40	6	—	Electrical	0
DNS	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	R26	16	—	Hydraulics	0
DNS	Alexander Albon	Williams	FW48	PL	—	Hydraulics	0

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1	1	56
George Russell	2	2	56
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	3	56
Charles Leclerc	4	4	56
Oliver Bearman	10	5	56
Pierre Gasly	7	6	56
Liam Lawson	14	7	56
Isack Hadjar	9	8	56
Carlos Sainz	17	9	55
Franco Colapinto	12	10	55
Nico Hulkenberg	11	11	55
Arvid Lindblad	15	12	55
Valtteri Bottas	19	13	55
Esteban Ocon	13	14	55
Sergio Perez	21	15	55
Max Verstappen	8	DNF	45
Fernando Alonso	18	DNF	32
Lance Stroll	20	DNF	9

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	Interval
1	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:33.305	1:32.443	1:32.064	—	—
2	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:33.262	1:32.523	1:32.286	+0.222	+0.222
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:33.522	1:32.567	1:32.415	+0.351	+0.129
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.175	1:32.486	1:32.428	+0.364	+0.013
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:33.590	1:33.130	1:32.550	+0.486	+0.122
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:33.535	1:32.910	1:32.608	+0.544	+0.058
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:33.788	1:33.003	1:32.873	+0.809	+0.265
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:33.417	1:33.098	1:33.002	+0.938	+0.129
9	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:33.632	1:33.352	1:33.121	+1.057	+0.119
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:33.687	1:33.197	1:33.292	+1.228	+0.171
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:34.116	1:33.354	—	—	—
12	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:33.634	1:33.357	—	—	—
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:33.974	1:33.538	—	—	—
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:34.139	1:33.765	—	—	—
15	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:33.906	1:33.784	—	—	—
16	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:33.549	1:33.965	—	—	—
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:34.317	—	—	—	—
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:34.772	—	—	—	—
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:35.203	—	—	—	—
20	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:35.436	—	—	—	—
21	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:35.995	—	—	—	—
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:36.906	—	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Sprint

Sprint
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Grid	Laps	Out	Gap	Points
1	George Russell	Mercedes	1	19	Finished	—	8
2	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	19	Finished	+0.674	7
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	4	19	Finished	+2.554	6
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	3	19	Finished	+4.433	5
5	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	2	19	Finished	+5.688	4
6	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	19	Finished	+6.809	3
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	13	19	Finished	+10.900	2
8	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	9	19	Finished	+11.271	1
9	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	8	19	Finished	+11.619	0
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	12	19	Finished	+13.887	0
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	7	19	Finished	+14.780	0
12	Carlos Sainz	Williams	17	19	Finished	+15.753	0
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	14	19	Finished	+15.858	0
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	16	19	Finished	+16.393	0
15	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	10	19	Finished	+16.430	0
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	22	19	Finished	+20.014	0
17	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	18	19	Finished	+21.599	0
18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	19	19	Finished	+21.971	0
19	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	21	19	Finished	+28.241	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	11	12	Mechanical	—	0
DNF	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	20	12	Withdrew	—	0
DNF	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	15	11	Collision damage	—	0

A sprint is a separate, shorter race held on the grand prix weekend, with its own grid and its own points — and those points count towards the championship. The grid column is the sprint grid, not the grand prix one.

Sprint qualifying

Sprint qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap	Interval
1	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:33.030	1:32.241	1:31.520	—	—
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:33.455	1:32.291	1:31.809	+0.289	+0.289
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:33.783	1:33.086	1:32.141	+0.621	+0.332
4	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:33.148	1:33.042	1:32.161	+0.641	+0.020
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:33.813	1:33.038	1:32.224	+0.704	+0.063
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.194	1:32.602	1:32.528	+1.008	+0.304
7	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:33.970	1:33.405	1:32.888	+1.368	+0.360
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.170	1:33.564	1:33.254	+1.734	+0.366
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:34.280	1:33.501	1:33.409	+1.889	+0.155
10	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:34.447	1:33.620	1:33.723	+2.203	+0.314
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:33.997	1:33.635	—	—	—
12	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:34.087	1:33.639	—	—	—
13	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:34.110	1:33.714	—	—	—
14	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:34.291	1:33.774	—	—	—
15	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:34.495	1:34.048	—	—	—
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:34.592	1:34.327	—	—	—
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:34.761	—	—	—	—
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:35.305	—	—	—	—
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:35.581	—	—	—	—
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:36.151	—	—	—	—
21	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:37.378	—	—	—	—

The session that sets the sprint grid: the sprint shootout in 2023, sprint qualifying since, with the best lap of each of its three parts.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap
Andrea Kimi Antonelli	1	56	1	10
George Russell	2	56	1	10
Sir Lewis Hamilton	3	56	1	10
Charles Leclerc	4	56	1	10
Oliver Bearman	5	56	1	10
Pierre Gasly	6	56	1	10
Liam Lawson	7	56	1	9
Isack Hadjar	8	56	2	1, 10
Carlos Sainz	9	55	1	9
Franco Colapinto	10	55	1	32
Nico Hulkenberg	11	55	1	35
Arvid Lindblad	12	55	1	42
Valtteri Bottas	13	55	1	10
Esteban Ocon	14	55	2	29, 46
Sergio Perez	15	55	1	11
Max Verstappen	DNF	45	1	9
Fernando Alonso	DNF	32	1	31
Lance Stroll	DNF	9	0	None recorded

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Andrea Kimi Antonelli · George Russell	1 · 2	1 · 2	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
George Russell · Sir Lewis Hamilton	2 · 3	2 · 3	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Charles Leclerc	3 · 4	3 · 4	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Charles Leclerc · Oliver Bearman	4 · 10	4 · 5	10 · 10	Same lap	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Oliver Bearman	7 · 10	6 · 5	10 · 10	Same lap	Swapped places
Isack Hadjar · Oliver Bearman	9 · 10	8 · 5	1 · 10	Isack Hadjar	Swapped places
Oliver Bearman · Nico Hulkenberg	10 · 11	5 · 11	10 · 35	Oliver Bearman	Kept their order
Pierre Gasly · Liam Lawson	7 · 14	6 · 7	10 · 9	Liam Lawson	Kept their order
Isack Hadjar · Liam Lawson	9 · 14	8 · 7	1 · 9	Isack Hadjar	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Liam Lawson	13 · 14	14 · 7	29 · 9	Liam Lawson	Swapped places
Liam Lawson · Arvid Lindblad	14 · 15	7 · 12	9 · 42	Liam Lawson	Kept their order
Isack Hadjar · Carlos Sainz	9 · 17	8 · 9	1 · 9	Isack Hadjar	Kept their order
Franco Colapinto · Carlos Sainz	12 · 17	10 · 9	32 · 9	Carlos Sainz	Swapped places
Nico Hulkenberg · Franco Colapinto	11 · 12	11 · 10	35 · 32	Franco Colapinto	Swapped places
Franco Colapinto · Esteban Ocon	12 · 13	10 · 14	32 · 29	Esteban Ocon	Kept their order
Nico Hulkenberg · Arvid Lindblad	11 · 15	11 · 12	35 · 42	Nico Hulkenberg	Kept their order
Arvid Lindblad · Valtteri Bottas	15 · 19	12 · 13	42 · 10	Valtteri Bottas	Kept their order
Esteban Ocon · Valtteri Bottas	13 · 19	14 · 13	29 · 10	Valtteri Bottas	Swapped places
Esteban Ocon · Sergio Perez	13 · 21	14 · 15	29 · 11	Sergio Perez	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	Interval	Laps
1	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1:32.741	—	—	29
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	12	1:32.861	+0.120	+0.120	30
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	1:33.296	+0.555	+0.435	29
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	81	1:33.472	+0.731	+0.176	28
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	16	1:33.599	+0.858	+0.127	28
6	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	44	1:34.129	+1.388	+0.530	26
7	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	87	1:34.426	+1.685	+0.297	28
8	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	3	1:34.541	+1.800	+0.115	24
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	27	1:34.639	+1.898	+0.098	27
10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	10	1:34.676	+1.935	+0.037	28
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	30	1:34.773	+2.032	+0.097	29
12	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	5	1:34.828	+2.087	+0.055	26
13	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing	6	1:34.856	+2.115	+0.028	26
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas F1 Team	31	1:34.877	+2.136	+0.021	25
15	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	43	1:34.947	+2.206	+0.070	26
16	Alexander Albon	Williams	23	1:35.480	+2.739	+0.533	31
17	Carlos Sainz	Williams	55	1:35.679	+2.938	+0.199	18
18	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	14	1:35.856	+3.115	+0.177	18
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	77	1:36.057	+3.316	+0.201	25
20	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	1:37.224	+4.483	+1.167	20
21	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	41	1:37.896	+5.155	+0.672	6
22	Sergio Perez	Cadillac	11	1:39.200	+6.459	+1.304	13

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

Timetable

Timetable
Session	At the circuit	UTC
Practice 1	Fri 13 Mar 11:30	Fri 13 Mar 03:30
Sprint qualifying	Fri 13 Mar 15:30	Fri 13 Mar 07:30
Sprint	Sat 14 Mar 11:00	Sat 14 Mar 03:00
Qualifying	Sat 14 Mar 15:00	Sat 14 Mar 07:00
Race	Sun 15 Mar 15:00	Sun 15 Mar 07:00

Start times on the circuit's clock and in UTC; a session's length and any change on the day are not held here.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 2026
Grand Prix: Chinese Grand Prix
Dates: 13–15 Mar 2026
Layout raced: —
Format: Sprint weekend
Constructor: Mercedes
Entrant: —
Confidence: verified

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.