Oscar Piastri has taken pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix for McLaren ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris.
| Row 1 | 1. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’30.641 McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 |
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| 2. (63) George Russell 1’30.723 Mercedes W16 |
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| Row 2 | 3. (4) Lando Norris 1’30.793 McLaren-Mercedes MCL39 |
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| 4. (1) Max Verstappen 1’30.817 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 |
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| Row 3 | 5. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’30.927 Ferrari SF-25 |
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| 6. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’31.021 Ferrari SF-25 |
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| Row 4 | 7. (6) Isack Hadjar 1’31.079 Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 |
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| 8. (12) Andrea Kimi Antonelli 1’31.103 Mercedes W16 |
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| Row 5 | 9. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’31.638 Racing Bulls-Honda RBPT 02 |
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| 10. (23) Alexander Albon 1’31.706 Williams-Mercedes FW47 |
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| Row 6 | 11. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’31.625 Haas-Ferrari VF-25 |
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| 12. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’31.632 Sauber-Ferrari C45 |
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| Row 7 | 13. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’31.688 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 |
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| 14. (18) Lance Stroll 1’31.773 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR25 |
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| Row 8 | 15. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’31.840 Williams-Mercedes FW47 |
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| 16. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’31.992 Alpine-Renault A525 |
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| Row 9 | 17. (87) Oliver Bearman 1’32.018 Haas-Ferrari VF-25 |
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| 18. (7) Jack Doohan 1’32.092 Alpine-Renault A525 |
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| Row 10 | 19. (5) Gabriel Bortoleto 1’32.141 Sauber-Ferrari C45 |
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| 20. (30) Liam Lawson 1’32.174 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB21 |
| P. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 (v Q1) | Q3 (v Q2) |
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| 1 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1’31.591 | 1’31.200 (-0.391s) | 1’30.641 (-0.559s) |
| 2 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’31.295 | 1’31.307 (+0.012s) | 1’30.723 (-0.584s) |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1’30.983 | 1’30.787 (-0.196s) | 1’30.793 (+0.006s) |
| 4 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’31.424 | 1’31.142 (-0.282s) | 1’30.817 (-0.325s) |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | 1’31.690 | 1’31.501 (-0.189s) | 1’30.927 (-0.574s) |
| 6 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’31.579 | 1’31.450 (-0.129s) | 1’31.021 (-0.429s) |
| 7 | Isack Hadjar | Racing Bulls | 1’31.162 | 1’31.253 (+0.091s) | 1’31.079 (-0.174s) |
| 8 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | 1’31.676 | 1’31.590 (-0.086s) | 1’31.103 (-0.487s) |
| 9 | Yuki Tsunoda | Racing Bulls | 1’31.238 | 1’31.260 (+0.022s) | 1’31.638 (+0.378s) |
| 10 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1’31.503 | 1’31.595 (+0.092s) | 1’31.706 (+0.111s) |
| 11 | Esteban Ocon | Haas | 1’31.876 | 1’31.625 (-0.251s) | Missed by 0.030s |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber | 1’31.921 | 1’31.632 (-0.289s) | Missed by 0.037s |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1’31.719 | 1’31.688 (-0.031s) | Missed by 0.093s |
| 14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1’31.923 | 1’31.773 (-0.150s) | Missed by 0.178s |
| 15 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Williams | 1’31.628 | 1’31.840 (+0.212s) | Missed by 0.245s |
| 16 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1’31.992 | Missed by 0.069s | |
| 17 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 1’32.018 | Missed by 0.095s | |
| 18 | Jack Doohan | Alpine | 1’32.092 | Missed by 0.169s | |
| 19 | Gabriel Bortoleto | Sauber | 1’32.141 | Missed by 0.218s | |
| 20 | Liam Lawson | Red Bull | 1’32.174 | Missed by 0.251s |
Penalties
Liam Lawson: Start from the pit lane due to set-up change
Investigations
Hadjar: Racing Bulls fined for unsafe release in front of Verstappen
Bearman: Cleared of impeding Stroll
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Par
22nd March 2025, 8:08
Lawson :-> Number one from 🔙
Anon
22nd March 2025, 8:24
Lawson abysmal.
Hadjar impressive.
Norris too many mistakes.
Congrats to Piastri
Tom (@hadws)
22nd March 2025, 8:23
Lawson is fast becoming the biggest advocate for reverse grids.
Anon
22nd March 2025, 8:29
It’s his time now.
All jokes aside Red Bull should have seen this coming, a guy that got a record like 2-11 or something against Tsunoda is bad in qualifying. It was obvious he doesn’t have the outright speed.
MichaelN
22nd March 2025, 9:12
Easy to be critical of Lawson, but the Red Bull just didn’t have the pace today.
And Red Bull as a team has always been great at supporting both drivers, so these things are definitely an anomaly.
Definitely. For real.
Edvaldo
22nd March 2025, 15:45
Even being Lawson there, and taking a beating from the car, he’s so out of position he’ll still be overtaking people.
He’s definitely not good enough for points coming from so far yet, but there will be some overtakes.