Tomorrow's F1 starting grid for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix
Oscar Piastri's McLaren will lead the start of the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, but the polesitter will face a raft of challengers behind him. Here's how the starting grid looks ahead of the Sunday race
Piastri set to start on pole in Shanghai
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Oscar Piastri will start in pole for tomorrow’s 2025 Chinese Grand Prix, alongside George Russell — with Lando Norris on the second row in third.
Scroll down to see how the full grid will look when it lines up for the second grand prix of the season, which starts at 7am in the UK — 3pm local time in Shanghai.
If you do commit to waking up early then your dedication could be well rewarded, as Lando Norris — who blamed errors for failing to challenge for pole — will aim to overhaul his team-mate and win again, while Lewis Hamilton will look to follow up his sprint race win with victory in the Grand Prix from fifth on the grid.
And what can Isack Hadjar do from seventh on the grid? Once again, there’s a Racing Bull and Williams shaking things up in the top ten, as they have done in every qualifying session so far this year, while there’s a Red Bull at the back again too: Liam Lawson is set to start dead last on what is looking like a weekend to forget.
Here’s how the grid will line up on Sunday morning, unless any penalties are imposed between now and the start.
2025 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid
1 |
Oscar Piastri McLaren 1min 30.641sec |
2 |
George Russell |
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3 |
Lando Norris McLaren 1min 30.793sec |
4 |
Max Verstappen |
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5 |
Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1min 30.927sec |
6 |
Charles Leclerc |
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7 |
Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls 1min 31.079sec |
8 |
Kimi Antonelli |
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9 |
Yuki Tsunoda Racing Bulls 1min 31.638sec |
10 |
Alex Albon |
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11 |
Esteban Ocon Alpine 1min 31.625sec |
12 |
Nico Hülkenberg |
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13 |
Fernando Alonso Aston Martin 1min 31.688sec |
14 |
Lance Stroll |
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15 |
Carlos Sainz Williams 1min 31.840sec |
16 |
Pierre Gasly |
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17 |
Oliver Bearman Haas 1min 32.018sec |
18 |
Jack Doohan |
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19 |
Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber 1min 32.174sec |
20 |
Liam Lawson |
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