Oscar Piastri with McLaren will start from the pole position in the China GPsecond race of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship. In the front row, by his side, there will be the Mercedes by George Russell. Second row for Lando Norris on McLaren and Max Verstappen, with Red Bull. Third row, for the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton, with the fifth time and Charles Leclerc. Eighth time for Kimi Antonelli on Mercedes.
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton dominated from pole position to get his first victory with Ferrari in the sprint race of the Chinese Grand Prix. Hamilton, on his second race weekend for the Cavallino, crossed the finish line in front of Oscar Piastri’s McLaren and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Fifth the other Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc.
It was a “very special victory,” said the pilot after the race. In Melbourne, at the debut, Hamilton had arrived tenth with Ferrari, but six days later it was a different story. The seven times world champion has obtained victory starting from pole position To add a victory in the sprint to its six triumphs in the great prizes on the circuit. The Englishman crossed the finish line with 6.889 seconds ahead of Oscar Plastri della McLaren and Max Verstappen of the Red Bull Third. Hamilton came out of his car after the finish line among the applause by the Shanghai fans, who unmarked enormous banners with his number 44. “This is a really special weekend so far,” said the forty -year -old to journalists. «China and Shanghai have always been very good with me since my first race here in 2007. It is a track on which I really love to drive. It is difficult to express in words what you feel. Obviously it is a sprint race, it is not the main race, but it is a good springboard ».