2026 Chinese Grand Prix - [QUALIFYING] discussion thread

ROUND 2: 🇨🇳 China


FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026


Weekend Schedule

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  • Practice 1: Friday, 04:30 CET | 03:30 UTC
  • Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 08:30 CET | 07:30 UTC
  • Sprint: Saturday, 04:00 CET | 03:00 UTC
  • Qualifying: Saturday, 08:00 CET | 07:00 UTC
  • Race: Sunday, 08:00 CEST | 07:00 UTC

Circuit stats & Tyres


  • First Grand Prix: 2004
  • Number of laps: 56
  • Circuit Length: 5.451 km
  • Race Distance: 305.066 km
  • Lap record: 1:32.238 Michael Schumacher (2004)
  • 2025 Pole: Oscar Piastri (1:30.641)
  • 2025 Fastest Lap: Lando Norris (1:35.454)
  • 2025 winner: Oscar Piastri
  • Pirelli Tyres: C2 (Hard) ⚪, C3 (Medium) 🟡, C4 (Soft) 🔴

Track Map


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19 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world

9 Comments

_ed@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 167d

Reliability providing the drama. GG Kimi.

hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 167d

Let's go Kimi.

beeng@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 167d

Hamilton is back with the flat floors. Nice to see.

Good track this one too, love the turn 1-3 sequence.

CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 167d

Poor Williams 🫩

hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 167d (1 reply)

Damn this Red Bull looks like a tractor in the corners

Goodeye8@piefed.social · 7 pts · 167d

Insane contrast to Australia where they looked like they'd be in the fight with Merc and Ferrari. Now it looks like Alpine and Haas might take points from them.

ninth_plane@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 167d

Good turnout at the track today, even watching the F1 Academy race the stands were pretty well filled.

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 167d

🫠

hsr@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 167d

Hell yeah

alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 167d
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