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Lewis' Sprint win (Photograph: Instagram)
The first-ever Formula 1 Sprint race for 2025 is completed in China’s Shanghai International Circuit. Lewis Hamilton won it for Ferrari, his first-ever race win for the Maranello team. The Italian race machine was clearly leading the entire sprint race against Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri who finished on the podium. We will now head to the Chinese GP Qualifying session. The king of China did it again for his new F1 team.
Check the 2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix Sprint race results
Position | Driver | Team | Lap time |
1. | Lewis Hamilton | Ferrari | Winner |
2. | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | +6.889 |
3. | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +9.804 |
4. | George Russell | Mercedes | +11.592 |
5. | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +12.190 |
6. | Yuki Tsunoda | VCARB | +22.288 |
7. | Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | +23.038 |
8. | Lando Norris | McLaren | +23.471 |
9. | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +24.916 |
10. | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | +38.218 |
11. | Alex Albon | Williams | +39.291 |
12. | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | +39.649 |
13. | Isack Hadjar | VCARB | +42.400 |
14. | Liam Lawson | Red Bull | +44.904 |
15. | Oliver Bearman | Haas | +45.649 |
16. | Esteban Ocon | Haas | +46.182 |
17. | Carlos Sainz | Williams | +51.376 |
18. | Gabriel Bortoleto | Kick Sauber | +53.940 |
19. | Nico Hulkenberg | Kick Sauber | +56.682 |
20. | Jack Doohan | Alpine | +60.212 |
Sprint race summary
The race started with Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri getting to a good start but the championship leader Lando Norris lost three places down to 9th from 6th. The Sprint race has only 8 point places and Norris was suddenly out of point contention. Hamilton’s teammate Leclerc also lost position to Oscar Piastri and George Russell and was pushed to fifth. VCARB driver Yuki Tsunoda as usual shined and gained more position into P6. Liam Lawson battled with Jack Doohan for position and damaged some of his front left wing.
Max Verstappen had a nice chance to secure a strong position in the championship battle and started to gain on Lewis Hamilton. After lap 10, he lost place and was overtaken by McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. Many drivers experienced front left tyre degradation issues. Hamilton kept it steady and steered past Verstappen and Piastri in the back. This was Ferrari’s first-ever win in the F1 Chinese GP sprint race and the seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton made it happen in his second race for the team.
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