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Should Red Bull drop Lawson now? Our verdict
It seems more and more likely that the first Formula 1 driver change of 2025 might be coming just two rounds into the season. But did anyone expect that change to be coming at Red Bull?Liam Lawson's catastrophic start to life in the Red Bull senior team had put his position in jeopardy even before an insipid drive to 15th on the road (and 12th in the final classification) in the Chinese Grand Prix...
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Did tyre wear really cause Leclerc's Chinese GP disqualification?
Ferrari's double disqualification for technical infringements in Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix was unprecedented - the team has never suffered such a fate in its long history.But while Ferrari put its hand up to admit that Lewis Hamilton’s too worn plank was down to a set-up misjudgement in running his car too low, its post-race statement said responsibility was different when it came to Charles ...
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Audi signals opposition to F1's V10 plan
Audi has offered the clearest indication yet that it is against Formula 1 abandoning its turbo hybrid engine rules, amid talks over a future switch to V10s.The FIA is in discussions with engine manufacturers about a change of plan for F1 that would involve quickly moving away from the new generation power unit regulations coming in for 2026 and to an alternative concept such as a V10 run on fully ...
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Mark Hughes: The hidden games within Piastri-Norris title battle
In some ways the Chinese Grand Prix had a very different pattern to the sprint race, but ultimately Oscar Piastri did much the same as Lewis Hamilton had the previous day: defend the lead from pole with good positioning and no-compromise moves (against Max Verstappen in Hamilton's case, against George Russell in Piastri's), get straight out of DRS range, eke out an advantage but not too quickly, t...
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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Chinese Grand Prix
A McLaren 1-2 that nearly wasn't, a brutal Ferrari disillusionment after the joy of the sprint, and more major swings in the midfield made even more major by shocks from post-race scrutineering.It's still so early in the season but the Chinese GP has felt significant for how we expect 2025 to play out.Here are our winners and losers from Sunday's race.Winner - Oscar PiastriOscar Piastri's third gr...
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'A joke' - Ferrari angered by F1 radio of Hamilton-Leclerc swap
Ferrari has branded Formula 1's use of radio messages "a joke" and a deliberate attempt to stir up drama over how it swapped Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in the Chinese Grand Prix.Hamilton was struggling for much of the Shanghai race and under pressure from Leclerc in the first stint and the start of the second, despite Leclerc damaging his front wing on the first lap - ironically by hitting...
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Red Bull considering axing Lawson before next F1 race
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says the team will decide on Liam Lawson’s Formula 1 future before the Japanese Grand Prix – with an immediate change not off the table.As revealed on Saturday by The Race, Lawson’s future with Red Bull has been put in jeopardy by a disastrous start to the season.He qualified last in both qualifying sessions at the Chinese Grand Prix, and was barely better in Austral...
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Ferrari pair Hamilton + Leclerc both disqualified from Chinese GP
Ferrari Formula 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have both been thrown out of the final Chinese Grand Prix classification for their cars breaching different technical rules.Here's what doomed both drivers to an embarrassing double disqualification for the team.Why Leclerc's been disqualifiedLeclerc was referred to the stewards when the FIA's F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer found his Fer...
Why Leclerc was quicker than Hamilton in a damaged Ferrari
How did Charles Leclerc beat Lewis Hamilton in the Chinese Grand Prix despite carrying front wing damage all race long from their lap-one clash?The two Ferraris touched in the sweeping Turns 1-3 as Leclerc had a slide at Turn 2 just as Hamilton came back across the apex, with Leclerc's left-front endplate ripped off."Not Lewis's fault at all," was Leclerc's verdict, while Hamilton and team boss Fr...
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How many penalty points does each 2025 F1 driver have?
If they make a mistake, Formula 1 drivers can be penalised by the stewards and rack up penalty points on their racing licence.A total of 12 points accrued results in a ban, something which happened in 2024 when Kevin Magnussen had to sit out the Azerbaijan race for Haas.Here's a full list of the amount of penalty points each 2025 F1 driver has, and the date of expiry of those points.This list will...
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Leclerc and Gasly facing Chinese GP disqualification
Charles Leclerc will likely lose his fifth-place finish in Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix as his car was found to be below the FIA’s minimum weight limit after the race.Leclerc suffered damage to the left-hand side of his front wing after making contact with the right rear of Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton through the elongated Turns 1-3 on the opening lap. As he was still competitive with the d...
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Ferrari now risks double DSQ as Hamilton car fails skid check
Ferrari is facing the prospect of an embarrassing double disqualification from Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix with both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc under investigation for technical breaches.Fifth-place finisher Leclerc was referred to the stewards by F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer for his car falling below the FIA's minimum weight limit after the race - Pierre Gasly's was Alpine as well - ...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/ferrari-facing-double-dsq-chinese-gp-hamilton-skid-check-failed/
Is McLaren unstoppable? Our verdict after Chinese GP 1-2
Three races is hardly a long wait, but considering the advantage McLaren is enjoying at the start of 2025 it does seem a surprise that it took until the Chinese Grand Prix Sunday for its first 1-2 of the Formula 1 season.But set aside Lando Norris's late brake drama and the manner in which it landed that result, as Oscar Piastri led Norris home, was emphatic.So just how big an advantage does it ha...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/is-mclaren-unstoppable-f1-2025-chinese-gp-1-2-our-verdict/
Chinese Grand Prix F1 2025 race result
Oscar Piastri led a McLaren 1-2 in Formula 1's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.George Russell completed the podium, far off the McLarens for much of the race but closing in on a brake issue-hobbled Lando Norris in the late stages.There was only one retirement, that of Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin, and one post-race position change - with Jack Doohan finishing 14th on the road but being relegated ...
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Piastri wins Chinese GP as Norris survives brake scare for McLaren 1-2
Oscar Piastri converted his first Formula 1 pole position into victory in the Chinese Grand Prix, leading home a McLaren 1-2 as Lando Norris nursed his car home in the closing laps with a brake issue.In what was a cagey race at the front as the durability of the hard tyre made a one-stop strategy viable, Piastri ultimately had a comfortable margin throughout over team-mate Norris.But the final win...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/oscar-piastri-chinese-gp-victory-lando-norris-brake-scare/
F1 discussing return to V10 engines for 2028
A return to V10 engines in Formula 1 for 2028 is now being actively discussed between grand prix racing's manufacturers and the FIA. After a weekend of paddock intrigue in China – as The Race revealed on Friday how momentum was gathering for a potential return to old-school engines – motor racing’s governing body has offered more details about what is going on and why it is evaluating a V10 comeba...
Read more: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/f1-discussing-return-to-v10-engines-as-early-as-2028/
Hamilton hatching 'masterplan' to win Chinese GP after Ferrari letdown
Lewis Hamilton is working on a "masterplan" to win the Chinese Grand Prix after ending up with a Ferrari that was “really, really hard to drive” in qualifying just hours after dominating the sprint race. Hamilton and team-mate Charles Leclerc will share the third row for Sunday’s race, behind the McLaren, the Mercedes of George Russell that split them and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. While Hamilton’...
Mark Hughes: Why McLaren's safety buffer has disappeared
Grand Prix qualifying around Shanghai saw Oscar Piastri properly exploit the McLaren in a way that wasn’t possible on Friday thanks to the compromised SQ3 run plan in sprint qualifying. He secured his first GP pole as a result which is potentially gold dust for his prospects of winning the race, given how much graining everyone’s front tyres were suffering in the sprint and the advantage Lewis Ham...
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Analysis: Why Lawson is so much slower than Verstappen
The best thing that can be said about Liam Lawson’s low point in his early struggle at Red Bull is that he is shouldering responsibility for his underperformance and aware it must be quickly rectified. Lawson qualified slowest for the Chinese Grand Prix, repeating a limp performance from qualifying for the sprint race - which he also started last for. This weekend has been a surprising step backwa...
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How many pole positions does each 2025 F1 driver have?
Half of the 20 drivers lining up on the Formula 1 grid in 2025 have set pole position for an F1 grand prix.Lewis Hamilton tops the list for the most pole positions of any individual driver in F1 history, and has almost as many to his name as the other nine drivers on this list combined!Here we detail how many pole positions each 2025 F1 driver has and where they rank on F1's all-time list.In 2021,...
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