1 2026 Chinese Grand Prix: Antonelli Wins From Pole as Mercedes Locks Out the Front Row Hamilton took the lead away from Antonelli at the first corner, yet the pole-sitter had it back inside two laps and never looked troubled again. Race China 15 Mar 2026 7 MIN 2 China GP 2026: Antonelli Takes Pole in the Hairpin Sector Antonelli beat Russell by two tenths for pole in Shanghai, and the sector sheets say it was a hairpin, not the long back straight, that settled it. Qualifying China 14 Mar 2026 4 MIN 3 China Sprint 2026: Russell Holds Off Leclerc After Safety Car George Russell had the fastest car in the race that mattered most, but a first-lap clash from teammate Antonelli and a late safety car turned a comfortable sprint into a three-lap sprint to the flag. Sprint China 14 Mar 2026 5 MIN 4 Chinese GP 2019: Hamilton Beats Bottas Off the Line to Win Bottas had pole by two hundredths of a second, but Hamilton had the start, and the whole afternoon in Shanghai followed from that one exchange at Turn 1. Race China 14 Apr 2019 6 MIN 5 Chinese GP 2019: Bottas Beats Hamilton to Pole by 0.023s Valtteri Bottas found two hundredths of a second more than his own teammate when it mattered, and that was the whole story of a Shanghai qualifying hour Ferrari could not touch. Qualifying China 13 Apr 2019 4 MIN 6 Chinese GP 2018: Ricciardo Wins From Sixth on Fresh Softs Daniel Ricciardo climbed from sixth on the grid to steal the Chinese Grand Prix, riding a Red Bull safety-car gamble and a string of outside-line passes while Max Verstappen's collision with Sebastian Vettel wrecked the Ferrari's afternoon. Race 15 Apr 2018 7 MIN 7 Chinese GP 2018: Vettel Beats Raikkonen to Pole by 0.087s Raikkonen had the faster car through two of the lap's three sectors, yet it was Vettel who found the extra tenths where it mattered and took Ferrari's first Shanghai pole in club history. Qualifying 14 Apr 2018 4 MIN