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