2024 Chinese Grand Prix Index

Welcome to our index page of the 2024 Chinese Grand Prix. From here you will find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Shanghai.

Session Reports

FP1: Aston Martin’s Stroll tops free practice in Shanghai

Sprint Qualifying: Sprint pole for Norris in dramatic wet qualifying

Sprint Race: Huge Sprint win for Verstappen over Hamilton

Qualifying: Dominant Verstappen delivers 100th Red Bull pole

Grand Prix: Verstappen in a league of his own once again in Shanghai

Photos

Gallery: All the pictures from Thursday's build-up in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from practice and sprint qualifying in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from the Sprint and race qualifying in Shanghai

Gallery: All the pictures from race day in Shanghai

Results

Free Practice 1 results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.302s		21
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.629s	+ 0.327s	24
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.660s	+ 0.358s	25
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:36.690s	+ 0.388s	24
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:37.101s	+ 0.799s	23
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.118s	+ 0.816s	23
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:37.213s	+ 0.911s	23
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:37.229s	+ 0.927s	19
9	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:37.238s	+ 0.936s	25
10	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:37.530s	+ 1.228s	24
11	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:37.626s	+ 1.324s	24
12	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:38.006s	+ 1.704s	27
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:38.090s	+ 1.788s	20
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:38.284s	+ 1.982s	19
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:38.286s	+ 1.984s	23
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:38.630s	+ 2.328s	21
17	George Russell	Mercedes	1:38.806s	+ 2.504s	21
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.839s	+ 2.537s	24
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:38.936s	+ 2.634s	22
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:39.276s	+ 2.974s	21

Sprint Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:36.384s	1:36.047s	1:57.940s
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.181s	1:36.287s	1:59.201s
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:36.883s	1:36.119s	1:59.915s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:36.456s	1:35.606s	2:00.028s
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:36.719s	1:36.052s	2:00.214s
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:36.110s	1:35.781s	2:00.375s
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.537s	1:35.711s	2:00.566s
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.542s	1:35.853s	2:00.990s
9	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:37.112s	1:36.056s	2:01.044s
10	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:37.544s	1:36.307s	2:03.537s
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:37.310s	1:36.345s
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:37.033s	1:36.473s
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:36.924s	1:36.478s
14	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:37.321s	1:36.553s
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.961s	1:36.677s
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:37.632s
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:37.720s
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:37.812s
19	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:37.892s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:37.923s

Sprint Race results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	19 laps - 32:04.660s	0
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 13.043s	0
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 15.258s	0
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 17.486s	0
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 20.696s	0
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 22.088s	0
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 24.713s	0
8	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 25.696s	0
9	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 31.951s	0
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 37.398s	0
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	+ 37.840s	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	+ 38.295s	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 39.841s	0
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 40.299s	0
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 40.838s	0
16	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	+ 41.870s	0
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 42.998s	0
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 46.352s	0
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 49.630s	0
	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin		1

Qualifying results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:34.742s	1:33.794s	1:33.660s
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	1:35.457s	1:34.026s	1:33.982s
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.116s	1:34.652s	1:34.148s
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.842s	1:34.460s	1:34.165s
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:35.014s	1:34.659s	1:34.273s
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.797s	1:34.399s	1:34.289s
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.970s	1:34.368s	1:34.297s
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:35.084s	1:34.609s	1:34.433s
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	1:35.068s	1:34.667s	1:34.604s
10	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	1:35.169s	1:34.769s	1:34.665s
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.846s	1:34.838s
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:35.443s	1:34.934s
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.356s	1:35.223s
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.384s	1:35.241s
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:35.287s	1:35.463s
16	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	1:35.505s
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	1:35.516s
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.573s
19	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:35.746s
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:36.358s

Grand Prix results

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap	Stops
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	56 laps - 1:40:52.554s	1
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+ 13.773s	2
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull	+ 19.160s	2
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+ 23.623s	1
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	+ 33.983s	1
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+ 38.724s	2
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+ 43.414s	3
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+ 56.198s	2
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+ 57.986s	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas	+ 60.476s	2
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	+ 62.812s	2
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	+ 65.506s	2
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+ 69.223s	3
14	Zhou Guanyu	Sauber	+ 71.689s	3
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+ 82.786s	2
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	+ 87.533s	4
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	+ 95.110s	2
	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	DNF	2
	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	DNF	2
	Valtteri Bottas	Sauber	DNF	1

Drivers championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Max Verstappen	110
2	Sergio Pérez	85
3	Charles Leclerc	76
4	Carlos Sainz	69
5	Lando Norris	58
6	Oscar Piastri	38
7	George Russell	33
8	Fernando Alonso	31
9	Lewis Hamilton	19
10	Lance Stroll	9
11	Yuki Tsunoda	7
12	Oliver Bearman	6
13	Nico Hülkenberg	4
14	Kevin Magnussen	1
15	Alexander Albon	0
16	Esteban Ocon	0
17	Zhou Guanyu	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	0
19	Pierre Gasly	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	0
21	Logan Sargeant	0

Constructors championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	195
2	Ferrari	151
3	McLaren	96
4	Mercedes	52
5	Aston Martin	40
6	RB	7
7	Haas	5
8	Williams	0
9	Alpine	0
10	Sauber	0

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