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The Chinese Grand Prix (Chinese: 中国大奖赛; pinyin: Zhōngguó Dàjiǎngsài) is a round of the Formula One World Championship. The event was held every year from 2004 until 2019 and is contracted to be held until 2030. [1] The event was suspended from 2020 to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
The results of each Grand Prix held throughout the season are combined to decide two annual championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. [9] Grand Prix distance regulations have varied throughout Formula One history. [10] [11] Between 1950 and 1957, events ran for more than 300 km (190 mi) or three hours. [11]
The World Drivers' Championship is awarded to the most successful F1 driver over the course of the season, as determined by a points system based on Grand Prix results, [12] and has been awarded since the first F1 season in 1950. [13] The championship is the successor of the pre-war AIACR European Championship held between 1931 and 1939. [14]
At the Russian Grand Prix, Hamilton started on pole, but two separate five-second penalties for practice starts outside the designated area meant he finished third; teammate Bottas won the Grand Prix with Verstappen in second. [138] For the first time since 2013, Formula One returned to the Nürburgring GP-Strecke with the Eifel Grand Prix.
Since the first World Championship Grand Prix in 1950, red flags have been shown in 88 World Championship Formula One races, with the latest one being at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix. A total of 26 races were restarted on the first lap, while 13 Grands Prix were not restarted, nine because of rain and four due to crashes involving drivers.
Formula 1 returns to Shanghai in two weeks for the Chinese Grand Prix. The top three finishers on Sunday in the Japanese GP questioned holding a sprint in China, a track that has not held an F1 ...
2020 Italian Grand Prix (Lewis Hamilton) [19] Highest top speed (race) 372.499 km/h (231.46 mph) [j] 2016 Mexican Grand Prix (Valtteri Bottas) [20] Highest top speed (overall) 378 km/h (234.878 mph) [k] 2016 European Grand Prix (Valtteri Bottas) [21] Shortest lap time (qualifying) 53.377 s: 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix (Valtteri Bottas) [22]
F1 qualifying LIVE – Las Vegas Grand Prix 08:08 , Lawrence Ostlere Charles Leclerc sets the early running in Q1 with a 1:34.898, ahead of Verstappen, Sargeant and Magnussen.