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Sprint polesitter [[Lando Norris]] lost six positions at the start, handing the lead to [[Lewis Hamilton]]. This is the first time that Hamilton has led a racing lap since the [[ |
Sprint polesitter [[Lando Norris]] lost six positions at the start, handing the lead to [[Lewis Hamilton]]. This is the first time that Hamilton has led a racing lap since the [[2023 United States Grand Prix]]. For a brief moment, [[Max Verstappen]] reported battery issues, but worked his way through the field and eventually overtook Hamilton for the lead. |
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As Verstappen built a large gap to Hamilton behind, the closing stages of the race saw a four-car battle that [[Sergio Pérez]], Verstappen's teammate, took advantage of, passing combatants [[Carlos Sainz Jr.]], [[Charles Leclerc]], and [[Fernando Alonso]] to take third place. Behind Pérez, Sainz made contact with Alonso, giving the [[Aston Martin in Formula One|Aston Martin]] driver a puncture. He was then forced to retire the car due to collision damage. Sainz then ran wide and gave Leclerc a position. Verstappen won the race ahead of Hamilton and Pérez.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verstappen charges to victory over Hamilton in dramatic Shanghai Sprint |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/verstappen-charges-to-victory-over-hamilton-in-dramatic-shanghai-sprint.6B8IBGCczrPy6jLU3ztepf |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=formula1.com |language=en}}</ref> |
As Verstappen built a large gap to Hamilton behind, the closing stages of the race saw a four-car battle that [[Sergio Pérez]], Verstappen's teammate, took advantage of, passing combatants [[Carlos Sainz Jr.]], [[Charles Leclerc]], and [[Fernando Alonso]] to take third place. Behind Pérez, Sainz made contact with Alonso, giving the [[Aston Martin in Formula One|Aston Martin]] driver a puncture. He was then forced to retire the car due to collision damage. Sainz then ran wide and gave Leclerc a position. Verstappen won the race ahead of Hamilton and Pérez.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verstappen charges to victory over Hamilton in dramatic Shanghai Sprint |url=https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/verstappen-charges-to-victory-over-hamilton-in-dramatic-shanghai-sprint.6B8IBGCczrPy6jLU3ztepf |date=20 April 2024 |access-date=21 April 2024 |website=formula1.com |language=en}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:48, 21 April 2024
| 2024 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 21 April 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024 | ||||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||||
| Scheduled distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:33.660 | ||||
The 2024 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024) is a Formula One motor race set to be held on 21 April 2024 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It is the fifth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the first Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format. It is also the first Chinese Grand Prix since 2019 as the planned races from 2020 to 2023 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Background
The event is being held across the weekend of 19–21 April at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai for the 17th time in the circuit's history, and for the first time since the 2019 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.[2] The Grand Prix is the fifth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 17th running of the Chinese Grand Prix.[3] The weekend is the first of six in the season to follow the sprint format.[4]
Championship standings before the race
Ahead of the weekend race, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 77 points, 13 points from his teammate Sergio Pérez in second, and 18 from Charles Leclerc in third. Red Bull Racing leads the Constructors' Championship with 141 points, separated from Ferrari by 21 points and from McLaren by 72, in second and third, respectively.[5]
Entrants
The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[6] Zhou Guanyu of Sauber is set to become the first Chinese driver to compete at the Chinese Grand Prix.[7]
Tyre choices
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C2, C3, and C4 tyre compounds designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[8]
Criticism
The FIA was criticised by some drivers for choosing to run the sprint format at a venue that had not hosted a Formula One race for some years, with drivers concerned that one practice session would be insufficient for them to sufficiently prepare.[9][10][11]
Practice
The only free practice session was held on 19 April 2024, at 11:30 local time (UTC+8),[1] and was topped by Lance Stroll of Aston Martin ahead of Oscar Piastri of McLaren and Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing. A brief red flag period was observed after a patch of grass at the side of the track in turn 7 caught fire.[12]
Sprint qualifying
Sprint qualifying was held on 19 April 2024, at 15:30 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the sprint.[1]
Sprint qualifying report
In a session heavily affected by rain, Lando Norris of McLaren took sprint pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin.[13][14] Norris' pole position time was initially deleted due to a track limits violation at turn 17 in the preceding lap. However, the time was reinstated, as track limits violations at turn 17 did not result in an automatically invalid lap time (as defined by the race director's notes), and analysis showed that Norris lost time by exceeding track limits.[15] This marked a second consecutive sprint pole for Norris having also achieved sprint pole at the 2023 São Paulo Grand Prix.[16]
Alpine's two drivers, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon, were eliminated in the first segment of sprint qualifying (SQ1) in 16th and 17th respectively, followed by Alexander Albon of Williams in 18th and teammate Logan Sargeant in 20th, with Yuki Tsunoda of RB in 19th. George Russell of Mercedes was eliminated in SQ2, qualifying in 11th, followed by the Haas cars of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg in 12th and 13th, Daniel Ricciardo of RB in 14th and Lance Stroll in 15th. The session was delayed after the same patch of grass that was burned during practice again caught fire. In SQ3, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas of Sauber saw their first Q3 appearances for the season, with Zhou going on to qualify 10th and Bottas in 9th.[13][14]
Sprint qualifying classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Sprint grid | ||
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| SQ1 | SQ2 | SQ3 | |||||
| 1 | 4 |  Lando Norris
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.384 | 1:36.047 | 1:57.940 | 1 |
| 2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:37.181 | 1:36.287 | 1:59.201 | 2 |
| 3 | 14 |  Fernando Alonso
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:36.883 | 1:36.119 | 1:59.915 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 |  Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:36.456 | 1:35.606 | 2:00.028 | 4 |
| 5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Ferrari | 1:36.719 | 1:36.052 | 2:00.214 | 5 |
| 6 | 11 |  Sergio Pérez
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:36.110 | 1:35.781 | 2:00.375 | 6 |
| 7 | 16 |  Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari | 1:36.537 | 1:35.711 | 2:00.566 | 7 |
| 8 | 81 |  Oscar Piastri
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.542 | 1:35.853 | 2:00.990 | 8 |
| 9 | 77 |  Valtteri Bottas
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.112 | 1:36.056 | 2:01.044 | 9 |
| 10 | 24 |  Zhou Guanyu
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.544 | 1:36.307 | 2:03.537 | 10 |
| 11 | 63 | George Russell
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Mercedes | 1:37.310 | 1:36.345 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 20 |  Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:37.033 | 1:36.473 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 27 |  Nico Hülkenberg
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:36.924 | 1:36.478 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:37.321 | 1:36.553 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 18 |  Lance Stroll
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:36.961 | 1:36.677 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 10 |  Pierre Gasly
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Alpine-Renault | 1:37.632 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Alpine-Renault | 1:37.720 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 23 |  Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:37.812 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 22 |  Yuki Tsunoda
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:37.892 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 2 |  Logan Sargeant
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:37.923 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 107% time: 1:42.837 | |||||||
| Source:[17][18] | |||||||
Sprint
The sprint was held on 20 April 2024, at 11:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 19 laps.[1]
Sprint report
Sprint polesitter Lando Norris lost six positions at the start, handing the lead to Lewis Hamilton. This is the first time that Hamilton has led a racing lap since the 2023 United States Grand Prix. For a brief moment, Max Verstappen reported battery issues, but worked his way through the field and eventually overtook Hamilton for the lead.
As Verstappen built a large gap to Hamilton behind, the closing stages of the race saw a four-car battle that Sergio Pérez, Verstappen's teammate, took advantage of, passing combatants Carlos Sainz Jr., Charles Leclerc, and Fernando Alonso to take third place. Behind Pérez, Sainz made contact with Alonso, giving the Aston Martin driver a puncture. He was then forced to retire the car due to collision damage. Sainz then ran wide and gave Leclerc a position. Verstappen won the race ahead of Hamilton and Pérez.[19]
Following the sprint race, Alonso was given a ten-second penalty for the collision with Sainz.[20]
Sprint classification
Notes
- ^1 – Fernando Alonso was classified as he completed more than 90% of the sprint distance. He also received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr. The penalty made no difference as he was already classified in the last position.[20]
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 20 April 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and determined the starting grid order for the main race.[1]
Qualifying classification
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Max Verstappen
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:34.742 | 1:33.794 | 1:33.660 | 1 |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Pérez
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Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:35.457 | 1:34.026 | 1:33.982 | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:35.116 | 1:34.652 | 1:34.148 | 3 |
| 4 | 4 | Lando Norris
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.842 | 1:34.460 | 1:34.165 | 4 |
| 5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.014 | 1:34.659 | 1:34.273 | 5 |
| 6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc
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Ferrari | 1:34.797 | 1:34.399 | 1:34.289 | 6 |
| 7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Ferrari | 1:34.970 | 1:34.368 | 1:34.297 | 7 |
| 8 | 63 | George Russell
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Mercedes | 1:35.084 | 1:34.609 | 1:34.433 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:35.068 | 1:34.667 | 1:34.604 | 9 |
| 10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.169 | 1:34.769 | 1:34.665 | 10 |
| 11 | 18 | Lance Stroll
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Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:35.334 | 1:34.838 | N/A | 11 |
| 12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:35.443 | 1:34.934 | N/A | 12 |
| 13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon
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Alpine-Renault | 1:35.356 | 1:35.223 | N/A | 13 |
| 14 | 23 | Alexander Albon
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:35.384 | 1:35.241 | N/A | 14 |
| 15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly
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Alpine-Renault | 1:35.287 | 1:35.463 | N/A | 15 |
| 16 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu
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Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.505 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
| 17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen
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Haas-Ferrari | 1:35.516 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
| 18 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton
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Mercedes | 1:35.573 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
| 19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda
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RB-Honda RBPT | 1:35.746 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
| 20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant
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Williams-Mercedes | 1:36.358 | N/A | N/A | 20 |
| 107% time: 1:41.373 | |||||||
| Source:[21][22] | |||||||
Race
The race will be held on 21 April 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and is set to be run for 56 laps.[1]
References
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