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The '''2024 Chinese Grand Prix''' (officially known as the '''Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024''') |
The '''2024 Chinese Grand Prix''' (officially known as the '''Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024''') was a [[Formula One]] motor race that was held on 21 April 2024 at the [[Shanghai International Circuit]] in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. It was the fifth round of the [[2024 Formula One World Championship]] and the first Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the [[Formula One racing#Sprint|sprint format]]. It was also the first [[Chinese Grand Prix]] since [[2019 Chinese Grand Prix|2019]] as the planned races from {{F1|2020}} to {{F1|2023}} were cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|COVID-19 pandemic in the country]]. Both races were won by [[Max Verstappen]] of [[Red Bull Racing]]. |
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==Background== |
==Background== |
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The event |
The event was 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 {{F1|2019}} season due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in China|COVID-19 pandemic in the country]].<ref>{{cite web |title=F1 2024 calendar revealed: Saturday night Grands Prix in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to kick off record 24-race season |url=https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/12915418/f1-2024-calendar-revealed-saturday-night-grands-prix-in-bahrain-and-saudi-arabia-to-kick-off-record-24-race-season |access-date=5 July 2023 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}</ref> The Grand Prix is the fifth round of the [[2024 Formula One World Championship]] and the 17th running of the [[Chinese Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite web |title=China |url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/grand-prix-china.aspx |website=StatsF1.com |access-date=14 April 2024}}</ref> |
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=== Championship standings before the race === |
=== Championship standings before the race === |
Revision as of 12:20, 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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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) | ||||
Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
Weather | Cloudy | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Time | 1:33.660 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:37.810 on lap 45 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2024 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 21 April 2024 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was 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 was 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. Both races were won by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing.
Background
The event was 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]
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.[4]
Entrants
The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[5] Zhou Guanyu of Sauber is set to become the first Chinese driver to compete at the Chinese Grand Prix.[6]
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.[7]
Sprint format
The weekend is the first of six in the season to follow the sprint format.[8] 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 and Fernando Alonso.[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]
The start of the second segment of sprint qualifying (SQ2) was delayed after the same patch of grass that was burned during practice again caught fire. In SQ3, Sauber drivers, Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas saw their first appearances in the final segment of any type of qualifying 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 | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.384 | 1:36.047 | 1:57.940 | 1 |
2 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:37.181 | 1:36.287 | 1:59.201 | 2 |
3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:36.883 | 1:36.119 | 1:59.915 | 3 |
4 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:36.456 | 1:35.606 | 2:00.028 | 4 |
5 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:36.719 | 1:36.052 | 2:00.214 | 5 |
6 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:36.110 | 1:35.781 | 2:00.375 | 6 |
7 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:36.537 | 1:35.711 | 2:00.566 | 7 |
8 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:36.542 | 1:35.853 | 2:00.990 | 8 |
9 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.112 | 1:36.056 | 2:01.044 | 9 |
10 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:37.544 | 1:36.307 | 2:03.537 | 10 |
11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:37.310 | 1:36.345 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:37.033 | 1:36.473 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:36.924 | 1:36.478 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:37.321 | 1:36.553 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:36.961 | 1:36.677 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:37.632 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:37.720 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:37.812 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:37.892 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | 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
Verstappen won the sprint ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen's teammate Sergio Pérez.[19] Sprint polesitter Norris dropped down to sixth behind Leclerc and Sainz of Ferrari in fourth and fifth, respectively.[19] Alonso, who started in third, retired from a puncture after a collision with Sainz.[19]
Following the sprint, Alonso was given a ten-second penalty for the collision.[20][21]
Sprint classification
Notes
- ^1 – Fernando Alonso was classified as he completed more than 90% of the sprint distance. He also received a post-sprint 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.[21]
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 report
Verstappen set the fastest lap time in all sessions, earning Red Bull Racing's 100th pole position in their history.[22] He was joined by teammate Pérez in the grid's front row ahead of Alonso and Norris in third and fourth respectively.[23] The session was red-flagged in Q2 after Sainz spun out to the barriers in the last turn.[23] Hamilton exited in Q1 for the first time since the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.[24][25]
Qualifying classification
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Final grid | ||
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Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |||||
1 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:34.742 | 1:33.794 | 1:33.660 | 1 |
2 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | 1:35.457 | 1:34.026 | 1:33.982 | 2 |
3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:35.116 | 1:34.652 | 1:34.148 | 3 |
4 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.842 | 1:34.460 | 1:34.165 | 4 |
5 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.014 | 1:34.659 | 1:34.273 | 5 |
6 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:34.797 | 1:34.399 | 1:34.289 | 6 |
7 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1:34.970 | 1:34.368 | 1:34.297 | 7 |
8 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:35.084 | 1:34.609 | 1:34.433 | 8 |
9 | 27 | Nico Hülkenberg | Haas-Ferrari | 1:35.068 | 1:34.667 | 1:34.604 | 9 |
10 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.169 | 1:34.769 | 1:34.665 | 10 |
11 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | 1:35.334 | 1:34.838 | N/A | 11 |
12 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:35.443 | 1:34.934 | N/A | 12 |
13 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine-Renault | 1:35.356 | 1:35.223 | N/A | 13 |
14 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams-Mercedes | 1:35.384 | 1:35.241 | N/A | 14 |
15 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine-Renault | 1:35.287 | 1:35.463 | N/A | 15 |
16 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Kick Sauber-Ferrari | 1:35.505 | N/A | N/A | 16 |
17 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas-Ferrari | 1:35.516 | N/A | N/A | 17 |
18 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:35.573 | N/A | N/A | 18 |
19 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB-Honda RBPT | 1:35.746 | N/A | N/A | 19 |
20 | 2 | Logan Sargeant | Williams-Mercedes | 1:36.358 | N/A | N/A | PL1 |
107% time: 1:41.373 | |||||||
Source:[26][27] |
Notes
- ^1 – Logan Sargeant qualified 20th, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified during parc fermé conditions.[27]
Race
The race was held on 21 April 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 56 laps.[1]
Race report
Logan Sargeant started from the pit lane after Williams broke parc fermé conditions.[28][29]
Race classification
Notes
- ^1 – Includes one point for fastest lap.[31]
- ^2 – Kevin Magnussen finished 15th, but received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda.[30]
- ^3 – Logan Sargeant received a ten-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. His final position was not affected by the penalty.[30]
Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
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- ^ "FP1: Stroll leads Piastri and Verstappen in busy first practice as F1 returns to China". Formula One. 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Norris claims P1 ahead of Hamilton during frenetic wet Sprint Qualifying in China". Formula One. 19 April 2024.
- ^ a b Boxall-Legge, Jake (19 April 2024). "F1 Chinese GP: Norris takes sprint pole in chaotic dry-to-wet qualifying". Autosport.
- ^ Cleeren, Filip (19 April 2024). "Why Norris' China F1 sprint pole lap was deleted and reinstated". Autosport.
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- ^ a b c "Verstappen beats Hamilton in dramatic Shanghai Sprint". Formula One. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
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- ^ a b c "Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024 – Sprint". Formula 1. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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