Round 5 of the season · 21 April 2024Official result

Chinese Grand Prix 2024

Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai · Sprint weekend

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Relive the race

Lap – / 560:00:00

Events Race
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:14:17	9	Pit stop Hülkenberg: Medium → Hard
0:16:05	10	Pit stop Hamilton: Soft → Medium
0:19:14	12	Pit stop Alonso: Medium → Hard
0:19:18	12	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Medium
0:22:19	14	Pit stop Verstappen: Medium → Hard
0:22:29	14	Pit stop Pérez: Medium → Hard
0:27:50	17	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Medium
0:29:35	18	Pit stop Sainz: Medium → Hard
0:34:02	21	Retirement Bottas
0:35:39	22	Virtual Safety Car (VSC)
0:36:20	22	Pit stop Leclerc: Medium → Hard
0:37:09	22	Pit stop Hamilton: Medium → Hard
0:38:23	23	Pit stop Norris: Medium → Hard
0:39:44	23	Safety Car
0:40:30	24	Pit stop Verstappen: Hard → Hard
0:40:49	24	Pit stop Pérez: Hard → Hard
0:41:07	24	Pit stop Alonso: Hard → Soft
0:41:11	24	Pit stop Russell: Medium → Hard
0:41:29	24	Pit stop Hülkenberg: Hard → Hard
0:43:27	25	Pit stop Piastri: Medium → Hard
0:47:59	26	Safety Car coming in
0:48:56	27	Retirement Tsunoda
0:49:25	27	Safety Car
0:59:33	31	Safety Car coming in
1:02:13	33	Penalty Sargeant: 10 s
1:02:51	34	Penalty Stroll: 10 s
1:03:16	34	Penalty Magnussen: 10 s
1:03:29	34	Retirement Ricciardo
1:20:05	44	Pit stop Alonso: Soft → Medium
1:40:53		Chequered flag

Lap – / 190:00:00

Events Sprint
Time	Lap	Event
0:00:00		Start
0:29:39	18	Retirement Alonso
0:32:05		Chequered flag

Data: OpenF1 (positions twice per second, movement in between calculated; telemetry of the selected car 4 times per second including revs; race control messages; safety car position approximated). Reconstruction from measured data, not a broadcast.

Schedule · UK time (BST)

✓Free Practice 1Live
Fri 19 Apr · 04:30
Local time 11:30
✓Sprint QualifyingLive
Fri 19 Apr · 08:30
Local time 15:30
✓SprintLive
Sat 20 Apr · 04:00
Local time 11:00
✓QualifyingLive
Sat 20 Apr · 08:00
Local time 15:00
✓RaceLive
Sun 21 Apr · 08:00
Local time 15:00

Other time zones

Session	US Eastern (ET)	US Pacific (PT)	Australia (Sydney)	India (IST)	Local time
Free Practice 1	Thu 11:30 pm	Thu 8:30 pm	13:30	09:00	11:30
Sprint Qualifying	3:30 am	12:30 am	17:30	13:00	15:30
Sprint	Fri 11:00 pm	Fri 8:00 pm	13:00	08:30	11:00
Qualifying	3:00 am	12:00 am	17:00	12:30	15:00
Race	3:00 am	12:00 am	17:00	12:30	15:00

Result

Race

Race result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1	56	1:40:52.554	25
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	4	56	+13.773s	18
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	2	56	+19.160s	15
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	6	56	+23.623s	12
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	7	56	+33.983s	10
6	George Russell	Mercedes	8	56	+38.724s	8
7	Fernando AlonsoFastest lap	Aston Martin	3	56	+43.414s	7
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	5	56	+56.198s	4
9	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	18	56	+57.986s	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	9	56	+60.476s	1
11	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	13	56	+62.812s	0
12	Alexander Albon	Williams	14	56	+65.506s	0
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	15	56	+69.223s	0
14	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	16	56	+71.689s	0
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	11	56	+82.786s	0
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	17	56	+87.533s	0
17	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	56	+95.110s	0
18	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	12	33	Retired	0
19	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	19	26	Retired	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	10	19	Retired	0

Sprint

Sprint result
Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Points
1	Max VerstappenFastest lap	Red Bull Racing	4	19	32:04.660	8
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	2	19	+13.043s	7
3	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	6	19	+15.258s	6
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	7	19	+17.486s	5
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	5	19	+20.696s	4
6	Lando Norris	McLaren	1	19	+22.088s	3
7	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	8	19	+24.713s	2
8	George Russell	Mercedes	11	19	+25.696s	1
9	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	10	19	+31.951s	0
10	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	12	19	+37.398s	0
11	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	14	19	+37.840s	0
12	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	9	19	+38.295s	0
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	17	19	+39.841s	0
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	15	19	+40.299s	0
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	16	19	+40.838s	0
16	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	19	19	+41.870s	0
17	Alexander Albon	Williams	18	19	+42.998s	0
18	Logan Sargeant	Williams	20	19	+46.352s	0
19	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	13	19	+49.630s	0
20	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	3	17	+-145.147s	0

Qualifying

Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Eliminated in
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:34.742	1:33.794	1:33.660
2	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:35.457	1:34.026	1:33.982
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:35.116	1:34.652	1:34.148
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:34.842	1:34.460	1:34.165
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:35.014	1:34.659	1:34.273
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:34.797	1:34.399	1:34.289
7	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:34.970	1:34.368	1:34.297
8	George Russell	Mercedes	1:35.084	1:34.609	1:34.433
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:35.068	1:34.667	1:34.604
10	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:35.169	1:34.769	1:34.665
11	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.334	1:34.838	–	Q2
12	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:35.443	1:34.934	–	Q2
13	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:35.356	1:35.223	–	Q2
14	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:35.384	1:35.241	–	Q2
15	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:35.287	1:35.463	–	Q2
16	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:35.505	–	–	Q1
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:35.516	–	–	Q1
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:35.573	–	–	Q1
19	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:35.746	–	–	Q1
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:36.358	–	–	Q1

Sprint Qualifying

Sprint Qualifying result
Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Eliminated in
1	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:36.384	1:36.047	1:57.940
2	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:37.181	1:36.287	1:59.201
3	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:36.883	1:36.119	1:59.915
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:36.456	1:35.606	2:00.028
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:36.719	1:36.052	2:00.214
6	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:36.110	1:35.781	2:00.375
7	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:36.537	1:35.711	2:00.566
8	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.542	1:35.853	2:00.990
9	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:37.112	1:36.056	2:01.044
10	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:37.544	1:36.307	2:03.537
11	George Russell	Mercedes	1:37.310	1:36.345	–	SQ2
12	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:37.033	1:36.473	–	SQ2
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:36.924	1:36.478	–	SQ2
14	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:37.321	1:36.553	–	SQ2
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.961	1:36.677	–	SQ2
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:37.632	–	–	SQ1
17	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:37.720	–	–	SQ1
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:37.812	–	–	SQ1
19	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:37.892	–	–	SQ1
20	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:37.923	–	–	SQ1

Free Practice 1

Free Practice 1 result
Pos	Driver	Team	Best time	Gap	Laps
1	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:36.302		21
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:36.629	+0.327s	24
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:36.660	+0.358s	25
4	Sergio Pérez	Red Bull Racing	1:36.690	+0.388s	24
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:37.101	+0.799s	23
6	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	1:37.118	+0.816s	23
7	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:37.213	+0.911s	23
8	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:37.229	+0.927s	19
9	Daniel Ricciardo	RB	1:37.238	+0.936s	25
10	Valtteri Bottas	Kick Sauber	1:37.530	+1.228s	24
11	Guanyu Zhou	Kick Sauber	1:37.626	+1.324s	24
12	Yuki Tsunoda	RB	1:38.006	+1.704s	27
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:38.090	+1.788s	20
14	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:38.284	+1.982s	19
15	Logan Sargeant	Williams	1:38.286	+1.984s	23
16	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:38.630	+2.328s	21
17	George Russell	Mercedes	1:38.806	+2.504s	21
18	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:38.839	+2.537s	24
19	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:38.936	+2.634s	22
20	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:39.276	+2.974s	21

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Watch the pole lap

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Brake

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Corner data for the lap
Corner	Max Verstappen (1:33.660)	Sergio Pérez (1:33.982)
The first corner: right-left chicane	braking from 310 · 90 km/h · gear 3	braking from 190 · 95 km/h · gear 3
The second corner: slight right kink	275 km/h · gear 7	275 km/h · gear 7
The third corner: right-hand hairpin	braking from 250 · 85 km/h · gear 3	braking from 265 · 80 km/h · gear 3
The fourth corner: left-right chicane	braking from 280 · 215 km/h · gear 5	braking from 280 · 210 km/h · gear 6
The fifth corner: medium-speed left-hander	braking from 175 · 110 km/h · gear 4	braking from 180 · 115 km/h · gear 4
The sixth corner: medium-speed left-hander	165 km/h · gear 4	braking from 180 · 155 km/h · gear 4
The seventh corner: left-right chicane	braking from 275 · 185 km/h · gear 4	braking from 270 · 175 km/h · gear 4
The eighth corner: right-hand hairpin	braking from 330 · 65 km/h · gear 3	braking from 325 · 60 km/h · gear 3
The ninth corner: medium-speed left-hander	braking from 240 · 180 km/h · gear 5	braking from 250 · 180 km/h · gear 5

Data: OpenF1 (telemetry, approx. 4 data points per second, movement in between calculated).

Starting grid

Starting grid
Grid position	Driver	Penalty
1	Max Verstappen
2	Sergio Pérez
3	Fernando Alonso
4	Lando Norris
5	Oscar Piastri
6	Charles Leclerc
7	Carlos Sainz
8	George Russell
9	Nico Hülkenberg
10	Valtteri Bottas
11	Lance Stroll
12	Daniel Ricciardo
13	Esteban Ocon
14	Alexander Albon
15	Pierre Gasly
16	Guanyu Zhou
17	Kevin Magnussen
18	Lewis Hamilton
19	Yuki Tsunoda
20	Logan Sargeant

Penalties

Penalties
Lap	Driver	Type	Reason
33	Logan Sargeant	Time penalty 10 s	SAFETY CAR INFRINGEMENT
34	Lance Stroll	Time penalty 10 s	CAUSING A COLLISION
34	Kevin Magnussen	Time penalty 10 s	CAUSING A COLLISION

The race in numbers

Pole position

1:33.660

Max Verstappen

Fastest lap

1:37.810

Fernando Alonso

pit stops

across the whole field

Safety Car periods

plus 1 × VSC

Weather at the start

19 °C

Air · track 31 °C

Tyres

Hard · Medium · Soft

compounds used

Standings after this race

1
Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing
110 points
Leader
2
Sergio PérezRed Bull Racing
85 points
−25
3
Charles LeclercFerrari
76 points
−34
4
Carlos SainzFerrari
69 points
−41
5
Lando NorrisMcLaren
58 points
−52
6
Oscar PiastriMcLaren
38 points
−72
7
George RussellMercedes
33 points
−77
8
Fernando AlonsoAston Martin
31 points
−79
9
Lewis HamiltonMercedes
19 points
−91
10
Lance StrollAston Martin
9 points
−101

1
Red Bull RacingKonstrukteure
195 points
Leader
2
FerrariKonstrukteure
151 points
−44
3
McLarenKonstrukteure
96 points
−99
4
MercedesKonstrukteure
52 points
−143
5
Aston MartinKonstrukteure
40 points
−155

Full standings →

Shanghai International Circuit

Length

approx. 5.40 km

Lap record

1:37.810

Safety car rate

67 %

Win from pole

63 %

Full throttle

66.5 %

Top speed

332 km/h

A lap of Shanghai International Circuit →Go to circuit page →

Frequently asked questions

Who won the Chinese Grand Prix 2024?

Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) won the Chinese Grand Prix 2024.

Who was on pole position?

Max Verstappen started from pole position.