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DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 26 March 1230hrs  1300hrs Franco Colapinto (Alpine)Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) Oliver Bearman (Haas)Lando Norris (McLaren)Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) Friday, 27 March 1330hrs Ayao Komatsu (Haas)Koji Watanabe (Honda)Andrea Stella (McLaren) Saturday, 28 March Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 29 March Post-Race First three finishing drivers

DRIVERS 1 – Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes)3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Ferrari)  TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard)  Q: Kimi Antonelli, congratulations on your first Grand Prix victory.Kimi ANTONELLI: Thank you so much. Yeah, I’m speechless. I’m about to cry, to be honest. But yeah, thank you so much to my team because they helped me to achieve this dream. Q: You’re the […]

After becoming Formula 1’s youngest polesitter on Saturday in Shanghai, Kimi Antonelli became the sport’s second youngest grand prix winner, beating team-mate George Russell to the flag at the Chinese Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton secured his first Ferrari podium. There was drama ahead of the start, with a quartet of drivers bring ruled out […]

Mercedes’ George Russell took a second career Sprint win in China despite swapping the lead several times to Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and being battled all the way to the finish line by Hamilton’s team-mate Charles Leclerc.  When the lights went at the start, polesitter Russell immediately came under pressure from Hamilton who rounded the slow-starting […]

DRIVERS 1 – Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes) 2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes)3 – Lewis HAMILTON (Ferrari) PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Jolyon Palmer) Q: We’re down here with Formula 1’s youngest ever Grand Prix pole sitter, Kimi Antonelli, congratulations. You’ve just beaten Sebastian Vettel’s record. How was it out there?Kimi ANTONELLI: Yeah, it was a pretty clean session, so really happy. Of course, unfortunately, George […]

Kimi Antonelli wrote himself into F1 records books in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, becoming the sport’s youngest pole sitter at just 19 years of age. The Mercedes driver topped the grid shootout with a time of 1:32.064, two tenths of a second clear of Mercedes team-mate George Russell, with Lewis Hamilton in third […]

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, FIA President, said: “The FIA will always place the safety and wellbeing of our community and colleagues first. After careful consideration, we have taken this decision with that responsibility firmly in mind. We continue to hope for calm, safety and a swift return to stability in the region, and my thoughts remain with all […]

Mercedes’ Gorge Russell set the fastest lap of the single practice session available to teams as the first Sprint weekend of the new F1 season got underway at the 2026 FIA Formula One Chinese Grand Prix. Russell set a best time of 1:32.741 beating team-mate Kimi Antonelli by just over a tenth of a second […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Flavio BRIATORE (Alpine), Jonathan WHEATLEY (Audi), Laurent MEKIES (Red Bull) Q: Laurent, we’ll start with you. Race one done, what were the biggest learnings for Red Bull in Australia? Let’s start with that.Laurent MEKIES: Depends how long do you have? Seriously, many, many learnings. Obviously, I think if we want to think what have been the biggest […]

Mercedes’ George Russell will start the Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix from the front of the grid after beating team-mate Kimi Antonelli by just under three tenths of a second. Lando Norris took third in Sprint Qualifying more than six tenths behind the lead Mercedes.  There was a faller before the session had even […]

PART ONE – Pierre GASLY (Alpine), Esteban OCON (Haas), Fernando ALONSO (Aston Martin) Q: Pierre, if we could start with you. First race weekend done, what conclusions have you reached about the potential of this year’s Alpine?Pierre GASLY: I mean, yeah, it’s been… I don’t even know where to start. There have been a lot of […]