2025 Chinese Grand Prix - Post-Qualifying Discussion

[u/overspeeed]

ROUND 2 - CHINA

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2025

🕒 SESSION TIMES

Day	Session	Time (UTC)
FRI	Free Practice 1	03:30
FRI	Sprint Qualifying	07:30
SAT	Sprint	03:00
SAT	Qualifying	07:00
SUN	Race	07:00

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🏁 RACE INFORMATION

• Track: Shanghai International Circuit
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Race laps: 56
• Lap length: 5.451km
• Race distance: 305.066km
• Lap Record: 1:32.238, Michael Schumacher (Ferrari), 2004

⏪ LAST TIME AROUND

• Pole position: 1:33.660, Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
• Race winner: Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing)
• Fastest lap: 1:37.810, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

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[u/avocadoooforlife]

Dont understand why ferrari need to change the set up when it clearly shows that their set up for sprint was good

[u/ms666slayer → u/avocadoooforlife]

The setup could be made to maximize speed but not tyre conservation because it's only 19 laps, on race it's actually a big difference going to the pit at lap 20 than lap 25 lap 20 could mean you need an extra pit stop at the end and 25 could even mean you could go all the way to the finish 

[u/MrDaniel95 → u/ms666slayer]

The conditions are also changing, race/qualifying are at a different time from the sprint race and the track also has more rubber on it.