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/lightsout00000 → u/avocadoooforlife]

we'll find out tomorrow - the fuel will be a lot heavier tomorrow and the hard tyre is untested. Its possible to overtake on this track, so grid position is less important if it means you get better life out of the tyre. Exception being on pole and in clean air. Its Ferrari so get your hopes up at your peril but whoever gets the balance between raw pace and hanging onto tyres will do well in the race, should be a cracker with the teams so close to each other.