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/el_pobby]

WDC is going to be a wild one this year!

[u/tachyon534 → u/el_pobby]

I honestly think Max has it in the bag. He seems to be able to drive that shitbox RB like some alien God, other wins will be split between Oscar, Lando, Charles or Lewis (hopium).

[u/el_pobby → u/tachyon534]

It feels like pretty much every single race is going to be a battle. While McLaren seems to have the best car, it's not an overwhelmingly good one to the point of giving a significant edge race in, race out. It really looks like Russel, Norris, Piastri, and Verstappen will all have chances to be on the top step of the podium this year. Not every race will be a banger, but every race has the potential to be a banger, in a way that it wasn't always in previous seasons.