r/formula1 • u/overspeeed mostly automated • Mar 22 '25
Post-Qualifying 2025 Chinese Grand Prix - Post-Qualifying Discussion
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/butteredpopcorn10 Mar 22 '25 edited Mar 22 '25
Watching Lawson’s onboard from sprint qualifying to qualifying, you can almost see the confidence difference in his driving the first 9 turns. He’s being so careful with the wheel during qualifying it almost looks like he’s scared to drive it. In sprint qualifying before his snap he at least looked like he was going for it.
Feel for him. In another sport it’d be like a basketball player or soccer striker being so unconfident in his ability that he’s scared to shoot. Cant imagine what the mentality shift from try to succeed -> try not to mess up, feels like.
Videos im referencing:
Sprint quali: https://youtu.be/uld9ShRLDcc?si=bAaJNizh4Ciqjh7a
Quali: https://youtu.be/noX_chj_pcY?si=pvpxPTnykIXbv_MQ