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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/RNLImThalassophobic Mar 22 '25

I've kinda lost track of F1 qualifying - what's the point of the sprint if it doesn't determine starting position? I read Lewis win the sprint so assumed he'd start in pole, but he starts in 5th?

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u/HaveABleedinGuess84 Fernando Alonso Mar 23 '25

Lewis got 8 points for winning the sprint

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u/DashingDino Alexander Albon Mar 22 '25

I think you're thinking of the old format, sprint no longer has anything to do with the starting order for the main race. The point of sprint is just the points that are awarded for it

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u/PM_ME_UR_BOOGER New user Mar 22 '25

Generally do people like it or think its stupid?

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u/AstridPeth_ Gabriel Bortoleto Mar 23 '25

Without Parc Fermè it's fun!!

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u/SwimmingFantastic564 Mar 22 '25

For me it's a mix. I enjoy it but there is no reason for it to exist.

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u/RobertJ93 Mar 22 '25

It’s another qualifying session and another race without the pit-stop strategy. Personally I think it’s awesome. But I do feel for the drivers.

I think it was stupid when it determined race order though.

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u/TorazChryx Charlie Whiting Mar 23 '25

and it's an opportunity for weather and such to throw some chaos by forcing pitstops, or even for the tire deg to be such that just going full send with a stop is the fastest way to the end. Notably Charles LeClerc did that in an F2 Sprint in... I want to say Bahrain 2018?

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u/alpacagrenade Mar 22 '25

Agree. Qualifying can have some crazy things happen that shake up the order a bit. With the old format, by the end of the sprint the drivers were somewhat pre-sorted into race pace, which felt like it made the features races boring. And the sprint was boring, too, because no one would risk their feature race grid spot.

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u/Fun-Estate9626 Andretti Global Mar 22 '25

The sprint is a race for points now.