ROUND 2: 🇨🇳 China

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2025

Circuit stats

  • First Grand Prix: 2004
  • Number of laps: 56
  • Circuit Length: 5.451 km
  • Race Distance: 305.066 km
  • Lap record: 1:32.238 Michael Schumacher (2004)
  • 2024 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map

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  • tauren@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    3 days ago

    I thought the Red Bull was supposed to destroy its tires, yet Max finished ahead of both Ferraris. Well probably that front wing damage didn’t help Leclerc to preserve his front left tire.

    • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
      7·
      3 days ago

      Max just seemed to sit back for most of the race, right in that 4-5 second window where the dirty air of the car in front probably didn’t hurt much. Charles on the other hand tried to overtake George for quite a few laps and also stuck close to Lewis before that which probably destroyed his tires more, giving Max a favorable tire delta towards the end of the race.

      Plus some setup changes between the sprint and qualifying and the hard tire seemingly working better in general on most cars.