Formula 1 in 2025: How to see the Chinese Grand Prix on TV and what to know

Shanghai – Here is a guide that tells you everything you need to know about the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday – the second race of the 2025 series.

– In the USA, ESPN.

– Other countries are listed here.

– March 21: First training and qualification for the sprint race.

– March 22: Sprint Race and Qualifying for the Grand Prix.

– March 23: The Chinese Grand Prix.

The 5.45 kilometers (3.39 miles) Shanghai International Circuit is a specially built race track, which was organized for the first time in 2004. His layout resembles the Chinese character “Shang” of the first part of the name of the city of Shanghai. Max Verstappen won a commanding victory there last season before Lando Norris, but the teams have little experience with a track in which F1 was not taken from 2020 to 2023 during the Covid 19 pandemic. The sprint race on Saturday is the first of six this season.

Norris won the Australian Grand Prix of the season opening for McLaren after surviving a slide on the track in the rain, and a late challenge from second-placed. George Russell was third for Mercedes. Norris' teammate and potential title competitor Oscar Piatri extend on the street and recovered to reach ninth place after Lewis Hamilton was overtaken late, who was tenth in a frustrating debut for Ferrari.

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3 – Only three current drivers have won in China. Verstappen won last year and Hamilton won six times for McLaren and Mercedes from 2008 to 2019. Fernando Alonso, now with Aston Martin, won in 2005 for Renault and Ferrari in 2013.

63 – Verstappen led the driver's ranking for 63 races over three years. Now Norris leads in Australia after his victory. The last driver as Verstappen, who is the head of the strong area, was Charles Leclerc in 2022.

18-Andrea Kimi Antonelli's age when he became the second youngest driver in F1 history, who scored points in Australia in his debut.

“I am confident that if we go to China next weekend, I can be very strong because we were not strong there last year with a very good car.” – Norris

“It was fun to make these last rounds … I am very happy to bring it home, scored good points. That is, let's say, a decent starting point for us.” – Verpappen

“I had to struggle with the balance, but it was an important race to learn more about the car and under different weather conditions and gain more experience with a new team.” – Hamilton

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