03:36
Russell on top
Russell leads the way after the first runs - a 1m35.184s for the Mercedes driver. Less than a tenth ahead of Piastri.
Charles Leclerc
2025 F1 Chinese Grand Prix - Sprint Qualifying - As it happened
A recap of what happened in F1 sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix
21 Mar 2025
03:34
Tsunoda leads the way
A 1m36.582s puts Tsunoda on top, 0.5s ahead of Sainz in the Williams.
03:33
A busy start to FP1
19 of the 20 cars are out on track for the start of FP1, with just Stroll in the pit lane.
03:30
FP1 is underway
The two Haas cars take to the track in Shanghai.
03:29
Aston Martin pay tribute to Eddie Jordan
03:28
The sprint weekend
It's a sprint weekend which means there's a slightly revised format:
Friday: Practice & Sprint Q
Saturday: Sprint & Qualifying
Sunday: Race
03:25
Good morning
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for the Chinese Grand Prix.
It's a sprint weekend and that means there's just one practice session ahead of sprint qualifying later today.