- Pole
- Oscar Piastri
- Pole team
- McLaren
- Front row
- Oscar Piastri and George Russell
- Classified
- Top 20
- Round
- 2
- Circuit
- Shanghai
- Qualifying date
- March 22, 2025
The front of the grid
Oscar Piastri qualified first for McLaren. George Russell secured the other front-row place for Mercedes, with Lando Norris third for McLaren.
How the classification lined up
The first three positions were Oscar Piastri, George Russell, and Lando Norris. P4 through P20 were Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc, Isack Hadjar, Kimi Antonelli, Yuki Tsunoda, Alexander Albon, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Carlos Sainz Jr., Pierre Gasly, Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Liam Lawson.
Team representation
Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Aug 31, 2025.