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2025 Chinese Grand Prix qualifying: Oscar Piastri took pole

Oscar Piastri took pole for McLaren ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris at Shanghai.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

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.

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