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Chinese Grand Prix

Sprint

Shanghai International Circuit · Shanghai, China

Round

2

Date

15 March 2026

Circuit

Shanghai International Circuit

Location

Shanghai, China

Format

Sprint weekend

Status

Completed

Session schedule — your local time

Practice 1Loading local time…FastestGeorge Russell
Sprint QualifyingLoading local time…PoleGeorge Russell
SprintLoading local time…WinnerGeorge Russell
QualifyingLoading local time…PoleAndrea Kimi Antonelli
RaceLoading local time…WinnerAndrea Kimi Antonelli

Source: f1calendar.com (UTC session schedule) and Wikipedia per-race articles for rounds already run, cross-checked against this site's own calendar dates.

Sprint

Grand Prix

P1

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

P2

George Russell

Mercedes

+5.515

P3

Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari

+25.267

Source: Wikipedia (per-race classification tables), 2026 F1 season

Sprint qualifying

Qualifying

Source: Wikipedia (per-race qualifying classification tables), 2026 F1 season. 2026-07-20: corrected round-10 (Belgian GP) grid positions for Sainz, Bearman, Albon, Ocon, Bottas, and Perez — Sainz's grid penalty had been omitted, leaving those five one place too high — per the FIA's Final Starting Grid document (BEL Doc 56). 2026-07-26: corrected round-11 (Hungarian GP) grid positions for Hamilton, Leclerc, Antonelli, Piastri, Max Verstappen, and Russell — Hamilton (3 places, impeding Piastri in Q3) and Antonelli (3 places, insufficient slowing under yellow flags after Verstappen's Q3 spin) each received post-qualifying grid penalties not reflected in the initially recorded grid, per Formula1.com/Sky Sports/RacingNews365/Crash.net.

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