The first F1 Sprint race of the 2026 season takes place on Saturday (March 14) at the Chinese Grand Prix and the grid and starting order is now confirmed. read more »

Our priority now is to have a clean sprint race and then see what progress we can make ahead of qualifying. read more »

In the aftermath of George Russell securing pole position for the sprint race in China by 0.289s from Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli, and a substantial 0.621s from... read more »

As happened last year and as expected, some graining appeared on the front-left tyre, which is the most stressed by Shanghai's corners, and to a lesser extent on the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has said Ferrari's gap to Mercedes is mainly due to a deficit in power unit performance after he qualified fourth for Saturday's Chinese Grand Prix... read more »

It's the first Sprint of the year, and we expected a huge challenge, but we've really stepped up operationally compared to Melbourne. read more »

Our set up for sprint qualifying didn't play out as we would have wanted it to. read more »

We found a lot more performance and good learnings from Australia that we carried over into this weekend. read more »

It was pleasing to see that we made some progress between Free Practice 1 and Sprint Qualifying. read more »

Today's Sprint Qualifying was more positive for us than the result might suggest. read more »

A difficult day today, but at this early stage in our journey we are still finding issues and fixing them in real time. read more »

Tough day, which isn't a surprise after Melbourne, but doesn't hurt any less as a result. read more »

Mercedes dominated qualifying for the sprint race at the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

We did the best we could and we are still far away from the others. read more »

Pierre Gasly has learned the outcome of the FIA probe into an alleged blocking of Max Verstappen during qualifying for the F1 Chinese GP Sprint Race. The post Pierre Gasly... read more »

Charles Leclerc was left furious after an inexplicable issue on his Ferrari after qualifying sixth for the F1 Chinese GP Sprint. The post Charles Leclerc fumes after bizarre... read more »

Video: Shanghai Sprint Saturday, we’re ready ? read more »

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies apologised to Max Verstappen as the Dutch driver labelled their pace as a "disaster" in Sprint Qualifying at the Chinese Grand... read more »

All 22 drivers share their thoughts on the first Sprint Qualifying of the season! For more F1® videos, visit: https://www.Formula1.com Visit our store:... read more »

Mercedes' George Russell held an advantage of well over half a second to the next quickest Formula 1 team - the McLaren of Lando Norris - in sprint qualifying at the... read more »

Video: Starting P5 in the Shanghai Sprint ? read more »

Red Bull apologised to Max Verstappen after a torrid sprint qualifying in China. read more »

Live text coverage of Friday practice and sprint qualifying at the 2026 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix read more »

Kimi Antonelli keeps front-row start for Chinese GP sprint race. read more »

McLaren lost significant time to Mercedes with both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in sector three in F1 sprint qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »