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Overview
- George Russell won the season’s first 19‑lap sprint, holding the lead through a lap‑13 safety‑car pit cycle ahead of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.
- Kimi Antonelli, 19 years and 201 days old, secured pole for the Chinese Grand Prix, edging Russell by 0.222s after his teammate encountered a Q3 technical issue.
- Ferrari locked out the second row with Hamilton and Leclerc, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris start fifth and sixth, and Pierre Gasly qualified seventh for Alpine.
- Red Bull’s troubles continued as Max Verstappen qualified eighth and Isack Hadjar ninth, with Verstappen calling the weekend a disaster and lamenting the car’s drivability.
- The compressed sprint format left just one practice session, which Mercedes topped, and AFP reports indicate Bahrain and Jeddah in April may be cancelled or rescheduled pending official confirmation.