Formula 1 – after the chaotic race Melbourne – landed at Shanghai for the second round of the 2025 season. The drivers are ready to return to the track for the only Free Practice session they will have available this weekend: so let the FP1 of the Chinese GP.
Note for Fantasy Managers
The program of Friday in China It provides: Free Trials 1 and later the qualifying shootout – which will determine the starting grid for the Sprint. It is therefore good to remind the Fantasy manager who have chosen to study the performance of the drivers in FP1, who the time has come to deploy your own training before the start of Sprint qualifying which will start at 08:30 this morning.
Green light: off we go
This week, teams will have to deal with the variable asphalt: the track has in fact recently been asphalted. Although some drivers reported on the radio that they had enough grip, Albon and Lawson they made a small gravel hike. After 15 minutes from the start of FP1 of the Chinese GP, George Russell takes first place with a time of 1:33.017, followed by Hamilton and Piastri.
Mario Isola – speaking to Sky – reported that the Pirelli simulations they gave as time for the pole position 1:33.000. The pilot of Mercedes Russell managed to cross the finish line in 1:32.377, thus showing an improvement of the track. Leclerc, Piastri, Hamilton and Antonelli completed the top 5.
FP1 Chinese GP: first time for Lando Norris
The exhibition is exposed Red flag 13 minutes from the end of the session. The cause of the interruption of FP1 was the car of jack doohan, stopped at the edge of the track. Alpine number #7 would have had Power steering problemsThe single-seater is removed and the drivers have 7 minutes for the qualifying simulation.
Il Monegasque it improves and places itself first with 1:32.103Lewis Hamilton arrives behind him, but the winner of last year's Grand Prix slips between the two Prancing Horse drivers. Lando Norris he is not satisfied, he tries the lap again and crosses the finish line in 1:31.504 taking the top spot in the timesheets.
