However, while qualifying is all about the one-lap pace on the soft compound, the Chinese Grand Prix will be all about race pace on the mediums and the hards. Throughout this week tire degradation, thanks to the newly resurfaced circuit in Shanghai,

F1 returns with its second race of the 2025 season, the Chinese Grand Prix, this Sunday. Lando Norris and team McLaren won the F1 season-opener at the Australian Grand Prix last week in Melbourne, and he'll face competitors like last year's Chinese Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton,

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri has scored his maiden pole position in Formula 1 ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix by delivering two sizzling laps that were quick enough for the top spot ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.