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1106th Grand Prix
中國大獎賽

Shanghai International Circuit


Last race at this track

2019 - The 1000th points paying F1 race was fairly boring and dominated by Hamilton and Mercedes. The only incident happened during the start involving Sainz, Norris and Kvyat

Season standings
after round 4

DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   77
2   Sergio Perez   MEX   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   64
3   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   59
4   Carlos Sainz   ESP   FERRARI   55
5   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN MERCEDES   37
6   Oscar Piastri   AUS   MCLAREN MERCEDES   32
7   George Russell   GBR   MERCEDES   24
8   Fernando Alonso   ESP   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   24
9   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   10
10   Lance Stroll   CAN   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   9
11   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   RB HONDA RBPT   7
12   Oliver Bearman   GBR   FERRARI   6
13   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   HAAS FERRARI   3
14   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   1
15   Alexander Albon   THA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
16   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   KICK SAUBER FERRARI   0
17   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   RB HONDA RBPT   0
18   Esteban Ocon   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   0
19   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   0
20   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   KICK SAUBER FERRARI   0
21   Logan Sargeant   USA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   141
2   FERRARI   120
3   MCLAREN MERCEDES   69
4   MERCEDES   34
5   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   33
6   RB HONDA RBPT   7
7   HAAS FERRARI   4
8   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
9   KICK SAUBER FERRARI   0
10   ALPINE RENAULT   0

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+8)

FRIDAY 19th APRIL      Local time

FIA F4 Chinese Championship   First Practice Session   09:25 - 09:50
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   10:00 - 11:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   10:00 - 11:00
FIA   F1 Car Presentation   10:00 - 11:00
FORMULA 1   FIRST PRACTICE SESSION   11:30 - 12:30
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia   Practice Session   13:00 - 13:45
Formula 1   Teams' Press Conference   13:30 - 14:30
Formula 1   Formula 1 Pirelli Hot Laps   13:55 - 14:35
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   14:00 - 15:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   14:35 - 15:05
FORMULA 1   SPRINT QUALIFYING   15:30 - 16:14
FIA F4 Chinese Championship   Second Practice Session   17:00 - 17:25
F1 Experiences   F1 Experiences Track Tour, Trophy Photo & Pit Lane Walk   17:45 - 19:45

SATURDAY 20th APRIL   
   
Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   08:15 - 08:45
FIA F4 Chinese Championship   Qualifying Session   09:30 - 09:55
FORMULA 1   SPRINT (19 Laps or 60 Mins)   11:00 - 11:30
Formula 1   Press Conference   11:30 - 12:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   11:40 - 12:10
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   11:40 - 12:40
Formula 1   Formula 1 Pirelli Hot Laps   12:10 - 12:35
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia   Qualifying Session   12:50 - 13:20
FIA F4 Chinese Championship   First Race (30 Mins +1 Lap)   13:55 - 14:30
FORMULA 1   QUALIFYING   15:00 - 16:00
Formula 1   Press Conference   16:00 - 17:00
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia   First Race (13 Laps or 30 Mins)   16:55 - 17:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   17:40 - 18:40
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   17:40 - 18:40

SUNDAY 21st APRIL      

FIA F4 Chinese Championship   Second Race (30 Mins +1 Lap)   10:15 - 10:50
Porsche Carrera Cup Asia   Second Race (12 Laps or 30 Mins)   11:30 - 12:05
Formula 1   Formula 1 Pirelli Hot Laps   12:20 - 12:50
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   12:50 - 13:35
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   12:55 - 13:55
Formula 1   Drivers' Parade   13:00 - 13:30
Promoter Activity   Opening Show   13:35 - 13:50
Formula 1   National Anthem   14:46 - 14:48
FORMULA 1   GRAND PRIX (56 LAPS OR 120 MINS)   15:00 - 17:00

the first post pandemic Chinese GP is also the first sprint of the season, also the first time in 11 years a F1 race is held at my birthday

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weather looks promising on saturday

Nice video to get the hype up

hehe

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

So F1 is about to race in a country which not only hasn't condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine, but is technically Putin's ally. So only a small moral sidestep from actually having Russian GP.
Well, on the other hand, if Russia had been given 2024 Summer Olympics, Putin would have postponed the war at least by 2½ years. So maybe by giving China as many major sports events as possible will keep them away from Taiwan.

So yeah, not really having a positive feeling about the weekend. Secondly, I've never been fan of this prototypical tilkedrome; it just bores me. For Suzuka and Albert Park I was happy to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Free practice, but here no way I'm going to ruin my sleep for the sprint, even if that means missing a wet race.

They should just give Max 50 points, skip Shanghai and Miami, and go straight to Imola. Lovely Imola <3

Imola, a track where nothing happens in a race unless it rains.

I have said it before: It's the track and the atmosphere of old-school tracks I enjoy, not racing or overtaking. Like Monaco or Suzuka (or Goodwood), just seeing the cars doing laps in free practice is a pleasure. And since you don't expect to see racing and overtaking during free practice session, there's no reason to be disappointed. Just relax, have a cup of coffee, and enjoy.

Just compare these images: which has more (smog-free) atmosphere?

This can be said for 75% of the tracks.

Even more so with these huge cars

It should be dropped from the calendar and Hockenheim brought back

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Heeeeeey I'm going to the Imola race

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3x TBKL rFactor Hillclimb champion

Imola is like the classic Hockenheim. The scenery and the feeling is a classic venue without tarmac outside track limits, is a must have on the calendar even though races aren't that good. Well races at Shanghai and Miami aren't that good either and they keep going there

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Looks like no rain now


Great region of Italy to visit, I was there last year.
Couldn't visit Bologna due to the floods though

I'm in the Val d'Orcia region for the week prior, and then being based out of Bologna for the F1 race, I'm praying there isn't the floods like last year

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You'll visit Maranello I hope ?

Went there last time I was in the region, so sadly not this time. I'm going to Monaco for the F1 if that makes up for it?

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You´re going to Imola AND Monaco?

Sure am! Given I'm coming from the other side of the planet, I figure I might as well see a few races! Plus Monaco has always been on the bucket list

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That's amazing! So happy for you. Thankfully there's some supports to watch. Not like my trip for the Formula E race lol.

If you like mountains maybe you should consider visiting Monza track and then Lake Como as I done?

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I have two weeks in the Dolomites and a week in the Swiss Alps

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Oh so Cortina d'Ampezzo and St.Moritz time

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