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2026 Chinese Grand Prix - [POST RACE] discussion thread 🏁 (lemmy.world)
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ROUND 2: πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ China

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026

Weekend Schedule

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  • Practice 1: Friday, 04:30 CET | 03:30 UTC
  • Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 08:30 CET | 07:30 UTC
  • Sprint: Saturday, 04:00 CET | 03:00 UTC
  • Qualifying: Saturday, 08:00 CET | 07:00 UTC
  • Race: Sunday, 08:00 CEST | 07:00 UTC

Circuit stats & Tyres

  • First Grand Prix: 2004
  • Number of laps: 56
  • Circuit Length: 5.451 km
  • Race Distance: 305.066 km
  • Lap record: 1:32.238 Michael Schumacher (2004)
  • 2025 Pole: Oscar Piastri (1:30.641)
  • 2025 Fastest Lap: Lando Norris (1:35.454)
  • 2025 winner: Oscar Piastri
  • Pirelli Tyres: C2 (Hard) βšͺ, C3 (Medium) 🟑, C4 (Soft) πŸ”΄

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[–] 15 points 8 months ago*

This was a solid two-man race. Unfortunately, they were both in a Ferrari.

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    [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    Great race. Mercedes are in a league of their own but the rest of the field being close to each other makes for entertaining racing.

    Points for Weeyums! Double points for Alpine! Bearman absolutely killing it.

    Haas ahead of Red Bull. VCARB on equal points with Red Bull πŸ’€ Verstappen about to rage quit F1 at this pace.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    What an incredible first win for Kimi. That pic with Bono and Lewis is gonna be iconic someday, surely.

    I don't think he can take the fight to George this year but I also don't think he'll make it a Max-style runaway win either. Hopefully Kimi learns enough and improves to be a future title winner with it

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    [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    Really enjoyed that race. First one in a while I enjoyed like that.

    The podium was feels as well

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    [–] 10 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Very happy for Kimi!

    Ferrari dingdong was fun to watch.

    But as I guessed, the script of the year seems to be; blindingly good start from the Ferraris, first 5 to 10 laps is yoyo racing and then the Mercedes buggers off into the distance. I have watched since the mid -90's, I've never complained about the cars but I just don't like these new ones. I don't care if there's a 1000 overtakes in a race, if its done by pressing a button and flying past on the straight, its not very interesting or exciting.

    Alonso waving at the Cadillac was funny.

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I don't care if there's a 1000 overtakes in a race, if its done by pressing a button and flying past on the straight, its not very interesting or exciting.

    Are we completely ignoring stuff like the 6 man battle between both Alpines, both Haases and Max and Hulk then? There was plenty "classic" racing going on today too with outbraking, choosing different lines etc.

    Also, "pressing a button and flying by on a straight" sounds like a description of DRS to me, but maybe because that was not electric it was organic, grass-fed, natural and great?

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe my comment was a bit harsh and unclear. Which it probably was.

    Anyway, I didn't mean to say there wasn't great action going on. The midfield battles were fun to watch. But the Mercs doing that Captain America running past the other guy meme is what I meant with pressing a button. It just looks and feels so.... fake, you know? The other guy clipping while the other guy is accelerating past you. Feels weird.

    I didn't like DRS either, for what its worth.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I thought the racing today was just great full stop. The battle between the Ferraris was awesome too - lots of alternate lines, smart positioning and clever battery usage from Lewis. Mercedes are just the best car, not much you can do about that. Remember Max in '23?

    In general I find these regs much better than previous years. I was about to go on a tirade about it but I think just watch the latest lowerlaptime video, he talks about it at the end and I really like his take.

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    • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    The Ferrari fight was awesome to see. It also seemed like both enjoyed it quite a bit. However, if things stay like this, the Ferraris will only have a chance for P1 on tracks where it's hard to overtake.

    VER will quit in summer if the next races go on like this πŸ˜… let's see what the teams come up with after the April break. Could get interesting.

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