The fifth GP of the season is taking place, the first in which the Sprint Race will also be held. Which this year in a different format than last year
F1 returns to China, on the Shanghai circuit, on the weekend of 19-21 April. It returns to the calendar for the first time since 2019, after the pandemic pushed the organizers to cancel it. The fifth GP of the season is taking place, the first in which the race will also be held Sprint Race. Which this year in a different format than last year: the Sprint Shootout (Sprint qualifying) scheduled for Friday after the first and only free practice session, while the Sprint race scheduled for Saturday morning. Qualifying for Sunday’s race will always take place on Saturday after the Sprint race.
Qualifying shootout
In the first free practice, interrupted by a curious grass fire which caused a red flagThe fastest was Lance Stroll on his first attempt on the soft tyres. The Ferraris are back, 13 Leclerc and 14 Sainz, eighteenth position for Hamilton. In the shootout qualifications, valid for establishing the starting grid of the Sprint race, carried out in the rain in the decisive laps, Norris took the pole (after moments of chaos because his time was canceled for having ended up off the track) ahead of Hamilton. Sainz 5, Leclerc 7, who also went off the track.
Where to see the Chinese GP
The live broadcast of fifth F1 GP of 2024 it will be broadcast on Sky Sport F1 and streamed on Sky Go and Now. Furthermore, the race will also be visible on TV8, a digital terrestrial channel which will also broadcast qualifying and the race deferred. Instead, live broadcasts of the Sprint qualifications and the Sprint race will also be available on TV8.
The programme: the times of the Chinese GP
Friday 19 April
5.30 am: free practice 1
9.30 am: Sprint qualifications: READ the news HERE
Saturday 20 April
5am: Sprint
9am: qualifications
12.15 pm: qualifications (rerun)
2.15pm: Sprint (rerun)
Sunday 21 April
9am: race
2pm: race (rerun)
5.30pm: race (rerun)
How Ferrari arrives
Ferrari comes to this event with the desire to do well. Charles Leclerc is ready for the challenge: third in the general classification and is looking for his first victory of the season, above all he has to stay ahead of his teammate Carlos Sainz who has always done better than him so far. We arrive here in China with confidence, given the start of our season. On paper, the track might be better suited to Ferrari than Suzuka, but I expect that Red Bull still has something more. Sainz? He’s doing a better job. It’s difficult to make a comparison on Bahrain because I had some problems. However, in the last two races he was stronger. Now it’s up to me to work, especially in the qualifying phase, which is usually one of my strong points.
So, instead, Max Verstappen, which has never won in China (like in Singapore): We haven’t raced on this circuit since 2019. With only one free practice session available, it will be a matter of making sure we have set up the car in the best way possible. This dynamic creates more uncertainty, which is good for fans, and the team has worked hard to prepare.
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April 19, 2024 (changed April 19, 2024 | 11:55)
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