For the world champion and his Red Bull it is the fifth consecutive pole since the start of the season. Sergio Perez will also start on the front row in the race that will start on Sunday at 9am (live on Sky) with the other Red Bull. Sixth and seventh times for the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Verstappen also won the Sprint race, the first of the F1 world championship season: behind him Hamilton, Perez, Leclerc and Sainz
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Max Verstappen still ahead of everyone. The Red Bull driver, after winning the Sprint race, also took pole position in the Chinese Formula 1 GP. On the Shanghai circuit, Sergio Perez will also start on the front row with the other Red Bull. Sixth and seventh times for the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. The race, the fifth of the season, will start on Sunday 21 April at 9am (live on Sky).
Qualifications
For Max Verstappen, reigning world champion, it is the fifth consecutive pole since the start of the season: number 37 of his career and number 100 for Red Bull. Second place for teammate Sergio Perez. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Lando Norris (McLaren) will start on the second row. Third row for Oscar Piatri (McLaren) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). Seventh place went to the other Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, eighth was George Russell (Mercedes), ninth was Nico Hülkenberg with Haas, tenth was Valtteri Bottas (Sauber). Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who came second in the sprint race, was eliminated in Q1: he finished it with the 18th time, due to an error at turn 14 in the final moments of the session.
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Formula 1, Japanese GP: Verstappen wins. Video highlights of the race
The Sprint race
Before pole, Max Verstappen also won the Sprint race of the Chinese GP, the first of the Formula 1 world championship season. On the Shanghai circuit, the Red Bull champion preceded Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes and teammate Sergio Perez. Fourth place for Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari, ahead of the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. Lando Norris, who started on pole, eventually finished sixth ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. Fernando Alonso, third until three laps from the end, threatened by the Perez-Leclerc-Sainz trio, came into contact with Sainz and had to give up. Thanks to the victory in the Sprint race, Verstappen obtained another eight points in the championship and widened the gap with chasing Perez: 15 points now separate the Dutchman from the Mexican.
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F1, Australian GP: Ferrari double, Sainz wins then Leclerc
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