ROUND 2: 🇨🇳 China

FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN CHINESE GRAND PRIX 2026

Weekend Schedule

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  • Practice 1: Friday, 05:30 CET | 04:30 UTC
  • Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 09:30 CET | 08:30 UTC
  • Sprint: Saturday, 05:00 CET | 04:00 UTC
  • Qualifying: Saturday, 09:00 CET | 08:00 UTC
  • Race: Sunday, 09:00 CEST | 07:00 UTC (Note: Daylight saving time starts)

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) ⚪, C3 (Medium) 🟡, C4 (Soft) 🔴

Track Map

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  • Goodeye8@piefed.socialEnglish
    8·
    2 天前

    I’m just going to complain a bit. Why didn’t Kimi Antonelli get a penalty for blocking Norris? Norris literally said he’s was going to push this lap and Antonelli was in the way and ruined his push lap. Even if it wasn’t a push lap for Norris, he was still driving fast and Antonelli was driving slow and being in the way. They literally gave Verstappen a penalty for blocking Russell when Russel was on a warmup lap, sped up all on his own and then got blocked by Verstappen when his speeding made him catch up to Verstappen. We have two almost identical scenarios with two completely opposite verdicts.

    I’ve got nothing against Antonelli. I’m not a Norris fan. I don’t have a stake in the matter. I just want some fucking consistency in the stewarding.

  • FBJimmy@lemmus.orgEnglish
    3·
    2 天前

    The schedule times above are off by an hour in some cases - this from the official app:

    • SQ Fri 07:30 UTC
    • S Sat 03:00 UTC
    • Q Sat 07:00 UTC
    • R Sun 07:00 UTC

    UTC isn’t adjusted for daylight savings, so maybe that’s the source of the error?

    It’s also not daylight savings in Europe (CET/BST) until 29th March and China doesn’t do daylight savings…