F1 2025: Chinese Grand Prix starting grid with official penalties applied

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Chinese Grand Prix

F1 2025: Chinese Grand Prix starting grid with official penalties applied

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Originally written by Chris Deeley. This version is a translation.

Saturday 22 March 2025 22:00

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri will start this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix on pole position.

The pole is the Australian's first of his Formula 1 career for a feature race, having started from second place six previous times and from pole in multiple sprint races.

Piastri will be joined on the front row by George Russell, who snatched second place at the very end of the session to prevent a McLaren front-row shutout with a brilliant lap in his Mercedes.

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Saturday's sprint race polesitter (and winner) Lewis Hamilton will start fifth, one place ahead of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc and one place behind his great rival Max Verstappen.

At the other end of the grid, Liam Lawson will be starting dead last after his second consecutive disappointing qualifying session, raising early questions over his position alongside Verstappen. Meanwhile, fellow Q1 victim Ollie Bearman will start 17th after an investigation into a possible impeding incident was dismissed.

F1 2025 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid

Position	Driver	Team
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
2	George Russell	Mercedes
3	Lando Norris	McLaren
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull
5	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
7	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls
8	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes
9	Yuki Tsunoda	Racing Bulls
10	Alex Albon	Williams
11	Esteban Ocon	Haas
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber
13	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
15	Carlos Sainz	Williams
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
17	Ollie Bearman	Haas
18	Jack Doohan	Alpine
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber
20	Liam Lawson	Red Bull

F1 2025: Chinese Grand Prix start times

The 56-lap race starts on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 3 pm local time (CST), or 3 am (ET). Here's the full Chinese Grand Prix weekend schedule for the weekend converted to your time zone.

Location	Start Time
Local Time (CST)	3 PM
New York, United States (ET)	3 AM
Chicago, United States (CT)	2 AM
Denver, United States (MT)	1 AM
Los Angeles, United States (PT)	12 AM
London, United Kingdom (GMT)	7 AM
Sydney, Australia (AEDT)	6 PM
Adelaide, Australia (ACDT)	5:30 PM
Perth, Australia (AWST)	3 PM
Mexico City, Mexico (CST)	2 AM
Berlin, Germany (CET)	8 AM
Tokyo, Japan (JST)	4 PM
Cape Town, South Africa (SAST)	9 AM
Cairo, Egypt (EEST)	9 AM
Beijing, China (CST)	3 PM
New Delhi, India (IST)	12:30 AM
São Paulo, Brazil (BRT)	4 AM
Singapore, Singapore (SGT)	3 PM

How to watch the Chinese Grand Prix live on TV

Action from the Chinese Grand Prix is set to be shown live on ESPN in the United States. However, different sessions are set to be shown in different places.

Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix will be shown live on ESPN.

With that said, broadcast details do vary depending on your location. Please check the information below to see how to watch F1 in your respective country this season.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
United States	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Mexico	Fox Sports Mexico, Televisa
Australia	Fox Sports, Foxtel, Kayo
United Kingdom	Sky Sports
Italy	Sky Italia
Belgium	RTBF, Play Sports
Netherlands	Viaplay, Viaplay Xtra
Spain	DAZN F1
Canada	RDS, RDS 2, TSN, Noovo
Germany	Sky Deutschland, RTL
France	Canal+
Singapore	beIN SPORTS
China	CCTV, Shanghai TV, Guangdong Television Channel, Tencent
Japan	Fuji TV, DAZN
Hungary	M4 (MTVA Sports Channel)
Brazil	Bandeirantes, Bandsports
Austria	Servus TV, ORF
Middle East & Turkey	beIN SPORTS
Africa	SuperSport
India	FanCode
Latin America	ESPN