F1 Results Today: Lando Norris beaten as FIA disqualify three drivers at Chinese Grand Prix

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Chinese Grand Prix

F1 Results Today: Lando Norris beaten as FIA disqualify three drivers at Chinese Grand Prix

All the times from the Chinese Grand Prix

Chris Deeley Editor

Experienced sports writer covering F1 and other motorsports since 2023

Sunday 23 March 2025 12:50 Updated: 09:59

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Oscar Piastri took a brilliant win at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday, dominating from pole in a serene performance at the Shanghai International Circuit. However, there was significant drama after the race finished.

OFFICIAL: FIA announce disqualification verdict for THREE F1 drivers at Chinese Grand Prix

The Australian had started on pole for the first time in his Grand Prix career and was so in control of the race that he scarcely appeared on the race broadcast all morning.

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However, post-race checks led to three drivers getting disqualified and the order shaken up entirely, with Charles Leclerc and Pierre Gasly's cars found to be underweight.

Lewis Hamilton also lost his position in the race thanks to over-worn skid blocks, the second time in 18 months the Brit has been disqualified for the same infringement after the US Grand Prix in 2023.

Lando Norris spent most of the race fending off George Russell with reasonable ease too, the Mercedes trundling around in third place and holding off the Ferraris of Leclerc – missing a front wing endplate from the first corner – and Hamilton.

However, Norris began to struggle with a brake pedal issue in the closing laps of the race, only barely holding off Russell as he began to lose 4-5 seconds a lap.

Hamilton and Leclerc both passed Max Verstappen into the first corner and looked to be keeping the Red Bull comfortably behind until the Brit came in to switch onto an off-sync two-stop strategy, banking on tyre degradation for the one-stoppers which never came.

Verstappen even caught up and passed Leclerc for fourth place with a handful of laps to go, bringing him back to the place he started the race.

Thanks to the disqualifications of Leclerc, Hamilton and Gasly, Lance Stroll and Carlos Sainz jumped up from 12th and 13th respectively to claim points in ninth and tenth.

At the other end of the field, the under-pressure pair of Liam Lawson and Jack Doohan did little to help their cases, the second Red Bull driver finishing only ahead of the two struggling Saubers and Yuki Tsunoda*, who had to make a long late pit-stop when his front wing snapped apparently of its own accord.

Doohan didn't show awful pace, but picked up his second penalty in as many days for an incident with Isack Hadjar, dropping him down the order and doing nothing to silence the calls for him to be replaced by Gabriel Bortoleto.

*Doohan's penalty also meant that Lawson was classified ahead of the Australian.

The FIA have now issued a post-race verdict, with three F1 stars disqualified from the Chinese Grand Prix.

1. Oscar Piastri [McLaren]
2. Lando Norris [McLaren] - +9.748sec
3. George Russell [Mercedes] - +11.097sec
4. Max Verstappen [Red Bull] - +16.656sec
5. Esteban Ocon [Haas] - +49.969sec
6. Kimi Antonelli [Mercedes] - +53.748sec
7. Alex Albon [Williams] - +56.321sec
8. Oliver Bearman [Haas] - +1:01.303sec
9. Lance Stroll [Aston Martin] - +1:10.204sec
10. Carlos Sainz [Williams] - +1:16.387sec
11. Isack Hadjar [Racing Bulls] - +1:18.875sec
12. Liam Lawson [Red Bull] - +1:21.147sec
13. Jack Doohan [Alpine] - +1:28.401sec (with 10-second penalty)
14. Gabriel Bortoleto [Kick Sauber] - +1 lap
15. Nico Hulkenberg [Kick Sauber] - +1 lap
16. Yuki Tsunoda [Racing Bulls] - +1 lap
17. Fernando Alonso [Aston Martin] - DNF
DQ. Pierre Gasly [Alpine]
DQ. Lewis Hamilton [Ferrari]
DQ. Charles Leclerc [Ferrari]