Chinese GP: Martin Brundle assesses Oscar Piastri's win, Ferrari 'pain' after disqualifications for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc
24 March 2025, 10:40 | Updated: 25 March 2025, 07:01
Sprint weekends are always full-on for everyone, there's a real urgency to procedures from Friday morning until Sunday evening. Shanghai was no different, and if anything that relentless nature was intensified as the pack was so close, and it's early in the season for many new driver and team combos.
By a small margin McLaren were once again the team to beat, but on a very smooth and grippy new surface which would yield a pole position time three seconds faster than last year, delivering the optimum lap didn't prove easy for any of the drivers.
Mandatory minimum tyre pressures were high due to the high aerodynamic loads in the 270-degree first turn which also incorporates Turns two and three. And also Turns 12 and 13 onto the long back straight.
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