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2025 Chinese Grand Prix

21 March 2025 — Shanghai, China — Won by Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren)

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The story in three sentences

Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) won the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix ahead of Lando NORRIS by +9.748s. The winning car also had the fastest median race pace on clean laps at 1:36.851 per lap.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	0
2	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	9.748
3	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	11.097
4	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	16.656
5	Esteban OCON	Haas F1 Team	49.969
6	Kimi ANTONELLI	Mercedes	53.748
7	Alexander ALBON	Williams	56.321
8	Oliver BEARMAN	Haas F1 Team	61.303
9	Lance STROLL	Aston Martin	70.204
10	Carlos SAINZ	Williams	76.387

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	PIA	McLaren	1:36.851	—
2	NOR	McLaren	1:36.962	+0.111s
3	RUS	Mercedes	1:37.020	+0.169s
4	VER	Red Bull Racing	1:37.151	+0.300s
5	LEC	Ferrari	1:37.182	+0.331s

"Median pace" filters out outlaps, in-laps, and slow laps (over 7% above the field median). It's the single best indicator of true race pace.

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