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2026 Chinese Grand Prix

13 March 2026 — Shanghai, China — Won by Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)

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The story in three sentences

Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes) won the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix ahead of George RUSSELL by +5.515s. Fastest median race pace went to RUS (Mercedes) at 1:36.407 per lap on clean laps — track position and strategy decided the result.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Kimi ANTONELLI	Mercedes	0
2	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	5.515
3	Lewis HAMILTON	Ferrari	25.267
4	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	28.894
5	Oliver BEARMAN	Haas F1 Team	57.268
6	Pierre GASLY	Alpine	59.647
7	Liam LAWSON	Racing Bulls	80.588
8	Isack HADJAR	Red Bull Racing	87.247
9	Carlos SAINZ	Williams	+1 LAP
10	Franco COLAPINTO	Alpine	+1 LAP

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	RUS	Mercedes	1:36.407	—
2	ANT	Mercedes	1:36.443	+0.036s
3	LEC	Ferrari	1:36.833	+0.426s
4	HAM	Ferrari	1:36.876	+0.469s
5	BEA	Haas F1 Team	1:37.496	+1.089s

"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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