Hamilton achieves the victory in the Sprint of the F1 China GP; Alonso, 10th and Sainz, 17.

The British Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) was erected this Saturday at the winner of the Sprint race of the Grand Prix of China, second appointment of the 2025 season and first to have this special format. It is the first triumph of English with the Maranello team and the first also that he achieves in his short race on Saturday.

The seven -time world champion, who had started the race from the head position, won in the test at 19 laps (103.6 kilometers) to write down the eight points that place him with 9 in the general classification at the expense of which he manages to increase that figure in tomorrow’s great race.

The podium

Hamilton achieved victory, followed by Piastri and the current world champion, Verstappen

The British Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) said today having felt “a calm that had not felt in a long time” during the race to the China Grand Prix, in which he knew how to defend his ‘pole’ to proclaim himself winner.

“I felt exceptionally calm, more than custom.

Behind the winner, the Australian Oscar Piastri (McLaren) and the current world champion, the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) arrived at the finish line, so they added 7 and 6 integers to his score, respectively.

They also managed to score, ordered from 5 points to 1, the British George Russell (Mercedes), the Monegasco Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Racing Bulls), the Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) and the British Lando Norris (McLaren).

The two Spaniards of the grill, Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Carlos Sainz (Williams), finished tenth and seventeenth, respectively.

After this reduced test, this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. (07.00 GMT) the classification session for the great race that will be played this Sunday will be held in the Shanghai circuit, scheduled to 56 laps to complete a 305.3 kilometers route.

And, after the appointment of China, which will also start tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. local time (07.00 GMT), the next stop of the International Formula 1 tour will be in the Suzuka circuit, where the Japan Grand Prix will be held on April 6.