F1 2025: Chinese GP - Shanghai (Mar 23)

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2025, 10:06 PM

DRS !!!

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2025, 10:11 PM

LAP : Yuki passed Lando

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2025, 10:13 PM

Lap 6 : Lawson made contact with Doohan

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2025, 10:22 PM

LAP 12 : Sainz in pit

LAP 13 : Lando : I'm flat out , but I have no pace (!)

LAP 14 : MAX : My both fronts are dead (!)

LAP 16 : Piastri overtook MAX and is P2

///M Power-Belgium · 03-21-2025, 10:37 PM

Final Lap

1- LEW
2- Piastri
3- MAX
4- Rus
5- Charlie
6- Yuki

LEW wins the Changhai sprint race

Artemis · 03-21-2025, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artemis

Early in the race weekend. Well begun is half done.

Sprint, race qualies and race for all drivers and teams to calibrate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artemis

About 100 km. Both are very cunning. If they're willing, they could work together with DRS tow to keep the faster McLarens behind them.

2/2 out of 4 events: well done by Hamilton.

Race start position and tire management are critical on a circuit with this layout. Pole position held in lap 1 = driving in free air. The rest suffer more tire deg in DRS "trains" of cars chugging around with limited possibilities of overtaking.

By the time Piastri finally managed to pass Verstappen ("dead front tires"), it was too late for the fast McLaren to still catch Hamilton who drove in free air throughout the whole Sprint.

Norris didn't seem sufficiently focused and sounded puzzled.

Special mention for Tsunoda's performance.

Name: F1_2025_Sprint.jpg
Views: 71
Size: 527.0 KB

Name: F1_2025_Sprint.jpg
Views: 71
Size: 527.0 KB

TheBingoBalls · 03-21-2025, 10:59 PM

Just a masterclass sprint and vintage HAM in managing his tires that was the first to start degrading between the top 3. Huge momentum swing from Australia, holpfully Ferrari can carry that it into qualifying for both drivers.

Mercedes solidifying itself as the model of consistency. Faster than teams that they should be faster than, still slower than the teams they're trying to chase. RUS delivering another solid finish while Kimi starting to prove why Toto was right in putting him into the Mercedes seat.

LH44 · 03-21-2025, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeelToeShift

I fully expect Max to and Pia to pass him by turn 1.

Hopefully you can do a little better on your prediction for the GP.

RichardInCA · 03-21-2025, 11:23 PM

Not much more to add - this group of rookies are way too entertaining, re-energized Hamilton is fun to watch, this season is going to be epic.

LH44 · 03-21-2025, 11:34 PM

Sir Lewis Hamilton. Greatest of all time. Sprint race winner.

HFW003 · Yesterday, 03:26 AM

Oscar’s race to loose now!

C‘Mon Aussie!

M5Rick · Yesterday, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Final Lap

1- LEW
2- Piastri
3- MAX
4- Rus
5- Charlie
6- Yuki

LEW wins the Changhai sprint race

MAX is on the second row behind the Larens who still have their wing gaps before the clampdown and RUS. Looks like a 1-2 for the papayas with MAX eventually taking RUS I expect and LEW petering out as the race progresses being caught by Charlie.

M5Rick · Yesterday, 04:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

P1 LEW
P2 MAX
P3 PIA

LANDO is P9 !

Thinking about the MAX factor no doubt

Artemis · Yesterday, 04:33 AM

Name: F1_2025_China_Qualies.jpg
Views: 59
Size: 507.3 KB

Artemis · Yesterday, 04:33 AM

Name: Liam_Lawson.jpg
Views: 57
Size: 274.6 KB

wizardofOz · Yesterday, 05:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artemis

Attachment 3692598

Well he has been consistent in that department so far

M5Rick · Yesterday, 05:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Artemis

Attachment 3692598

He's not quite in the last chance saloon so it's not over yet.

M5Rick · Yesterday, 05:43 AM

Aha now I know.

GuidoK · Yesterday, 05:48 AM

Just finished watching the sprint race and race qualifying.

Hammy drove a fantastic Sprint, managing his tyres and keeping his head cool.
Max cooked his tyres trying to pass HAM and just had to let PIA pass in the end. It's the way things go.
But man...I wouldn't want to be in LAW shoes right now. Terrible sprint, terrible race qualifying.
And TSU...I wonder if he'll be faster in a RB. The VCARB looks like a decent car right now, and either the RB is slow and Max is just leages ahead of everyone, or the RB is just crazy tricky and only Max can deal with it...because he's Max.

I must say I expected more from LEC, being the qualifying specialist he once was. It's not his weekend seemingly.

And the Mercedes just looks good. The race speed still isn't really 100% there I think, despite RUS getting a front row qualifying, but tyredeg looked really good for both RUS and ANT in the sprint race. I think MERC might improve speedwise this year if they can keep that tyredeg.
And ANT for sure is a welcome addition to the grid. He's fast and he's pretty consistent. He might become a future WDC.
Interesting times.

GuidoK · Yesterday, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FC4

Hopefully you can do a little better on your prediction for the GP.

It's really easy to talk about other people's predictions in hindsight if you yourself havent made a prediction for the sprint race.

3798j · Yesterday, 05:51 AM

The RBR second seat...where F1 careers go to die. If offered, Tsunoda should seriously consider turning it down...unless it comes with a large $ multi-year contract.

M5Rick · Yesterday, 05:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3798j

The RBR second seat...where F1 careers go to die. If offered, Tsunoda should seriously consider turning it down...unless it comes with a large $ multi-year contract.

So far the way things are going, I'm the only one offering for that second seat

(kidding)

03-21-2025, 10:06 PM	#155
///M Power-Belgium General 75091 Rep 27,550 Posts Drives: ///M3-E92-DCT Silverstone II Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	DRS !!! __________________ "MAX VERSTAPPEN" IS THE 2021+2022+2023+2024 F1 WORLD CHAMPION - #UnLeashTheLion - BPM DEV-Tune & DCT Software-Tune & Servotronic & coding ///Alpine HID Angeleyes ///Oem.exhaust mod.
	Appreciate 2 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 10:11 PM	#156
///M Power-Belgium General 75091 Rep 27,550 Posts Drives: ///M3-E92-DCT Silverstone II Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	LAP : Yuki passed Lando __________________ "MAX VERSTAPPEN" IS THE 2021+2022+2023+2024 F1 WORLD CHAMPION - #UnLeashTheLion - BPM DEV-Tune & DCT Software-Tune & Servotronic & coding ///Alpine HID Angeleyes ///Oem.exhaust mod.
	Appreciate 2 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 10:13 PM	#157
///M Power-Belgium General 75091 Rep 27,550 Posts Drives: ///M3-E92-DCT Silverstone II Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	Lap 6 : Lawson made contact with Doohan __________________ "MAX VERSTAPPEN" IS THE 2021+2022+2023+2024 F1 WORLD CHAMPION - #UnLeashTheLion - BPM DEV-Tune & DCT Software-Tune & Servotronic & coding ///Alpine HID Angeleyes ///Oem.exhaust mod.
	Appreciate 2 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 10:22 PM	#158
///M Power-Belgium General 75091 Rep 27,550 Posts Drives: ///M3-E92-DCT Silverstone II Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	LAP 12 : Sainz in pit LAP 13 : Lando : I'm flat out , but I have no pace (!) LAP 14 : MAX : My both fronts are dead (!) LAP 16 : Piastri overtook MAX and is P2 __________________ "MAX VERSTAPPEN" IS THE 2021+2022+2023+2024 F1 WORLD CHAMPION - #UnLeashTheLion - BPM DEV-Tune & DCT Software-Tune & Servotronic & coding ///Alpine HID Angeleyes ///Oem.exhaust mod. Last edited by ///M Power-Belgium; 03-21-2025 at 10:29 PM..
	Appreciate 2 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 10:37 PM	#159
///M Power-Belgium General 75091 Rep 27,550 Posts Drives: ///M3-E92-DCT Silverstone II Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	Final Lap 1- LEW 2- Piastri 3- MAX 4- Rus 5- Charlie 6- Yuki LEW wins the Changhai sprint race __________________ "MAX VERSTAPPEN" IS THE 2021+2022+2023+2024 F1 WORLD CHAMPION - #UnLeashTheLion - BPM DEV-Tune & DCT Software-Tune & Servotronic & coding ///Alpine HID Angeleyes ///Oem.exhaust mod.
	Appreciate 3 Fliplegend1701.50 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 10:59 PM	#161
TheBingoBalls Brigadier General 4360 Rep 4,880 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Toronto, Ontario iTrader: (1) Garage List 2018 F36 BMW 440i x ... [0.00]	Just a masterclass sprint and vintage HAM in managing his tires that was the first to start degrading between the top 3. Huge momentum swing from Australia, holpfully Ferrari can carry that it into qualifying for both drivers. Mercedes solidifying itself as the model of consistency. Faster than teams that they should be faster than, still slower than the teams they're trying to chase. RUS delivering another solid finish while Kimi starting to prove why Toto was right in putting him into the Mercedes seat. Last edited by TheBingoBalls; 03-21-2025 at 11:23 PM..
	Appreciate 6 atopa2002235.50 RichardInCA5965.50 LH443413.50 GuidoK15344.50 Terry989612.50 Davil7275.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 11:23 PM	#163
RichardInCA Major 5966 Rep 1,454 Posts Drives: 24 BMW i5 M60 Join Date: Nov 2023 Location: SF Bay Area iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 BMW i5 M60 xdrive [0.00]	Not much more to add - this group of rookies are way too entertaining, re-energized Hamilton is fun to watch, this season is going to be epic.
	Appreciate 4 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 ///M Power-Belgium75090.50 Davil7275.50 Quote

03-21-2025, 11:34 PM	#164
LH44 Brigadier General 3414 Rep 3,754 Posts Drives: Yes Join Date: May 2014 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Sir Lewis Hamilton. Greatest of all time. Sprint race winner.
	Appreciate 0 Quote

Yesterday, 03:26 AM	#165
HFW003 Brigadier General 7109 Rep 3,375 Posts Drives: 2024 M340i xdrive Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Newcastle, Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2024 M340 x drive [10.00]	Oscar’s race to loose now! C‘Mon Aussie!
	Appreciate 2 GuidoK15344.50 Davil7275.50 Quote

Yesterday, 04:33 AM	#168
Artemis Moderator 35657 Rep 13,558 Posts Drives: BMW M2C - BMW X1 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	__________________ ///M is art ↔ Artemis
	Appreciate 4 wizardofOz2919.00 M5Rick73931.50 GuidoK15344.50 ///M Power-Belgium75090.50 Quote

Yesterday, 04:33 AM	#169
Artemis Moderator 35657 Rep 13,558 Posts Drives: BMW M2C - BMW X1 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belgium iTrader: (0)	__________________ ///M is art ↔ Artemis
	Appreciate 3 GuidoK15344.50 M5Rick73931.50 ///M Power-Belgium75090.50 Quote

Yesterday, 05:43 AM	#172
M5Rick General 73932 Rep 23,350 Posts Drives: M5 F10 DCT Gunmetal Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: GB iTrader: (0)	Aha now I know.
	Appreciate 3 GuidoK15344.50 wizardofOz2919.00 ///M Power-Belgium75090.50 Quote

Yesterday, 05:48 AM	#173
GuidoK #buildnotbought 15345 Rep 5,739 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0i ESS TS2+ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tinkering in the garage iTrader: (0)	Just finished watching the sprint race and race qualifying. Hammy drove a fantastic Sprint, managing his tyres and keeping his head cool. Max cooked his tyres trying to pass HAM and just had to let PIA pass in the end. It's the way things go. But man...I wouldn't want to be in LAW shoes right now. Terrible sprint, terrible race qualifying. And TSU...I wonder if he'll be faster in a RB. The VCARB looks like a decent car right now, and either the RB is slow and Max is just leages ahead of everyone, or the RB is just crazy tricky and only Max can deal with it...because he's Max. I must say I expected more from LEC, being the qualifying specialist he once was. It's not his weekend seemingly. And the Mercedes just looks good. The race speed still isn't really 100% there I think, despite RUS getting a front row qualifying, but tyredeg looked really good for both RUS and ANT in the sprint race. I think MERC might improve speedwise this year if they can keep that tyredeg. And ANT for sure is a welcome addition to the grid. He's fast and he's pretty consistent. He might become a future WDC. Interesting times. __________________ Z4 3.0i \| ESS TS2+ supercharger \| Quaife ATB LSD \| Brembo/BMW performance BBK front/rear \| Schrick FI cams \| Schmiedmann headers+cats \| Powerflex/strongflex PU bushings \| Vibra-technics engine mounts \| H&R anti rollbars \| KW V3 coilovers/KW camber plates \| Sachs race engineering clutch \| tons of custom sh#t
	Appreciate 4 M5Rick73931.50 wizardofOz2919.00 ///M Power-Belgium75090.50 Davil7275.50 Quote

Yesterday, 05:51 AM	#175
3798j Fleet Mechanic 14118 Rep 2,034 Posts Drives: E86 3.0si Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Susquehanna Valley iTrader: (0) Garage List '64 Corvette [10.00] '68 Triumph GT6 [9.50] '19 VW Golf R [10.00] '55 Ford F100 [0.00] '08 Z4 3.0SI [8.50] '66 Triumph TR4A [0.00] '85 Corvette [0.00]	The RBR second seat...where F1 careers go to die. If offered, Tsunoda should seriously consider turning it down...unless it comes with a large $ multi-year contract.
	Appreciate 2 GuidoK15344.50 Davil7275.50 Quote