F1 Live: 2025 Chinese Grand Prix qualifying

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Norris’s best time has now been deleted for a track limits violation. He did a 1’32.036. He heads into the pits with 10 minutes left and is directed to the weigh bridge.

Charles Leclerc, who admits this is not one of his strongest circuits, locks up and runs wide at the turn 14 hairpin.

Lando Norris briefly goes fastest but that’s beaten in turn by Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri.

Sainz only manages third behind the Saubers – and then the Haas pair beat his time. Pierre Gasly goes quickest but his team mate Jack Doohan just had a quick spin.

Carlos Sainz Jnr, who gave up racing during the sprint race and made a pit stop to test a set-up change, begins a lap in the Williams.

Qualifying has begun. Lance Stroll leads the field out followed by the Saubers and Fernando Alonso.

We’ve got a big queue at the pit exit light already – almost the whole field. Max Verstappen is not among them, however.

Will Lewis Hamilton make it two pole positions in as many days? He beat Max Verstappen by less than two hundredths of a second yesterday. But the real threat is McLaren, who under-performed in sprint race qualifying and deserve to be considered favourites for pole position.

As the sprint race earlier today showed, running up at the front and getting out of the dirty air is vitally important, so securing a strong starting position will be crucial.

Qualifying for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix is coming up next.