Round 2 of the 2025 F1 world championship takes us to Shanghai and the Chinese Grand Prix.
The event is the first of six weekends this season to feature the Sprint format, with a single practice session on Friday before Sprint qualifying in the afternoon.
Saturday will feature the Sprint itself before grand prix qualifying and the main race itself on Sunday.
Championship leader Lando Norris will be hoping to extend his lead at the top of the standings, with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri looking to bounce back from the mistake that ruined his home race last time out.
World champion Max Verstappen recorded a Sprint and grand prix double last time in China, with Lewis Hamilton enjoying a record six wins at the circuit, including in the 1,000th F1 world championship race in 2019.
The tighter FIA rules around rear-wing flexing come into force for the weekend, but will anyone's speed be clipped?
We have 60 minutes of practice ahead for the first clues!
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