Best facts and stats after the Chinese Grand Prix

It may only be the second round of the season, but 2025 is already throwing up more than its fair share of fascinating figures – very welcome ones if you happen to be McLaren or Mercedes. And there were some pleasant surprises in Shanghai for others too…

• McLaren today scored the 50th 1-2 finish in their constructor history (the first was at the 1968 Canadian Grand Prix where Denny Hulme beat Bruce McLaren).

REPORT: Piastri beats Norris and Russell to victory in Chinese Grand Prix with statement performance

• McLaren have won three consecutive Grands Prix for first time since the 2012 Hungarian, Belgian and Italian rounds.

• Oscar Piastri’s win was his third career Grand Prix victory.

• Piastri scored points for a 28th consecutive race weekend (the longest active streak in F1).

• Team mate Lando Norris finished second in Shanghai for the second consecutive season.

• Norris now leads the Drivers’ Championship by eight points over Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

‘Best of the rest’ behind McLaren and Mercedes? That would be World Champion Max Verstappen

• With P3, George Russell scored Mercedes’ 300th podium finish as an F1 constructor.

• Russell scored podium finishes in consecutive races for the first time since the Netherlands/Italy 2022.

• Verstappen’s late pass on the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc to clinch P4 meant he preserved second in the Drivers’ Championship over Russell.

• P5 for Esteban Ocon was Haas’ best-ever result in Shanghai.

• Ocon was the slowest qualifier at the opening race weekend.

• Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli took P6 and has scored in both his Grand Prix starts so far.

A great drive saw Oliver Bearman score for the first time in 2025

• Williams’ Alex Albon led the race on his birthday, becoming the ninth driver to do so in F1 history. He finished in P7.

• They were Williams’ first official laps in the lead of a Grand Prix for nearly 10 years, the last being for Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas at Silverstone 2015.

• Oliver Bearman took P8, meaning Haas scored points with both cars after they finished last in the Australian Grand Prix.

• Two teenagers (Antonelli and Bearman) scored in the same Grand Prix for only the second time ever, after Monza 2017 with Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll.

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• At Kick Sauber, rookie Gabriel Bortoleto in P14 beat team mate Nico Hulkenberg by 9.4 seconds.

• Fernando Alonso retired with suspected brake issues on his Aston Martin and is the only driver without a finish in the 2025 season.