Formula One statistics for the Chinese Grand Prix

Statistics for Sundays Chinese Formula One Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit, round two of the 24-race season and the first of six sprint weekends:

Lap distance: 5.451km. Total distance: 305.066km (56 laps)

2024 pole position: Max Verstappen (Netherlands) Red Bull one minute 33.660 seconds.

2024 winner: Verstappen

Race lap record: Michael Schumacher (Germany) Ferrari, one minute and 32.238 seconds. (2004)

Start time: 0700GMT/1500 local

CHINA

The race made its debut in 2004 and returned in 2024 after a five-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ten of the 17 Chinese Grands Prix have been won from pole but the first seven were all won by different drivers.

There is no Chinese driver on the starting grid after Zhou Guanyu, who raced last year, lost his seat at Sauber. He will still be in attendance as Ferrari reserve.

Lewis Hamilton is the most successful driver with six wins (2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019).

Two other current drivers have won in China -- Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2013, and Max Verstappen in 2024.

Mercedes have won six times, Ferrari four, McLaren and Red Bull three each. Red Bulls first Formula One win was at the circuit in 2009.

The lowest winning grid slot in China is sixth for Daniel Ricciardo in 2018 and Schumacher in 2006 -- when the seven-times world champion took his 91st and final victory in Formula One.

The track has two long straights and 16 turns and puts stress on the front tyres. It has been fully resurfaced for this year, with only one practice session due to the sprint format.

Hamilton has been on pole a record six times in China. Alonso and Verstappen have also been on pole in Shanghai.

CHAMPIONSHIP

McLarens Lando Norris leads the drivers championship for the first time