Shanghai International Circuit, Sunday, 23 March

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella, after the Chinese Grand Prix.

As it happened

• Oscar gets a clean start from Pole and retains position, while Lando makes up a place on Russell to P2
• The drivers start to struggle with graining on the Medium compound
• Oscar comes into the pits on Lap 14 for a set of Hard tyres
• One lap later Lando also pits for Hards, but the undercut proves powerful and he loses a position to Russell
• Lando gets back past Russell a few laps later
• The race settles down with the papaya boys running in P1 and P2
• In the closing stages of the race, Lando starts to have a problem with his brake pedal
• Russell closes up to Lando on the final lap but not enough to overtake
• Lando and Oscar cross the line and take McLaren's 50th one-two!

Started	1st
Finished	1st
Fastest lap	1m35.520s on Lap 53 (+0.451s, 4th)
Pit stops	1, Lap 14 [Medium/Hard] (3.8s)

“It's been an incredible weekend, and the car has been mega the whole time. The tyres behaved very differently to the earlier sessions in China but the race we’ve managed to pull-off this afternoon has been excellent. The support from the grandstands and all the papaya fans has been terrific and we can be proud of the 1-2 result we’ve secured through hard work. I’m looking forward to some time back at the factory in preparation for the upcoming triple-header.”

Started	3rd
Finished	2nd
Fastest lap	1m35.454s on Lap 53 (+0.385s, 2nd)
Pit stops	1, Lap 15 [Medium/Hard] (2.2s)

“Overall, a good result today in what was a very tough race with tyre management required. I don’t think a lot of people were expecting a one-stop strategy, but the team executed it well to secure a strong result with great points. We’ll debrief the entire weekend to look at the positives and the areas we need to work on before we head to Japan next month. A big thank you to everyone in papaya for their effort and support this weekend!”

“I’m very happy to come away from the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1-2, the 50th in McLaren’s history. Oscar has been very impressive throughout the weekend, securing a well-deserved Pole and victory at a circuit he found tricky just 12 months ago. On Lando’s side, he showed very strong pace throughout the race. We were managing an issue towards the end of the race which added some tension, but both Lando and the team managed the situation well and were able to bring home the 1-2.  

“Overall, there are several learnings for us to take away from this weekend. We would have liked to have scored more points in the Sprint, but we must recognise how competitive the field is, and I'm pleased with how the team reacted as we transitioned into Qualifying and the Grand Prix, learning from the Sprint and making improvements which made today’s result possible. My thanks as always go to the men and women at McLaren for their hard work and support, to our colleagues at HPP and to the team’s committed partners, as well as our drivers for their teamwork both on and off the track. We now take some time to regroup back at Woking before heading to Japan for the first race of the triple-header.”