Chinese Grand Prix Live Updates: The Chinese GP returns with the second race of the F1 calendar taking place on Sunday, March 15 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.

Kimi Antonelli is right at the front with his Mercedes while his teammate George Russell is at the second to make it all-Mercedes front row. Lewis Hamilton claimed P3 in the qualifying while his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc is at P4. The McLaren duo of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are at fifth and sixth position respectively.

Antonelli’s historic pole

Antonelli became the youngest-ever polesitter in F1 history at just 19 years, six months and 17 days old. He broke the 18-year-old record of Sebastian Vettel who was 21 years and 73 days old at the time of his pole at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix. It is also the Britisher’s first pole in his F1 career and now he will have the chance to seal his first Grand Prix victory.

“I’m feeling great. It was a good session, a good way to end the day after a difficult Sprint. Of course there’s a lot of excitement, but the focus is already ahead on tomorrow because there’s a big, big opportunity and I just really want to maximise it,” he said after clinching a historic pole position.

“I think the start is going to be interesting,” the teenager explained while talking about the race. “I’m going to try not to overcomplicate things, just going to try to have a clean start and the pace is good.

“Just need to also manage the tyres the best way possible because graining could be quite severe tomorrow, so just going to try to stay on top of that. But the main thing is a clean start and then we’ll see from there.”

Meanwhile, Antonelli’s teammate
George Russell claimed Sprint victory at the Chinese Grand Prix, finishing ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton.

Chinese GP Live Streaming

Chinese Grand Prix 2026 will be streamed live on FanCode in India. Users will have to buy subscription to watch the race.