2024 Chinese Grand Prix
| 2024 Chinese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 5 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Shanghai International Circuit | |||||
| Race details | |||||
| Date | 21 April 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024 | ||||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Cloudy | ||||
| Attendance | 200,000 | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:33.660 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:37.810 on lap 45 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2024 Chinese Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo Chinese Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 21 April 2024 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. It was the fifth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the first Grand Prix weekend of the season to utilise the sprint format. It was also the first Chinese Grand Prix since 2019 as the planned races from 2020 to 2023 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Lando Norris of McLaren took sprint pole position in a heavily rain-affected sprint qualifying. Ultimately, both races were won by Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, who also took pole position for the main race. Zhou Guanyu became the first Chinese Formula One driver to compete at his home race. Norris finished second in the main race, his 15th career podium, while Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate, Sergio Pérez, finished third, taking his final podium in Formula One and, as of 2025, the most recent podium finish achieved by a Mexican driver.