Starting grid for F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race: How the race will begin
This is how the starting grid will lookಞ for the sprint race at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix

Her🐽e is the start෴ing grid for the sprint race at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.
2024 F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint race starting grid | |||
Pos | Driver | Nat. | Team |
1 | Lando Norris | GBR | McLaren F1 Team |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
3 | Fernando Alonso | ESP | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
4 | Max Verstappen | NED | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
5 | Carlos Sainz | ESP | Scuderia Ferrari |
6 | Sergio Perez | MEX | Oracle Red Bull Racing |
7 | Charles Leclerc | MON | Scuderia Ferrari |
8 | Oscar Piastri | AUS | McLaren F1 Team |
9 | Valtteri Bottas | FIN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
10 | Zhou Guanyu | CHN | Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber |
11 | George Russell | GBR | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team |
12 | Kevin Magnussen | DEN | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | GER | MoneyGram Haas F1 Team |
14 | Daniel Ricciardo | AUS | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
15 | Lance Stroll | CAN | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
16 | Pierre Gasly | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
17 | Esteban Ocon | FRA | BWT Alpine F1 Team |
18 | Alex Albon | THA | Williams Racing |
19 | Yuki Tsunoda | JPN | Visa Cash App RB F1 Team |
20 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams Racing |
Lando Norris will start on pole position for the sprint race ahead of th꧃e F1 Ch𓃲inese Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver edged Merc♕edes' Lewis Hamilton after a lap in qualifying which had seemingly been deleted was reinstated.
Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso will 🃏start third, and Red Bulꦬl's Max Verstappen fourth - giving the F1 starting grid an intriguing new look.
Carlos Sainz is again ahead of ✱Ferrari teammate ꦛCharles Leclerc.
Zhou Guanyu, at his home event, is 10th.
Hamilton's Mercedes teammate George Ru💦ssell must settle for 11th.
The difficulties of the♚ Williams, th🍬e RBs and the Alpines continue.
The sprint rac🌱e is the first session on Saturday, part of a revis꧅ed schedule for 2024 sprint weekends.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a d༺ecade covering everything from American sports, ಌto football, to F1.