Chinese GP: Piastri stakes title claim as Ferrari’s weekend falls flat with double DQ

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4.6 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Edd Straw is joined by Jon Noble and Scott Mitchell-Malm to dissect the Chinese Grand Prix, in which Oscar Piastri showed his title credentials with an impressive victory ahead of McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Edd, Scott and Jon (with help from Mark Hughes!) discuss how Piastri made the race his, unpick the brake issue that hampered Norris, and outline why Saturday's impressive sprint winner - Lewis Hamilton - was disqualified from the race, along with Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc and Alpine's Pierre Gasly. There's also chat about Liam Lawson's perilous position at Red Bull, about Haas's surprise turn of pace, and about Alex Albon's strong start to the year, plus the guys answer another bumper crop of questions from The Race Members' Club. Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon today - we even have an F1-only tier! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, X and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube To bid for unique F1 memorabilia with Graham Budd Auctions, click here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.3	The Race is On and Oscar Pastri let Homer McLaren won two in the Chinese Grand Prix,
0:59.4	but not before Lewis Hamilton backed his first race win for Ferrari in the sprint.
1:03.4	But why did so much change in the main race?
1:05.8	And what does this weekend tell us about the title battle to come?
1:08.6	I'm Ed Strawn joining me to tell all at John Noble and Scott Mitchell Mowell.
1:13.4	Well, John, we've just finished at the track.
1:15.3	Relatively late, had the disqualifications complicating matters.
1:18.0	We'll get to those in the moment, but how was China for you this year?
1:20.3	I've actually really enjoyed it.
1:23.0	In the past, it's been a race that's got its hassles in terms of the visa and travel and a bit of chaos outside and facilities not working and internet being difficult and lots of aspects.
1:36.8	But this weekend, everything's been much smoother.
1:40.3	We stayed in a hotel.
1:41.5	It was 25 minutes, 30 minutes walk from here, which made a massive difference.
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