Lewis Hamilton won the first sprint race of the 2025 Formula One season, his first victory with Ferrari since joining the team over the winter. Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen finished second and third at the Shanghai International Circuit.

On Friday, Lewis Hamilton notched his first major achievement behind the wheel of the iconic Ferrari Formula 1 car. He qualified on pole position for the 2025 season’s first Sprint Race in Shanghai, becoming only the second 40-year-old to qualify on pole in any format and breaking Sebastian Vettel’s track record in the process.

Lewis Hamilton said he was "gobsmacked" after a breakthrough sprint pole in China for Ferrari in only his second race weekend with the Italian Formula One team. The seven-times world champion, who joined from Mercedes with a record 105 wins and 104 poles to his name,