Will rain play a part in the Chinese Grand Prix? Here is Sunday's forecast
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After rainy weather caused a very hectic Australian Grand Prix, the Formula 1 calendar moves on to Shanghai for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix. At the season's first race at a wet and wild Albert Park in Australia, Lando Norris took the championship lead away from Max Verstappen after over 1,000 days of Verstappen leading the driver's championship. It's been a very dry and warm weekend in Shanghai so far, but what will the weather forecast be for Sunday's Grand Prix?
This is the weather for the 2025 Chinese Grand Prix
The 2025 Chinese Grand Prix will be held at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China. As this is a sprint race weekend, there was one free practice session, followed by sprint qualifying on Friday. The sprint race took place on Saturday, 22 March, at 11 a.m. local time, or 3 a.m. GMT, with all those sessions taking place under the sun in hot conditions.
Sunday's Grand Prix will take place on Sunday, 23 March, at 3 p.m. local time, or 7 a.m. GMT. It looks like the weather will not be the same as it was in Australia last week, with a zero per cent chance of rain when the lights go out to start the Grand Prix. However, there will be many more clouds over the Shanghai International Circuit than there have been this weekend. 28 degrees Celsius will be the temperature during the race start.
As the race continues after the first hour, the temperature will stay the same at 28 degrees, but due to the clouds that have come in at Shanghai, the chance of rain will increase from zero, although it will be less than 20%. At 5pm local time, it will increase again to 20%, potentially spicing up the race and changing its complexion if there are a few stoppages.
One thing that will stay throughout the race will be the high temperature that has been seen all week, meaning tyre degradation will be a huge factor over the race, with the long, sweeping corners of the Shanghai International Circuit, plus the temperature sitting in the high twenties, will all point towards a fascinating tyre battle and a fascinating race.
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