F1 2025 Chinese Grand Prix weather forecast - latest from Shanghai

After a thrilling start to the season, round two of the Formula 1 world championship arrives this weekend in the city of Shanghai and the Chinese Grand Prix, where the first Sprint of 2025 will also take place.

Lando Norris took a superb victory at the Australian Grand Prix to open up the season bringing home his McLaren just ahead of defending world champion Max Verstappen for Red Bull, with George Russell third for Mercedes on Sunday.

But now focus immediately switches to China where the likes of Ferrari and their duo of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will be hoping to improve on their results of 8th and 10th in Melbourne.

Albert Park proved to be a tricky event for the drivers with random downpours and slippery track conditions with little room for error, but how will the weather fare at the Chinese Grand Prix?

Rain is far from rare in Shanghai, so make sure you keep up to date with GPFans throughout the weekend for the latest forecast from the circuit.

Chinese Grand Prix weather forecast

Friday, March 21: Practice and sprint qualifying

Following a rather lacklustre practice session, sprint qualifying took place at 3:30pm local time, with temperatures picking up for the second of Friday's two sessions.

Temperatures peaked at 24 degrees Celsius for the first sprint qualifying of 2025, which also took place under dry conditions.

Saturday, March 22: Sprint race and qualifying

The Sprint kicks off the day's action at 11am local time on Saturday, with very similar temperatures to the previous day's practice and sprint qualifying sessions, with again no rain expected around the circuit.

Qualifying is set to take place with temperatures reaching 25 degrees Celsius once the action gets underway at 3pm local time, with a zero per cent chance of rain.

Sunday, March 23: Race

The fine temperatures continue into Sunday with a high of 27 degrees Celsius. Despite less than a five per cent chance of rain for lights out at 3pm local time, the session could be the cloudiest of the weekend, featuring a gentle breeze from the west.

The current forecast doesn't predict rain to fall for the main event on Sunday throughout the expected hour-and-a-half run time, but, the longer the race goes on, the more the chance of rain increases, with early Sunday evening expected to be wet in Shanghai.

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