Alexander Albon has set the highest top speed in the race again after being the fastest in the previous race in Bahrain while Daniel Ricciardo in Renault was the slowest of all drivers and barely reached 300 km/h.

Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc set the highest speeds on all four speed measurements on the Shanghai International Circuit track, while the fastest Mercedes car set speeds in the middle of the top speed table.

Mercedes brought a new front wing to China, but FIA was not happy with the design of new endplates so the world champions had to modify their new wing before the first free practice session.

Honda and Ferrari introduced new parts for their power units for the first time this season, while Renault uses new units of their problematic MGU-K on all four Renault powered cars.

The Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli has again lowered the limit of the minimum static pressure that the teams have to respect in the next race in China, but reduced the amount of the negative camber allowed for the front wheels.