Lando Norris was fastest in second practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Englishman set a 23.517 going over two tenths faster than his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri. The team looked strong with their biggest rivals Ferrari six-tenths off with Carlos Sainz in fourth over a tenth behind Nico Hulkenberg. McLaren will win
Charles Leclerc was fastest in first practice as he became the first driver to partner his brother Arthur in the same team during a Grand Prix weekend at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The older Leclerc set a 24.321 on the soft tyres which put him two-tenths faster than Lando Norris, but after a battery
Hamilton unlikely to have positive Mercedes send-off Lewis Hamilton says his final race with Mercedes is unlikely to be the positive send-off he and the team would have wanted. The seven-time champion will end his twelve years with the team, which resulted in six championships him becoming the most successful driver of all time in
Jack Doohan is likely to make his debut for Alpine a race early as he replaces Esteban Ocon for this weekend’s season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Australian was already due to replace Ocon, who will join Haas for 2025 and next week’s test has been let go as part of an agreement to allow
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:31:05.323 25 2 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:06.031 18 3 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes +00:06.819 15 4 George Russell * GBR Mercedes +00:14.104 12 5 Pierre Gasly FRA Alpine – Renault +00:16.782 10 6 Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari
Max Verstappen won a chaotic and drama-filled Qatar Grand Prix after a one-place grid penalty for driving “unnecessarily slowly” during qualifying. The Dutchman made a brilliant start from second on the grid to sweep around the outside of George Russell at the first corner to control the remainder of the race but it wasn’t enough
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:21.579 01:20.687 01:20.520 2 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:21.241 01:21.069 01:20.575 3 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:21.578 01:20.983 01:20.772 4 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 01:21.821 01:20.121 01:20.829 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:21.278 01:21.000 01:20.852
Max Verstappen has beaten George Russell by just over a half a tenth to take pole for the Qatar Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver set a 20.520 in the closing moments of the session to secure his first pole in five months. Verstappen looked on form throughout qualifying as Red Bull appeared to find
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 27:03.010 8 2 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:00.136 7 3 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:00.410 6 4 Carlos Sainz ESP Ferrari +00:01.326 5 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:05.073 4 6 Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes +00:05.650 3 7 Nico Hulkenberg
Oscar Piastri has taken back-to-back sprint victories at the Qatar Grand Prix after being handed victory by McLaren teammate Lando Norris at the final corner. The Australian finished just over a tenth ahead of his teammate after Norris yielded position at the final corner repaying the favour from the sprint in Sao Paulo a month
