Oscar Piastri has beaten his McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole position for the sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix. The Australian beat his teammate by nine-hundredths of a second securing his first pole in any F1 and his first since F2 in Abu Dhabi 2021, a turnaround from yesterday when both had there
Max Verstappen has beaten George Russell by four-tenths of a second to take pole position for Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix. Verstappen looked unstoppable on a weekend where he has two opportunities to seal a third championship which looks almost certain after his teammate Sergio Perez was knocked out in Q2. Verstappen looks to take his
Max Verstappen was the fastest in practice for the Qatar Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver set a 27.428 that put him three-tenths ahead of Carlos Sainz. Verstappen goes into qualifying later this evening and this weekend as the driver to beat he has two opportunities to wrap up his third championship this weekend. Verstappen
Round seventeen sees F1 make a pitstop in the Middle East and Losail Qatar’s second city for the Qatar Grand Prix. Following a year hiatus and a redevelopment of the circuit first built as part of the wave of circuits across Asia and the Middle East in the 2000s. Although the longer-term plan has been
Last updated | 08 October 2023 Race Formula 1 Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix Venue Losail International Circuit, Lusail, Al Daayen, Qatar Configuration 2004 Grand Prix Circuit Length 5.419 km (3.367 mi) Laps 57 Race Distance 308.826 km (191.895 mi) Lap Record Race 01:24.319 (Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB19, 2023, F1) Outright 01:23.778 (Max
Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Sir Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:24:28.471 25 2 Max Verstappen DUT Red Bull – Honda +00:25.743 19 3 Fernando Alonso ESP Alpine +00:59.457 15 4 Sergio Perez MEX Red Bull – Honda +01:02.306 12 5 Esteban Ocon FRA Alpine +01:20.570 10 6 Lance Stroll CAN Aston Martin –
Lewis Hamilton has taken victory in the Qatar Grand Prix after finishing twenty-five seconds ahead of championship rival Max Verstappen. The seven-time world champion delivered a steady drive to take his first back-to-back win since May as he closes the gap in the driver’s championship going into the final two races of the season. Hamilton
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Sir Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 01:21.901 01:21.682 01:20.827 2 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda 01:21.966 01:21.984 01:21.282 3 Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes 01:22.016 01:21.991 01:21.478 4 Pierre Gasly FRA Alpha Tauri – Honda 01:22.535 01:21.728 01:21.640 5 Fernando Alonso ESP Alpine 01:22.422 01:21.894 01:21.670 6
Lewis Hamilton has beaten his championship rival Max Verstappen by almost half a second to take pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix. The seven-time champion looked to have control throughout the evening topping all three parts of the session, while it looked tight in Q1 & Q2 Verstappen appeared to slip further behind. Hamilton
The main news stories and analysis from practice ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix. As well as a look at what this means both for this weekend and the championship battle across the field, as well as for the rest of the season.
