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Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports Germany analyst Ralf Schumacher was baffled by McLaren's strategy call during the Qatar Grand Prix.
After starting from pole position, Oscar Piastri crossed the line to finish in second and Lando Norris finished fourth after starting in second. A crucial moment for the Woking outfit came on lap 7 when the rest of the grid opted to pit under safety car ...Keep reading

McLaren’s call not to pit Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris during the safety car period gave Max Verstappen the chance to charge to Qatar Grand Prix victory and set up a Formula 1 title decider.
Verstappen has cut the deficit to Norris to 12 points heading into the season finale in Abu Dhabi, with Piastri now third and 16 points behind his McLaren team-mate.
The Qatar GP outcome appeared to ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks it was "obvious" Andrea Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris through on purpose at the end of Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix.
Norris looked set to finish fifth behind Antonelli after a botched strategy call left him out of podium contention, with overtaking on Doha's Losail circuit very challenging without a significant speed advantage.
But on the penultimate ...Keep reading

What do each of Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen need to claim the F1 drivers' title?

What do each of Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen need to claim the F1 drivers' title?

What do each of Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen need to claim the F1 drivers' title?

For the first time since 2010, a Formula 1 title decider will involve more than two drivers, with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri still in contention, following the Dutchman's victory at the Qatar Grand Prix.
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has confirmed that the Woking outfit will continue with its approach of giving Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri equal treatment in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. 
The Qatar Grand Prix ended with Piastri finishing in second behind Max Verstappen after starting from pole position, and Lando Norris missed out on a podium with a fourth-place finish after ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says he will take what happened during his disastrous Qatar Grand Prix "on the chin" after a costly choice not to pit under the safety car ruined his race.
The McLaren driver slipped back in the title fight after a safety car was called at the Losail circuit following a clash between Pierre Gasly and Nico Hulkenberg. While Max Verstappen - and every other driver - pitted for fresh ...Keep reading

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says his squad "didn't expect" everyone else to pit under an early safety car as it lost a likely Qatar Grand Prix win to Max Verstappen and Red Bull, and handed the Dutchman a lifeline for a fifth Formula 1 world title.
McLaren's polesitter Oscar Piastri was leading the race from Verstappen and Lando Norris when a collision between Nico Hulkenberg and ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen delivered a crucial victory at the Qatar Grand Prix as he closed to within 12 points of Lando Norris in the 2025 Formula 1 title race, as McLaren threw away a potential win thanks to a poor strategy call on a seventh-lap safety car. 
Polesitter Oscar Piastri had looked settled in the lead of the race and, owing to the difficulty of overtaking around the Losail circuit, the ...Keep reading

Norris failed to use his match point
The championship battle goes on.
Lando Norris arrived in Qatar with an opportunity to clinch the title there and then – and would have been able to do so by simply outscoring Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri by two points.
Yet that task proved too difficult. Norris struggled to match his team-mate, and at times it looked as if he was being overly ...Keep reading

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after the Red Bull driver won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.

Victor Martins put in a superb performance to win this weekend’s Feature Race in Qatar, leading home Leonardo Fornaroli in second place, a result that saw the Italian become the 2025 Formula 2 Champion.

Oscar Piastri confidently held onto the lead of the Qatar Grand Prix on the opening lap, while his McLaren team mate Lando Norris lost a position to title rival Max Verstappen.

The full official starting order for Sunday's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix.