Max Verstappen responds to Oscar Piastri's claim that McLaren asked him to support his teammate in the remaining races.
With a strict limit on how many laps each tyre set can complete this weekend, Pirelli admits concern at cuts to tyres by gravel in the opening sessions.
Carlos Sainz: It's been a very positive day for us at a track where, on paper, we could have struggled.
Fernando Alonso: "One of the better qualifying results of the year for us. "The car felt in the window from FP1 and then we managed to put the laps together nicely in Sprint Qualifying despite some ...
McLaren was first and second in the only F1 practice session of the weekend, which got underway at 16:30 local time, with Piastri narrowly heading his team mate on the final run with soft rubber. The ...
George Russell will start tomorrow's Sprint on the front row in P2 with teammate Kimi Antonelli P7.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team drivers Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon qualified 12th and 15th respectively for the final Sprint race of the 2025 FIA Formula 1 World Championship at the Qatar Grand Prix.
SQ1: As per the regulations all the cars were on the Medium tyres. The track was still evolving, so all the drivers had enough fuel on board to run several laps to make the most of the improvement in ...
Sprint Qualifying, unfortunately, didn't go the way we hoped it would have, so that's something we can learn from for the rest of the weekend.
The most important thing is that the car has proven to be fast on this track, and we know where we can still improve performance.
Oscar Piastri gets his Qatar weekend off to the perfect start, claiming pole for the Sprint, while teammate Lando Norris is third and Max Verstappen struggles to sixth.
Oscar Piastri sets the opening pace in Qatar, as drivers struggle for grip ahead of a Shootout which will see the mediums used for the first time this weekend.