Oscar Piastri won the Qatar GP Sprint, closing the gap on championship leader Lando Norris to 22 points.
During Saturday’s 19-lap sprint, pole-sitter Piastri was consistently led by George Russell, while Norris fended off an early attack from Max Verstappen, who had moved up from sixth place on the opening lap, but with only two races left – Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix and December 7’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Norris fell to 25 points behind Norris.
The result means Norris will become world champion if he leads Piastri and Verstappen by at least 26 points after Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix.
The easiest way for him to achieve that is to win the race or finish second with Verstappen behind him and Piastri coming off the podium.
Verstappen and Piastri must stay within 25 points of Norris to remain in the title race at next weekend’s final race of the season in Abu Dhabi.
“It’s been a good weekend so far. Everything went smoothly in the sprint, so I’m happy with how it’s going so far and we just need to keep it going,” Piastri said.
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Max Verstappen overtakes teammate Hiroki Tsunoda in Qatar GP sprint race, Oscar Piastri maintains lead on first lap
Hiroki Tsunoda achieved Red Bull’s best result of the season in fifth place despite a five-second time penalty due to track limits, while Kimi Antonelli made the only pass in the top 10 during the sprint to finish seventh, but was also penalized due to track limits.
Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso took the final points in 7th place and Williams’ Carlos Sainz in 8th place.
Ferrari suffered a difficult sprint with Charles Leclerc in 13th place and Lewis Hamilton remarking on his way back from the pit lane to 17th place: “I don’t know how I made the car go bad.”
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Sky Sports Rachel Brooks catches up with Gary Neville before sprint at Qatar GP
Sky Sports F1 Qatar GP Schedule
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A look back at some of the most dramatic moments that happened at the Qatar Grand Prix.
Saturday, November 29th
5:15pm: Qatar GP qualifying build-up
6pm: Qatar GP Qualifying
8pm: Ted’s Qualification Notebook
Sunday, November 30th
11:55am: F2 Special
2:30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Qatar GP Build-up
4pm: Qatar Grand Prix
6pm: Checkered flag: Qatar GP reaction
7pm: Ted’s Notes
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