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DRIVERS 1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Carlos SAINZ (Williams)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Martin Brundle)    Q: Max, unbelievable. Congratulations. You’ve been the reigning world champion since Abu Dhabi 2021. And you still are. You’re still in the game for this year’s world championship. Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah. This was […]

Max Verstappen took a perfectly executed Qatar Grand Prix, beating Oscar Piastri to rise to second place in the Drivers standing and to close to just 12 points behind championship leader Lando Norris, a strategic fumble cost McLaren dearly. The final podium position at Lusail went to Williams’ Carlos Sainz.  Polesitter Piastri got away well […]

DRIVERS 1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) 3 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Jolyon Palmer)   Q: Well, down here with the top three. First things first, welcome back, Oscar. What a weekend it’s been for you so far and that looked like a really controlled drive. Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, […]

Oscar Piastri made it a hat-track of Qatar Sprint wins as he dominated the 19-lap event at Lusail, comfortably finishing five seconds clear of Mercedes’ George Russell and with title rival team-mate Lando Norris in third place. Max Verstappen, level on points with Piastri ahead of the weekend in Qatar finished fourth.  When the lights […]

DRIVERS 1 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 2 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 3 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)   PARC FERMÉ INTERVIEWS (Conducted by James Hinchcliffe)   Q: Front row lockout for McLaren. Oscar, you said after the Sprint Race win, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Did you have to fix anything on this McLaren to […]

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri claimed his first pole position since the Dutch Grand Prix, taking top sport in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix by a tenth of second after team-mate Lando Norris made a mistake on his final flying lap. Red Bull title contender Max Verstappen took third place.  At the start of the top […]

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped the sole practice session for this weekend’s FIA Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix finishing just under six hundredths of a second ahead of championship-leading team-mate Lando Norris, while Red Bull Racing title contender Max Verstappen ended the session in sixth place, over half a second off the McLaren pair.  At the […]

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Steve NIELSEN (Alpine), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli)   Q: Mario, perhaps we could start with you. One of the big tech stories coming into this weekend is the 25-lap limit on each set of tyres. Can we start by you telling us why you’ve imposed that limit? Mario ISOLA: Yeah. That comes from […]

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri returned to top form by taking pole position for the Sprint at the 2025 FIA Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix, beating Mercedes’ George Russell and championship leading team-mate Lando Norris. Red Bull’s title contender Max Verstappen qualified in P6 behind his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.  In the opening segment, Lewis Hamilton was the […]

PART ONE – Liam LAWSON (Racing Bulls), Oliver BEARMAN (Haas), Kimi ANTONELLI (Mercedes)   Q: Kimi, can we start with you and just reflect for a moment on what happened on Saturday. In terms of your finishing position, not your best result this year, but in terms of execution, was that your best race of […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 27 November 1730hrs  1800hrs Oliver Bearman (Haas)Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Nico Hülkenberg (Kick Sauber)Carlos Sainz (Williams) Friday, 28 November Press Conference: 1830hrs TV Pen: 1900hrs Steve Nielsen (Alpine)Fred Vasseur (Ferrari)Mario Isola (Pirelli) Saturday, 29 November Post-Sprint Post-Qualifying First three finishing drivers Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 30 November Post-Race First three finishing drivers   For media information […]