Max Verstappen has achieved a new pole, the tenth this season, and is already closer to leaving the title mathematically sentenced. Tomorrow, Saturday, he will have his first opportunity in the sprint race. And in the worst scenario, if this Saturday he didn’t even score, he could solve it on Sunday by just being eighth.
Fernando Alonso He has shone to be fourth with the Aston Martin, after the stewards annulled their final lap for McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. Carlos Sainz has come out worse this time, having been prematurely eliminated in Q2 with the Ferrari and will start twelfth in Sunday’s race at the Losail circuit.
Qatar GP (QP)
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1’23″778
2. George Russell (Mercedes) 1’24″219
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’24″305
4. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 1’24″369
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1’24″424
6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1’24″228
7. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 1’24″553
8. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 1’24″763
9. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’25″058
10. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1’24″685
11. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1’25″301
12. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1’25″328
13. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) 1’25″462
14. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1’25″707
15. Nico Hülkenberg (Haas) 1’25″783
16. Logan Sargeant (Williams) 1’22″210
17. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) 1’26″345
18. Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri) 1’26″635
19. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1’27″046
20. Gyanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo) 1’27″432