Qatar, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
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Qatar might have become the favorite track of the young McLaren Driver after three fourths of Piastri's weekend have been executed perfectly ahead of the Qatar GP tomorrow.
Though it started with misery — he went too deep into one corner in the wet conditions during the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and slid onto the grass at the next turn, blowing his shot at a home podium — Piastri rebounded, entering a dominant era of his own.
Piastri broke his own lap record in Qatar with a blistering final session in qualifying, clocking a staggering 1:19.387s to lay down the gauntlet to his competitors. McLaren teammate and championship leader Lando Norris will start the main race from second, with reigning world champion Max Verstappen qualifying third fastest in his Red Bull.
Oscar Piastri took a much-needed sprint victory at the Qatar Grand Prix to keep his hopes of a maiden Formula 1 drivers' title alive. The Australian was untroub
The stage is set for the penultimate race of the 2025 season, with Oscar Piastri following up a Sprint pole and win in Qatar with the pole for the grand prix on Sunday.
Lando Norris, and Oscar Piastri, were disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix for the thickness of the rearmost skid of their cars being less than the required thickness. Specifically, the rearmost skid wear on their cars was "below the minimum 9mm thickness by technical delegates on inspection."
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