Sergio Perez suffered another damaging blow to his hopes of retaining his Red Bull seat for next season with his latest qualifying shocker, on this occasion finding two excuses to add to his growing list. Perez is on a run of eight successive qualifying sessions without making it into the top-10 shoot-out. For the Qatar
A surprised Christian Horner said that Red Bull “thought the circuit would suit the car better” at the Qatar Grand Prix as Max Verstappen had a disappointing qualifying session. The Dutchman was only able to take P6 in sprint qualifying for the race tomorrow, a result that the British team boss could not understand.
There was yet another early qualifying elimination for Sergio Perez, branding his P16 from sprint qualifying in Qatar “a shame”. In what is turning out to be a dreadful year for the Mexican, he could not turn his fortunes around at the final sprint race of the season.
Charles Leclerc delivered a downbeat verdict that Ferrari is “back to reality”, following a disappointing sprint qualifying ahead of the Qatar sprint. After topping the only practice session of the weekend, Leclerc entered sprint qualifying as a contender for pole at the Lusail International Circuit. However, Ferrari struggled to match the McLarens, who secured first
Lando Norris managed to secure pole position for Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar. The McLaren driver set a very fast time in the first part of SQ3, and no improvement was needed during the second run for this time, dominating proceedings as he topped all three sessions.
George Russell has said that he and Mercedes have “nothing to lose”, sending a warning to Lando Norris and the rest of the grid at the Qatar Grand Prix. The McLaren driver dominated the sprint qualifying session, but Russell put together a fine session that saw him finish just behind the fellow Brit, giving him
Sergio Perez said an incident with Charles Leclerc led to his elimination in the first round of qualifying for the sprint race in Losail. The Red Bull driver failed to progress to the second stage of qualifying for the second time in a week. He was also eliminated in Q1 at the Las Vegas Grand
Lando Norris will start the Qatar Grand Prix sprint from pole position after topping sprint qualifying on Friday night, with George Russell joining him on the front row. The Mercedes driver, who won last weekend’s race in Las Vegas, qualified just 0.063s behind his fellow Briton with Norris’ McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri completing the top
Lando Norris has explained why he “struggled” during sprint qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix. The McLaren driver claimed the first pole of the weekend at the Lusail International Circuit, pipping George Russell and team-mate Oscar Piastri. The British driver spoke about the difficult conditions he and his rivals faced immediately after securing the optimal
After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels. This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics. When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in
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