How Mercedes can stop Verstappen domination in F1's Qatar GP Formula 1 heads into the unknown in the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. Autosport · Oct 8, 2023
Piastri: "Safety cars my friend" for Qatar F1 sprint win Piastri departed from pole after topping Saturday's sprint shootout, but having started on mediums the Australian was passed by the soft tyre-shod Mercedes of George Russell on a lap three restart. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
2023 F1 Qatar GP results: Piastri wins sprint, Verstappen champion Mercedes’ George Russell passed polewinner and early leader Piastri soon after a restart on lap three, but Russell’s pace on softer tyres fell away as the sprint entered its second half and Piastri repassed him to lead once more. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen seals third world title as Piastri wins sprint The 19-lap event featured three safety car periods and was characterised by the drivers opting to use soft tyres making big gains early on and the safety car restarts, before falling back as the race wore on with their rubber graining. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen clinches third title as Piastri wins sprint The 19-lap event featured three safety car periods and was characterised by the drivers opting to use soft tyres making big gains early on and the safety car restarts, before falling back as the race wore on with their rubber graining. Motorsport · Oct 7, 2023
Max Verstappen wins F1 title in Qatar GP sprint race – as it happened Max Verstappen is world champion for the third year in a row after finishing second in a Qatar sprint race won by Oscar Piastri The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2023
Willams will see out F1 season before deciding on Sargeant future The Grove-based squad is evaluating whether Sargeant is making the necessary progress in his rookie season to justify being given another year in the car. Motorsport · Oct 7, 2023
Piastri makes FIA track limits joke after Qatar F1 sprint pole The McLaren driver, who found out he had lost third place on the grid for Sunday’s race live during a television interview on Friday, said he did not want to get disappointed again in light of the potential delay in penalties being handed out. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
F1 Qatar GP: Piastri on sprint shootout pole as track limits wreak havoc Lando Norris seemed to be on course to beat his team-mate before blowing his final lap with an error at the final corner. Motorsport · Oct 7, 2023
F1 Qatar GP: Piastri beats Norris to sprint pole as McLaren sweeps shootout Lando Norris seemed to be on course to beat his team-mate before blowing his final lap with an error at the final corner. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
Williams will see out F1 season before deciding on Sargeant future The Grove-based squad is evaluating whether Sargeant is making the necessary progress in his rookie season to justify being given another year in the car. Autosport · Oct 7, 2023
Max Verstappen takes Qatar Grand Prix pole as third world title confirmation looms The dominant Dutchman will celebrate another championship triumph if he finishes sixth or better in Saturday’s sprint race Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2023
F1 Qatar GP sprint qualifying and race - Start time, how to watch & more F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work. Autosport · Oct 6, 2023
Hamilton: Qatar circuit provides model to ditch F1 track limits Behind polesitter Max Verstappen, who will land his third title if he scores three points in the Saturday sprint race at Losail, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Hamilton snared second and third place in Friday night qualifying for the 2023 Qatar Grand Prix. Motorsport · Oct 6, 2023
Motorsport · Oct 6, 2023 F1 qualifying results: Max Verstappen takes Qatar GP pole Verstappen will start ahead of Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
Autosport · Oct 6, 2023 F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen takes grand prix pole, Norris loses front row to track limits The session at the Losail circuit was dominated by track limits transgressions, plus the drivers struggling for rear grip around the high-speed layout.
Motorsport · Oct 6, 2023 F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen grabs 10th pole amid deleted lap times farce The session at the Losail circuit was dominated by track limits transgressions, plus the drivers struggling for rear grip around the high-speed layout.
Motorsport · Oct 6, 2023 McLaren now faces “hardest task” in F1 with future car development McLaren realised it had missed its performance targets over the winter so sought to play down expectations pre-season. It only scored points in three of the opening eight rounds.
Motorsport · Oct 5, 2023 F1 Form Guide: Qatar Grand Prix Verstappen could actually win the World Championship without even starting the race on Sunday – to do so, all he needs to do is finish sixth or higher in Saturday's Sprint Race, no matter what happens to Perez.
Motorsport · Oct 2, 2023 McLaren eager to avoid any more Norris/Piastri F1 team orders With its two drivers on slightly offset strategies at Suzuka, McLaren had to ask Piastri to let Norris through at one point to ensure that they did not waste time fighting each other and risk squandering the team's prospects for a double podium finish.
Autosport · Sep 30, 2023 McLaren: No shortcut for Piastri in understanding F1 tyre deg challenge Piastri secured the first podium of his F1 career with third at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, joining team-mate Lando Norris on the rostrum, but admitted after the race that it was not his finest performance.
Motorsport · Sep 28, 2023 Norris details why he thinks McLaren can beat Aston Martin in F1 standings A surge in competitiveness by McLaren since a mid-season upgrade has left the Woking-based squad just 49 points behind Aston Martin in the fight for fourth place in the constructors' championship.
Motorsport · Sep 26, 2023 Why Ferrari doesn’t agree with McLaren F1 fairytale revival Since the first stage of an intense programme of upgrades appeared in Austria Lando Norris has secured four second places, while his team-mate Oscar Piastri earned his first podium with third place in Japan last weekend.
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 On this day in 2021: Lewis Hamilton celebrates 100th race win in Formula One The seven-time championship winner became the first driver to hit three figures.
Autosport · Sep 25, 2023 Leclerc thought Japan F1 podium was on after mistaking Perez for Verstappen Leclerc finished fourth in Suzuka after being unable to match the race pace displayed by both McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, who locked out the podium places behind Verstappen.