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Norris had emerged after the final stops behind team-mate Oscar Piastri, as the pair looked set for yet another podium double.

While other major sporting events – such as the World Cup, Wimbledon and the Super Bowl – culminate in the silverware being handed out at the end of the event, F1 has always done things differently.

An unseasonably hot race and tricky track conditions created an enthralling Qatar Grand Prix weekend, as Formula 1’s 2023 crown was finally claimed by Max Verstappen.

Verstappen, who was crowned a three-time world champion over the weekend, led the Qatar Grand Prix from lights-to-flag. But the weekend's main talking point was Pirelli mandating 18-lap stints for tyres after tears were found in the sidewall from drivers running over kerbs.

Seven-time world champion was not reprimanded for the collision but has been punished for walking across the track on his return to the pitlane

After the Red Bull driver sealed his 2023 F1 world drivers’ championship with second place in Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar, he went one better with victory in the grand prix, but the event was overshadowed by tyre trouble and a gruelling hot race that left drivers unwell.

On an evening when a number of drivers were close to passing out, Esteban Ocon was sick in his helmet, Logan Sargeant retired due to heatstroke, and the medical centre had several visitors post-race, podium finisher Norris thinks F1 went too far in terms of what was acceptable.

In a Qatar Grand Prix dominated by newly crowned three-time world champion Verstappen, team-mate Perez climbed from a pitlane start to classify 10th – but only after copping three five-second penalties for exceeding track limits on six occasions.

The 1998 and 1999 world champion says the Red Bull car’s superiority should not diminish the Dutchman’s achievements

Verstappen raced to his 14th win from the 17 rounds so far.

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