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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.

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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.

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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.

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Max Verstappen wins F1 world title after Pérez crashes out of Qatar GP sprint race

Max Verstappen has won his third F1 world championship after he finished second in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race behind Oscar Piastri

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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

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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.

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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.

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Norris: Making mistakes "all I did" in F1 Qatar GP qualifying

Norris went second in Q3 in Losail for McLaren, which proved to be the second-fastest car through the high-speed corners behind Red Bull's dominant polesitter Max Verstappen.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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McLaren: Red Bull “still a step too far” despite Norris F1 rallying call

In the wake of Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri finishing behind race winner Max Verstappen at Suzuka, the Briton came on the team radio and said: “Double podium. We are coming for Red Bull.”

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The Guardian - UK

Norris confident McLaren can compete with all-conquering Red Bull on F1 grid

Britain’s Lando Norris believes his McLaren are on a roll as they step up to become the leading challengers to Formula One’s 2023 champions Red Bull

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Piastri vows his maiden F1 podium is just a launch pad

Oscar Piastri says he won't forget his first podium in Japan but believes it's just the start of great things in his Formula One career.

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Verstappen explains "tight" McLaren battle into F1 Japanese GP first corner

Verstappen was largely unchallenged throughout the Suzuka race en route to a commanding win but faced a battle against the fast-starting pair of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris into the first corner.

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Piastri grabs podium as Verstappen wins at Suzuka

Australia's Oscar Piastri became the first rookie on an F1 podium since 2017 with a superb third in Max Verstappen's Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Formula One | Red Bull take constructors' title as Verstappen wins in Japan

The victory at Suzuka was Max Verstappen’s 13th in 16 races this season and left him on the brink of a third world championship

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Max Verstappen on verge of F1 world title after winning Japanese Grand Prix

Max Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix with a commanding drive for Red Bull, sealing the constructors’ title for the team

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Norris: McLaren "not miles away" from Verstappen after F1 Japanese GP double podium

Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri finished second and third at Suzuka, to continue McLaren's impressive turnaround this season having started with a pair of scoreless races, but has since developed the MCL60 into what is more often than not the second-best car on the grid.

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