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1+ min ago (303+ words) McLaren's Oscar'Piastri'claimed a soulless Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix sprint win ahead of George Russell, with Lando Norris holding off Max Verstappen'to take third. The 19-lap sprint on Doha's twisty Losail circuit was decided at the start, with polesitter Piastri safeguarding his lead from Russell and Norris, while fourth-placed Fernando Alonso lost out to both Red Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda and Verstappen. Tsunoda then left the door open for his title contending team-mate to swoop into fourth, as Verstappen set chase on Norris. But the reigning world champion soon started complaining of recurring bouncing and jumping issues, which'also plagued him in sprint qualifying. Either way, there was no chance for Verstappen to threaten Norris, as the dirty air on Doha's motorcycle track ensured that cars would all fall away from each other, and the lack of pitstops ensured they were nearly…...

8+ min ago (592+ words) Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Sprint Oscar Piastri closed the gap from 24 points to 22 against Lando Norris with an emphatic victory in the Sprint in Qatar, with his teammate crossing the line in third place behind George Russell. Piastri led from lights to flag while Norris had to fend off a charging Max Verstappen before the Red Bull driver's race was undone by yet more "jumping" issues. For three of the drivers lining up under the lights at the Lusail International Circuit, the eight points for the final Sprint of the championship were vital " potentially a swing in the championship race. Oscar Piastri, trailing Lando Norris by 24 points, put his McLaren on pole position with his teammate third, the McLarens split by George Russell. Max Verstappen, the final driver still in the hunt, was sixth on the grid behind Fernando…...

8+ min ago (138+ words) Oscar Piastri closes gap to Lando Norris in F1 title race after Qatar sprint victory - The Qatar sprint race took place on Saturday ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix. - Prior to the race, Lando Norris held a 24-point lead over Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen in the F1 title race. - Piastri stormed to victory, with Norris finishing third behind George Russell, while Verstappen was fourth. - Piastri is now 22 points behind his McLaren teammate Norris, while Norris has a 25-point lead over Verstappen. - Verstappen must beat Norris in Sunday's Grand Prix to remain in the title hunt ahead of next week's final race in Abu Dhabi. Thank you for registering Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in...

11+ min ago (100+ words) Oscar Piastri took a pole-to-flag victory in the sprint race for the Qatar Grand Prix, with championship rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen finishing third and fourth. Check out how the drivers reacted to Oscar Piastri claiming the sprint race qualifying pole at the Qatar Grand Prix. (1:33) Oscar Piastri took a pole-to-flag victory in the sprint race for the Qatar Grand Prix, with championship rivals Lando Norris and Max Verstappen finishing third and fourth. Piastri finished almost five seconds ahead of George Russell to claim the eight points on offer for a sprint victory....

15+ min ago (409+ words) Piastri started on pole for the sprint and claimed a comfortable victory and eight valuable points F1 next heads to Qatar for the penultimate race of the 2025 F1 season - and the final sprint weekend of the year - with the drivers" championship title race fully reignited following the dramatic end to the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Lando Norris, currently leading the drivers" standings, thought he"d extended the gap on teammate Oscar Piastri thanks to a second-place finish in Vegas, only for both McLaren cars to be disqualified for excessive skid plank wear on both cars, with the minimum thickness falling below the 9mm threshold allowed. That means Max Verstappen, who triumphed in Vegas, has closed the deficit on Norris to just 24 points and will be targeting a fifth world title over the final two races of the year. Piastri and Verstappen are level…...

15+ min ago (61+ words) Breaking news and analysis from the U.S. and around the world at barrons.com. Politics, Economics, Markets, Life & Arts, and in-depth reporting. Oscar Piastri Wins Qatar F1 Sprint, Lando Norris Third AFP - Agence France Presse Pole-sitter Oscar Piastri won Saturday's sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix with his McLaren teammate and title favourite Lando Norris third....

34+ min ago (211+ words) Check out how the drivers reacted to Oscar Piastri claiming the sprint race qualifying pole at the Qatar Grand Prix. (1:33) Oscar Piastri kept his title chances alive by beating McLaren teammate Lando Norris to pole position for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix. Championship leader Norris had a messy end to the session after a mistake at Turn 2 saw him abort his final attempt just as Piastri started lighting up the timing screens. Max Verstappen, who is also still in contention for this year's drivers' championship, had to settle for third place on the grid after setting a time 0.264 seconds off Piastri's 1:19.387 and 0.156 seconds off Norris. Piastri is currently 22 points behind Norris following a victory in Saturday's sprint race in Qatar, with 50 points left to play for across the next two Sundays of racing. The points gap means Norris will be crowned…...

38+ min ago (526+ words) Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari woes seem to be reaching a new high with each passing weekend, and the Qatar GP has fared no better for him so far. Heading into the penultimate race weekend of the season, Hamilton and Ferrari hoped to find some of the form from the opening sprint weekend of the season, but it wasn't meant to be. The 7X world champion has looked like just a shell of his former self ever since he joined Ferrari, given he just hasn't been able to master the SF-25. Heading into the 23rd Grand Prix of 2025, there was a hope that he would fare better, but the British driver seems to have taken a turn for the worse. Last weekend's Las Vegas GP weekend served as a historic moment in Hamilton's career, but it wasn't a record the British driver would want…...

1+ hour, 2+ min ago (426+ words) Scroll down to find out the details LEWIS HAMILTON has revealed Alpine ace Pierre Gasly left him gobsmacked after strolling over post-sprint to tell him just how awful Ferrari's car looked in Qatar. Ferrari's weekend got off to a nightmare start, with Charles Leclerc crawling home 13th in the sprint and Hamilton slumping to 17th in a car both drivers say has somehow got worse. Crossing the line, a baffled Hamilton radioed his team: "I don't know how, but we've made the car worse." The Brit had already endured a miserable qualifying, lining up 18th " faster only than Gasly and the Frenchman's rookie teammate Franco Colapinto. But Gasly, who spent most of the sprint staring at the back of Hamilton's Ferrari, couldn't believe what he was seeing. Hamilton revealed: "Pierre came up to me afterwards and was like. READ MORE ON F1 'Just talking…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (577+ words) Jesse Love enjoyed an extremely positive outing in the 2025 season of the NASCAR Xfinity Series (soon to be renamed to the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series) as he won the title this year. However, Love didn't want to stop at just winning the Xfinity Series. He debuted in the Dunlop Super2 Series at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final. Now, the 2025 championship winner claims that many other drivers from the pinnacle of stock racing will want to switch to racing in Supercars because of his entry. Notably, Jesse Love piloted the #57 Holden Commodore ZB for Image Racing in the Supercar session. Not only Love, but also Austin Cindric have made their mark in the Supercar series in the land of Down Under this time around. As such, the 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Series winner made a bold claim that many drivers will now follow in…...