1+ hour, 15+ min ago (140+ words) McLaren driver Lando Norris is feeling "relaxed" ahead of his chance to seal a first F1 world title at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix. How Lando Norris can be crowned F1 world champion at Qatar GP - Oscar Piastri secured pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix, with McLaren team-mate Lando Norris starting second after making a crucial error on his final lap. - Max Verstappen will start third, maintaining his position in the championship title hunt. - The British driver heads into the penultimate grand prix of the season with a 22-point lead over Piastri, and 25 over Verstappen. - Lando Norris can be crowned world champion on Sunday if he outscores Piastri by four points and Verstappen by one. - Earlier in the day, Oscar Piastri secured victory in the Qatar sprint race, converting his pole position into a comfortable win....

1+ hour, 49+ min ago (468+ words) The seven-time world champion, 40, could only qualify 18th for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton's end-of-season F1 nightmare continued on Saturday night as he only qualified 18th for the Qatar Grand Prix. After being eliminated in Q1 at the last race in Las Vegas, qualifying dead-last, and in SQ1 for the sprint race in Qatar, Hamilton could not turn around his wretched form late on Saturday and was eliminated for the third consecutive time in the first session of qualifying. The seven-time world champion, still without a podium to his name in Ferrari red, was unable to find any further performance out of his troublesome car and will start third-last once again. Hamilton had earlier in the day finished the sprint race in 17th, having started in the pit-lane, and in stark contrast to his lack of words on Friday, the 40-year-old gave a detailed analysis…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago (379+ words) Norris is still in a good position to claim a maiden title with only 50 points now on the table Lando Norris is still in position to win the 2025 F1 world championship despite finishing third in the Qatar GP sprint. The McLaren driver's grip on the title was weakened last week in Las Vegas after the FIA's investigation into the skid blocks underneath both drivers' cars, with Max Verstappen winning the race on The Strip. Norris had finished second, after a mistake on pole at the opening corner had dropped him behind Verstappen and Mercedes' George Russell. Norris moved clear of Russell with 16 laps remaining to take second place, with Oscar Piastri two positions back in fourth. But after both McLaren drivers' points were wiped off, Norris' lead has been chopped from 30 to 24 points clear of both Piastri and Verstappen with just…...

17+ hour, 48+ min ago (468+ words) The seven-time world champion, 40, could only qualify 18th for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton's end-of-season F1 nightmare continued on Saturday night as he only qualified 18th for the Qatar Grand Prix. After being eliminated in Q1 at the last race in Las Vegas, qualifying dead-last, and in SQ1 for the sprint race in Qatar, Hamilton could not turn around his wretched form late on Saturday and was eliminated for the third consecutive time in the first session of qualifying. The seven-time world champion, still without a podium to his name in Ferrari red, was unable to find any further performance out of his troublesome car and will start third-last once again. Hamilton had earlier in the day finished the sprint race in 17th, having started in the pit-lane, and in stark contrast to his lack of words on Friday, the 40-year-old gave a detailed analysis…...

19+ hour, 36+ 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...

19+ hour, 43+ 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…...

23+ hour, 32+ min ago (546+ words) Lando Norris hit back at Max Verstappen's dig that he would "easily" have won the world championship for McLaren by claiming there are things his rival "doesn't have much of a clue about". On the eve of the penultimate round of the season in Qatar, Red Bull's Verstappen threw shade at Norris and team-mate Oscar Piastri when he said the title battle would be over if he was driving their car. Piastri won Saturday's sprint race from pole position to reduce Norris' championship advantage from 24 points to 22. Norris finished third, a place ahead of Verstappen, who is now 25 points adrift of the British driver. Norris will secure his first world title on Sunday if he outscores Piastri by four points and finishes ahead of Verstappen in any position. Responding to Verstappen's jibe, Norris said: "Max is very welcome to say…...

1+ day ago (122+ words) Max Verstappen, just 24 points off Lando Norris with two races left, says he's "all in" as he fights to keep his late-season surge alive and chase a fifth Formula One world title. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Lando Norris suffers setback in Qatar sprint race - Oscar Piastri secured victory in the Qatar sprint race, converting his pole position into a comfortable win. - This result reduced Lando Norris' world championship lead to 22 points, with 50 points still available. - Norris finished third in the sprint, while George Russell took second place. - Max Verstappen climbed two places to finish fourth, now trailing Norris by 25 points....

1+ day, 29+ min ago (401+ words) Oscar Piastri took two points out of Lando Norris" world championship lead after he won the sprint race in Qatar. Piastri converted his pole position into a comfortable victory under the thousands of bulbs that light up the Lusail International Circuit to reduce Norris" advantage at the top to 22 points with 50 to play for. Norris finished third, while Max Verstappen made up two places to take the chequered flag in fourth. However, the Red Bull driver now trails Norris by 25 points. George Russell started and ended the 19-lap dash to the chequered flag in second. Norris will be crowned champion if he outscores Piastri by four points, and finishes ahead of Verstappen in any position, in Sunday"s main event. A mistake by Norris in the final metres of qualifying allowed Piastri to take pole and the Australian made no…...

1+ day, 52+ min ago (355+ words) Norris is still in a good position to claim a maiden title with only 50 points now on the table Lando Norris is still in position to win the 2025 F1 world championship despite finishing third in the Qatar GP sprint. The McLaren driver's grip on the title was weakened last week in Las Vegas after the FIA's investigation into the skid blocks underneath both drivers' cars, with Max Verstappen winning the race on The Strip. Norris had finished second, after a mistake on pole at the opening corner had dropped him behind Verstappen and Mercedes' George Russell. Norris moved clear of Russell with 16 laps remaining to take second place, with Oscar Piastri two positions back in fourth. But after both McLaren drivers' points were wiped off, Norris' lead has been chopped from 30 to 24 points clear of both Piastri and Verstappen with just…...