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Race winner Max Verstappen stops in parc ferme

Verstappen adds to title glory with victory in Qatar

Max Verstappen followed up securing his fourth world championship by winning a chaotic Qatar Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered another miserable evening in his penultimate Mercedes appearance

Motorsport • 01 Dec 24

Lando Norris will lead the grid for Saturday's sprint race

Norris seizes pole for Qatar sprint race

McLaren's Lando Norris took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race.

Motorsport • 29 Nov 24

Lewis Hamilton crashed in the first turn in Qatar

Hamilton faces second investigation for 'safety breach'

Lewis Hamilton is facing a second investigation by Formula One's governing body for walking across the track at last weekend's Qatar Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 15 Oct 23

George Russell finished fourth in the Qatar Grand Prix

Drivers dismayed by conditions at Qatar Grand Prix

George Russell believes Formula One went "beyond the limit of what is acceptable" by staging a Qatar Grand Prix that Lando Norris described as "too dangerous".

Motorsport • 09 Oct 23

Hamilton after crashing out at the first turn

'What the hell!' Russell rages at Hamilton after crash

A furious George Russell lashed out at Lewis Hamilton following a dramatic crash with his Mercedes team-mate at the very first corner of Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 08 Oct 23

Verstappen adds the 2023 crown to 2022 and the controversial 2021 title-winning season

Verstappen seals third title as Piastri wins sprint

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has won his third Formula One world championship after finished second behind rookie Oscar Piastri in the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 07 Oct 23

Verstappen could win his third title as early as Saturday's sprint race

Triple champion-in-waiting Verstappen claims Qatar pole

Max Verstappen took pole position for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix ahead of a weekend when the Dutchman is on the verge of clinching his third Formula One world title.

Motorsport • 06 Oct 23

Lewis Hamilton in action at the Losail International Circuit, on the outskirts of of Doha

Hamilton takes pole position for Qatar Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton took a commanding pole position at the first-ever Qatar Grand Prix to get the upper-hand in his quest to beat Max Verstappen and lift an eighth Formula One world title.

Motorsport • 20 Nov 21

Toto Wolff (L) and Christian Horner at press conference in Qatar today

Wolff and Horner trade barbs as Verstappen is cleared

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admits he was unsurprised to see a right for review against Max Verstappen denied as the most thrilling Formula One title fight in years spilled over into a war of words with Red Bull boss Christian Horner.

Motorsport • 19 Nov 21