{"id":173762,"date":"2025-11-30T18:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/f1-qatar-grand-prix-live-updates-latest-reaction-as-max-verstappen-wins-to-delay-norris-piastri-title-bids-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T18:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:20:13","slug":"f1-qatar-grand-prix-live-updates-latest-reaction-as-max-verstappen-wins-to-delay-norris-piastri-title-bids-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/f1-qatar-grand-prix-live-updates-latest-reaction-as-max-verstappen-wins-to-delay-norris-piastri-title-bids-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Qatar Grand Prix live updates: Latest reaction as Max Verstappen wins to delay Norris, Piastri title bids – The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formula 1
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Updated 4m ago<\/span>
Max Verstappen has won the Qatar Grand Prix, to take the drivers championship battle to the final round in Abu Dhabi.<\/strong>
Verstappen took advantage of an early safety car to pit as both McLaren drivers \u2014 the two men ahead of him in the championship standings \u2014 stayed out. And that proved crucial to the defending champion claiming victory in Lusail.
Pole-sitter Oscar Piastri had to settle for second while championship leader Lando Norris finished fourth, as Carlos Sainz rounded off the podium for Williams.
Result:<\/strong> 1 VER, 2 PIA, 3 SAI, 4 NOR, 5 ANT
As for Carlos Sainz, you\u2019re right! Despite no one really wanting to engage in the cooldown room, he was lapping up the questions on the podium\u2026
💬 \u201cI\u2019m so happy, so proud of the whole team, of what we\u2019ve done today because we came into this weekend thinking it was going to be the most difficult weekend of the year and suddenly we came out with a podium.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cWe got everything right. We had a tough first half of the season when things didn\u2019t come together but we improved in so many areas during the year and today, there were a few opportunities out there and we grabbed all of them executing a perfect race.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri <\/strong>has had some disappointing moments this season \u2014 but today was the day he looked pretty upset with what had just played out.
Here\u2019s what he said on the podium:
💬 \u201cClearly we didn\u2019t get it right tonight. I drove the best race I could and as fast as as I could. There was nothing left out there.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cI tried my best but it wasn\u2019t to be tonight, unfortunately. I think in hindsight it\u2019s pretty obvious what we would have done, but I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll discuss it as a team.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cIt\u2019s not all bad. It\u2019s been a really good weekend and the pace has been very strong.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cObviously it\u2019s a little bit tough to swallow at the moment.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
Let\u2019s get stuck into the podium reaction. Starting with the race winner Max Verstappen<\/strong>, who was very happy with Red Bull\u2019s work in Lusail \u2026
💬 \u201cThis was an incredible race for us. We made the right call as a team to box under that safety car. That was smart.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cI\u2019m super happy to win here. We stay in the fight until the end. Incredible.<\/em><\/strong>
\u201cIt was a very strong race on a weekend that was a bit tough but we won the race and that was important.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
He also labelled McLaren\u2019s decision to keep both cars out during the early safety car \u201can interesting move.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cooldown room always has someone who is happy to be there.
Carlos Sainz<\/strong> was all up for asking questions, wondering if Oscar Piastri<\/strong> had any damage.
Fair to say the Australian wasn\u2019t in the mood for small talk, while Max Verstappen<\/strong> didn\u2019t care either way.
It\u2019s pretty low key on the podium a few minutes later too.
💬 \u201cTough to sallow at the moment.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
That is Oscar Piastri<\/strong>\u2019s assessment of the result after McLaren\u2019s strategy gaffe. Seems fair enough.
He produced basically a faultless weekend, still lost, and is now behind the guy he once led by 104 points.
I feel oddly smug. I knew as soon as Max Verstappen<\/strong> had a sprint qualifying shocker he\u2019d do well in the grand prix.
Red Bull has an impressive knack for a, getting initial sprint weekend setups very wrong and b, fixing that when the parc ferme rules lift after the sprint race and then turning things around.
It was the very same story here last year. And yet, Max hates sprint weekends.
I still can\u2019t believe McLaren did that.
Big, big blow going to Abu Dhabi.
Red Bull race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase telling Max Verstappen<\/strong> that it looked like Kimi Antonelli pulled over and let Lando Norris<\/strong> through will do wonders for this delightfully conspiracy theory-free season …
Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri<\/strong>\u2019s words sound like he is (rightly) fuming that McLaren fumbled the safety car pitstop strategy.
💬 \u201cSpeechless … I don\u2019t have any words.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>
BOOM! Max Verstappen takes the checkered flag to win in Qatar.<\/strong>
Oscar Piastri gets within eight seconds but is still some way back. He comes home second.<\/strong>
And what great work from Carlos Sainz. It\u2019s another podium for Williams!<\/strong><\/p>\n

LAP 57\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 Oh Kimi! The Mercedes makes a mistake, runs wide and allows Lando Norris<\/strong> to get by to take P4.
How big a moment is that for Norris\u2019 title hopes? Two more points in the bag if it stays like this.
LAP 56\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 A puncture for Isack Hadjar<\/strong>! But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to alter much, as he trundles back to the pits.
If both McLaren drivers hadn\u2019t been disqualified in Las Vegas, even with this amazing win Max Verstappen<\/strong> would currently be out of title contention …
Kimi Antonelli<\/strong>\u2019s doing what he needs to do right now, saving the battery and defending on the main straight from Lando Norris<\/strong>.
\u201cI\u2019m not close enough,\u201d Norris said. \u201cIt\u2019s too difficult to follow.\u201d
LAP 54\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 Three laps to go, and Lando Norris<\/strong> just cannot find the pace on the straight to get by Kimi Antonelli<\/strong>, so far.
Blimey, what a result we could have on our hands here.
LAP 52\/57<\/strong> \u2014 Lando Norris<\/strong> has caught Kimi Antonelli<\/strong>. Passing is going to be another question around this track, though.
LAP 48\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 Carlos Sainz<\/strong> is on the radio and sounding bullish about his podium chances here. He\u2019s desperate for it, running P3. He doesn\u2019t sound convinced Lando Norris<\/strong> can get by Kimi Antonelli<\/strong> in P4, but the McLaren is taking chunks of time out of him. <\/p>\n

LAP 47\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 Another black-and-white flag has been waved for track limits, this time for George Russell<\/strong>.
LAP 45\/57 <\/strong>\u2014 Track position is king out here. And Lando Norris<\/strong> pits to drop himself down to P5.
Work to do for the Brit. He won\u2019t want to finish there.
Right now, Lando Norris<\/strong> will come out from his stop in fifth place and will have to overtake Kimi Antonelli <\/strong>and Carlos Sainz<\/strong> to ease the pressure on him heading to Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n

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