F1 Qatar Sprint Results: Oscar Piastri storms to win as Max Verstappen receives title blow

piastri, mclaren, qatar, f1, 2024, generic — Photo: © IMAGO

Qatar Grand Prix Sprint

F1 Sprint Results: Oscar Piastri storms to Qatar win as Max Verstappen receives title blow

All the action from the 2025 Qatar GP sprint

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Saturday 29 November 2025 15:48 Updated: 11:33

Make us your Google favorite

Oscar Piastri secured a dominant win during Saturday's sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix, while Max Verstappen was dealt a major blow to his F1 title chances.

Piastri enjoyed a clean start to remain ahead of Russell and Norris on lap one, extending his lead early to ensure that the Mercedes didn't catch a whiff of DRS.

Verstappen made easy work of his team-mate Yuki Tsunoda on the opening lap to begin his charge up the field, but his tyre performance dropped off rapidly and had to settle for fourth, diminishing his title chances behind both McLarens.

Article continues under video

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton couldn't recover into the points after his SQ1 exit on Friday and finished a disappointing P17, only above the two Alpines of Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, with Lance Stroll in P19 after he pitted for the soft tyres.

His Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc did not fare much better however, running wide off the track on several occasions and crossed the finish line outside of the top 10 in P13.

Despite a strong Friday qualifying, Tsunoda caught the attention of the stewards for breaching track limits and was awarded a five-second time penalty.

Kimi Antonelli was also given a final warning for track limits and was awarded a five-second time penalty, which allowed Tsunoda to keep fifth and demoted the Mercedes down to sixth.

F1 Results: Qatar Grand Prix Sprint 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Time/Status
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	-
2	George Russell	Mercedes	+4.951secs
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	+6.279secs
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	+9.054secs
5	Yuki Tsunoda*	Red Bull	+19.327secs
6	Kimi Antonelli*	Mercedes	+21.391secs
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+24.556secs
8	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+27.333secs
9	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+28.206secs
10	Alex Albon	Williams	+28.295secs
11	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+32.966secs
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+34.529secs
13	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+35.182secs
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+36.916secs
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+38.838secs
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	+39.638secs
17	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+46.171secs
18	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+69.534secs
19	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+77.960secs
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+80.804secs