F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 results: Final classification with penalties applied

Here is the final F1 classification from the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix following official approval from the FIA.

The 2025 title battle offered another twist in Qatar, with Max Verstappen victorious after a poor strategic decision from McLaren saw Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris lose position on their second pit stop.

While Piastri finished second, the Aussie has dropped to third in the standings and is 16 points behind team-mate Norris, with Verstappen now within 12 points of catching the British driver.

Carlos Sainz took advantage of the McLaren blunder, and despite nursing a late issue secured third position, his second podium finish of the 2025 season.

Here is the final classification from the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix!

Fastest Lap: Oscar Piastri [McLaren] - 1:22.996 on lap 44.

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

Fastest lap points have been banished for 2025. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, this led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a new set of tyres at the end in order to claim the fastest lap point, or to stop a rival from getting the extra point.

The most famous example of this in 2024 came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Lando Norris and helping Max Verstappen's title bid.

READ MORE: F1 Qualifying Results: Qatar GP times and grid positions

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Having graduated from the University of Sheffield with a 2:1 in Journalism in 2022, Kerry continued her pursuit of finding a full-time position in motorsport through work with the F1 Arcade in London, where she got to meet true fans of the sport and make a live grand prix watch party memorable for them. It was here that she confirmed her dream of combining her background in journalism and love of motorsport, going on to volunteer with the female-led platform Empoword Journalism. Having completed stints as a screen editor and sports editor, Kerry landed her first F1-specific editorial role with GPFans and has thoroughly enjoyed continuing to work closely with the sport ever since. The access GPFans offers Kerry has allowed her to interview big names such as Naomi Schiff and David Coulthard and given her experiences she could only have dreamt of as a young F1 fan.

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