Ben Anderson's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix F1 driver rankings Put McLaren's Qatar Grand Prix fumble to one side for a moment: there were some seriously impressive performances across the weekend (and some not-so-memorable ones).But who fared best overall at Lusail?Here's Ben Anderson's best-to-worst ranking of all 20 Formula 1 drivers' performances, as he steps in for Edd Straw this week.Agree or disagree? Leave questions or comments for him on this post in ... Read more:

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Ben Anderson's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix F1 driver rankings

Put McLaren's Qatar GP fumble to one side for a moment: there were some seriously impressive performances across the Lusail weekend. But which F1 d...

1000+ abusive messages sent to Antonelli after Marko criticism Mercedes has catalogued over a thousand abusive messages sent to Kimi Antonelli after Red Bull's Helmut Marko accused him of letting Lando Norris by intentionally in the Qatar Grand Prix.Antonelli made a mistake near the end of the Qatar race while holding off Norris and chasing Carlos Sainz for a podium position.He lost control and ran off-track, allowing Norris past - which meant he gained two p... Read more:

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1000+ abusive messages sent to Antonelli after Marko criticism

Mercedes has catalogued over a thousand abusive messages sent to Kimi Antonelli after Red Bull's Helmut Marko accused him of letting Lando Norris b...

Mark Hughes: Everything that fed into McLaren's Qatar debacle A few weeks ago, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella sat down with Sky Sports F1 to talk about the complex dynamics of the three-way fight for the 2025 Formula 1 drivers' title, when two of those involved drivers are in McLarens. "I'd rather Max Verstappen win the title than favour Lando or Oscar," said Brown.On a warm Qatar evening, after Verstappen took his seventh grand prix victory of the season throu... Read more:

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Mark Hughes: Everything that fed into McLaren's Qatar debacle

Was there a bias in McLaren's thinking as it decided not to pit both of its cars under the early Qatar GP safety car? Mark Hughes assesses the fact...

Wolff fuming over Red Bull suggestion Antonelli helped Norris Red Bull's insinuations over Lando Norris going past Kimi Antonelli late on in the Qatar Grand Prix have earned a sharp rebuke from Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff - who described it as "brainless" and "total nonsense".Antonelli lost fourth place to a tyre-offset Norris on the penultimate lap of the Lusail race, giving the Briton a potentially crucial two points in the championship.Onboard foot... Read more:

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Wolff fuming over Red Bull suggestion Antonelli helped Norris

Red Bull insinuating Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris past in the Qatar Grand Prix was "brainless", according to Toto Wolff

Red Bull F1 2026 line-up decision made Red Bull has made its decision on its 2026 Formula 1 driver line-ups and will announce it on Tuesday.Team principal Laurent Mekies did not want to comment on the nature of its plans - but Yuki Tsunoda is set to be replaced by Isack Hadjar in Red Bull Racing, as has been expected for several races.“All I can tell you is that we will, in fact, stick to our plan, and we will announce on Tuesday what'... Read more:

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Red Bull F1 2026 line-up decision made

Red Bull has made its decision on its 2026 Formula 1 driver line-ups and will announce it on Tuesday ahead of the Abu Dhabi finale

Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix The Qatar Grand Prix could’ve been the night the 2025 Formula 1 world championship was won.The fact it wasn’t, and the reason why that was the case, gives us a very clear loser and winner to start our traditional post-race list…Loser: McLaren (2nd + 4th)The McLaren that let a 1-2 turn into a 2-3 in the season finale in 2007 was a different team, with different drivers, run by different people, in ... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Qatar Grand Prix

Some very clear winners and losers in the F1 title fight in the Qatar GP, but plenty more further back too

McLaren's explanation for its Qatar GP strategy blunder McLaren has explained its strategy error in Formula 1’s Qatar Grand Prix that opened the door for Max Verstappen to grab a win that takes the three-way title fight all the way to the final round in Abu Dhabi.Oscar Piastri was leading the Qatar Grand Prix from Verstappen and team-mate Lando Norris on lap seven when the safety car was called out to retrieve Nico Hulkenberg’s stricken Sauber.With a 2... Read more:

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McLaren's explanation for its Qatar GP strategy blunder

McLaren has explained its strategy error in F1's Qatar GP that opened the door for Max Verstappen to grab a win that takes the three-way title figh...

Every scenario: How Norris, Verstappen or Piastri can win F1 title The 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will mark Formula 1's first multi-driver title showdown since 2010 - with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all in contention for the crown.Norris remains the overwhelming favourite to clinch a maiden crown but the scenarios for either of his two rivals to prevail instead - whether it be Verstappen becoming a five-time champion or Piastri taking his first... Read more:

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Every scenario: How Norris, Verstappen or Piastri can win F1 title

The 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will mark Formula 1's first multi-driver title showdown since 2010 - with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Pias...

Our verdict on McLaren's Qatar self-sabotage + F1 title fight So, the 2025 Formula 1 season will get the three-way, final-race championship showdown that this title run-in has promised as a result of McLaren's Qatar Grand Prix strategic hesitance and another Max Verstappen win.Was this just careless from McLaren - or has it tied itself in knots trying to be fair to both of its drivers?We asked our team for their takes, with just 16 points covering the top th... Read more:

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Our verdict on McLaren's Qatar self-sabotage + F1 title fight

Our team give their take on McLaren's strategic hesitance in the Qatar GP and what it means for the 2025 F1 title fight with one round to go

How many race wins does each 2025 F1 driver have? Half of the 2025 Formula 1 grid have won at least one grand prix. As you'd expect, the two most recent F1 champions - Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen - top the list. But where do the other 10 race winners stand? We detail how many wins each 2025 driver has and where they stand in the all-time win list. We're not counting sprint races, so this list only contains proper grand prix victories.Lewis ... Read more:

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How many race wins does each 2025 F1 driver have?

Half of the 2025 Formula 1 grid have won at least one grand prix. Here's our recap of how many victories each driver has

F1 2025 Qatar Grand Prix race result Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix ahead of polesitter Oscar Piastri - a result that means both remain in title contention heading to the 2025 Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi after championship leader Lando Norris finished fourth.Below you'll find the race result:1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)2 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)3 Carlos Sainz (Williams)4 Lando Norris (McLaren)5 Kimi Antonelli (Mercede... Read more:

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F1 2025 Qatar Grand Prix race result

The full result from the Qatar GP, the penultimate round of the 2025 F1 season

Verstappen wins, title fight blown open by McLaren strategy blunder Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen kept his 2025 title defence alive into the season finale by winning a Qatar Grand Prix transformed by the maximum stint rule.Pirelli prescribed a 25-lap stint maximum going into the weekend for the 57-lap race, and an early-race incident involving Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly came just at the right time to present the field with the option to pit unde... Read more:

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Verstappen wins, title fight blown open by McLaren strategy blunder

Reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen kept his 2025 title defence alive into the season finale by winning a Qatar GP transformed by the maximum stint...

The jeopardy of F1’s most critical start of 2025 Lando Norris faces arguably the most important start of his Formula 1 career in Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, before a run to Turn 1 packed with jeopardy for the three championship protagonists.Norris is sandwiched by his two title rivals, poleman Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen in third, for the start of a race that may well be decided by who leads out of the first corner.With both Piastri and Vers... Read more:

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The jeopardy of F1's most critical start of 2025

An all-in Verstappen, Norris has the most to lose, and Piastri's job is far from straightforward. Welcome to the most important F1 start of the 202...

Stroll tells staff he won't hire Horner as Aston Martin mystery deepens Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll has appeared to firmly shut the door on any tie-up with Christian Horner in the future, but intrigue continues on how the squad will be run next year.It is understood that Stroll and Horner have been involved in advanced talks for months about the possibility of a senior position for the former Red Bull boss as part of a partnership that would involve equity in t... Read more:

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Stroll tells staff he won't hire Horner as Aston Martin mystery deepens

Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll has appeared to firmly shut the door on any tie-up with Christian Horner, but intrigue continues on how the squa...

How many pole positions does each 2025 F1 driver have? Half of the 20 drivers lining up on the Formula 1 grid in 2025 have set pole position for an F1 grand prix.Lewis Hamilton tops the list for the most pole positions of any individual driver in F1 history, and has almost as many to his name as the other nine drivers on this list combined.Here, we detail how many pole positions each 2025 F1 driver has and where they rank on F1's all-time list.In 2021... Read more:

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How many pole positions does each 2025 F1 driver have?

Here's how many pole positions each 2025 Formula 1 driver has

Mark Hughes: How Piastri dealt Norris a much-needed blow A McLaren front row lockout, Oscar Piastri ahead of Lando Norris, wasn’t exactly a surprise around the medium-fast interconnected curves of Qatar’s Lusail track. But it wasn’t pre-destined either. George Russell, after finishing second to Piastri in the sprint race this morning, said he was expecting the Red Bull to be fastest because its fast corner performance has been the best through the seaso... Read more:

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Mark Hughes: How Piastri dealt Norris a much-needed blow

Mark Hughes analyses the McLaren team fight between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, and explains how Red Bull helped alleviate Max Verstappen's por...

Winners and losers from F1 Qatar GP qualifying While some drivers successfully used parc ferme re-opening post-sprint race to change their fate at the Qatar Grand Prix, the misery of others continued in the desert. Here are our picks for the biggest winners and losers from grand prix qualifying. Loser - Lando Norris (2nd)A fraction later on the brakes into Turn 2 and Lando Norris had to bail out, defeated.There was no excuse of being caught in... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1 Qatar GP qualifying

While some drivers successfully used parc ferme re-opening post-sprint race to change their fate at the Qatar Grand Prix, the misery of others cont...

Piastri takes Qatar GP pole as Norris rues crucial qualifying error Oscar Piastri beat Lando Norris to pole position for Formula 1’s 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, after Norris made a crucial mistake on his final flying lap in Q3.Norris held a narrow 0.035s edge on Piastri heading into the final runs of qualifying at the Losail F1 circuit, but had to abort his final Q3 lap after understeering wide at Turn 2.There wasn’t enough time left for championship leader Norris to c... Read more:

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Piastri takes Qatar GP pole as Norris rues crucial qualifying error

Oscar Piastri beat Lando Norris to pole position for Formula 1’s 2025 Qatar Grand Prix, after Norris made a crucial mistake on his final flying l...

F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 qualifying results Oscar Piastri beat his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position for Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix. Below you'll find the full results from grand prix qualifying...Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 1m19.387sLando Norris (McLaren) +0.108sMax Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.264sGeorge Russell (Mercedes) +0.275sKimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.459sIsack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.727sCarlos Sainz (Williams) +0.900s Fe... Read more:

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F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 qualifying results

Oscar Piastri beat his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to pole position for Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix

F1 Qatar Grand Prix 2025 starting grid Oscar Piastri will start Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix from pole position ahead of his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris. Gabriel Bortoleto qualified his Sauber in 14th place, but he has to serve a five-place grid penalty for a causing a collision in Las Vegas, which leaves him 19th on the grid. Below you'll find the full starting grid for the Qatar GP... Oscar Piastri (McLaren) Lando Norris (McLaren)... Read more:

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F1 Qatar GP 2025 starting grid with grid drop and pitlane start

Oscar Piastri will start Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix from pole position ahead of his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris