Follow Mail Sport’s live blog for the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix, as Oscar Piastri starts on pole while Max Verstappen could seal the Drivers’ Championship.
Max Verstappen on the team radio
That Sprint result
Red Bull tweet their triple World Champion
F1 tweet about their star man
MAX VERSTAPPEN IS A THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
OSCAR PIASTRI WINS THE SPRINT RACE
Lap 19: Final lap, with Piastri leading from Verstappen
Lap 18: Hamilton and Leclerc fighting it out for 6th
Lap 18: Hamilton overtakes Alonso for 7th
Lap 17: Verstappen has the fastest lap
Lap 17: Norris up to fourth
Lap 17: Norris moves up to fifth place
Lap 16: Can Piastri hold off the Champion?
Lap 16: Verstappen takes second place
Lap 15: Five laps remaining
Lap 14: Safety car coming in – green flag
Lap 14: Safety car still out
Lap 13: Verstappen is third – but takes the Drivers’ Championship
Lap 12: Race control will look at that incident
Lap 11: Perez is out!
Lap 11: Sergio Perez goes off!
Lap 11: Piastri overtakes Russell
Lap 10: Verstappen takes third place
Lap 9: Verstappen takes fourth from Leclerc
Lap 9: Piastri takes fastest lap
Lap 8: George Russell builds a two-second buffer
Lap 7: Verstappen 5th, Perez 11th
Lap 7: Russell 1.5 seconds clear
Lap 6: Russell races into the night
Safety car ending
Lap 6: Leclerc up from 6th to 4th with a promising start
Lap 6: Alonso up from 9th to 8th
Lap 5: Russell leads from Piastri
Lap 5: Safety car still out
Lap 5: Perez in 11th – Verstappen fifth
Logan Sargeant spins out!
George Russell takes the lead!
Safety car comes in
Perez down to 10th
SAFETY CAR
Sergio Perez has lost places too
Lando Norris down to sixth from second on the grid
Liam Lawson goes off in the opening corners
Piastri leads into the front corner
The lights go out, and the Sprint is underway
They’re coming back in to the grid now
Open tyre choice
They’re off on the formation lap
All eyes on Perez in 8th
Final minutes before we get going
Is this Max Verstappen’s day?
Cars just going through their final checks
Oscar Piastri is set to lead the pack
Fifteen minutes to go
Jonathan McEvoy’s report from the Shootout
Half an hour to go
19 laps from glory
Hello and welcome to the Qatar Sprint Race
Key Updates
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Max Verstappen on the team radio
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That Sprint result
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F1 tweet about their star man
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MAX VERSTAPPEN IS A THREE-TIME WORLD CHAMPION
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OSCAR PIASTRI WINS THE SPRINT RACE
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Lap 13: Verstappen is third – but takes the Drivers’ Championship
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Lap 11: Perez is out!
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Lap 5: Russell leads from Piastri
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Logan Sargeant spins out!
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George Russell takes the lead!
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Liam Lawson goes off in the opening corners
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They’re off on the formation lap
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Jonathan McEvoy’s report from the Shootout
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19 laps from glory
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Hello and welcome to the Qatar Sprint Race
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