Oscar Piastri has taken pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race for McLaren ahead of Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.
| Row 1 | 1. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’23.778 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 | |
| 2. (4) Lando Norris 1’24.219 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 | ||
| Row 2 | 3. (1) Max Verstappen 1’24.305 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB19 | |
| 4. (63) George Russell 1’24.369 Mercedes W14 | ||
| Row 3 | 5. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’24.424 Ferrari SF-23 | |
| 6. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’24.540 Ferrari SF-23 | ||
| Row 4 | 7. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’24.553 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 | |
| 8. (11) Sergio Perez 1’24.763 Red Bull-Honda RBPT RB19 | ||
| Row 5 | 9. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’25.058 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 | |
| 10. (31) Esteban Ocon No time Alpine-Renault A523 | ||
| Row 6 | 11. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’25.301 Alpine-Renault A523 | |
| 12. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’25.328 Mercedes W14 | ||
| Row 7 | 13. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’25.462 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 | |
| 14. (40) Liam Lawson 1’25.707 AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT AT04 | ||
| Row 8 | 15. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’25.783 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 | |
| 16. (18) Lance Stroll 1’26.210 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 | ||
| Row 9 | 17. (23) Alexander Albon 1’26.345 Williams-Mercedes FW45 | |
| 18. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’26.635 AlphaTauri-Honda RBPT AT04 | ||
| Row 10 | 19. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’27.046 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 | |
| 20. (2) Logan Sargeant 1’27.432 Williams-Mercedes FW45 |
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baasbas
7th October 2023, 15:12
Are the results final yet?
….horrible to watch
happy for Piastri, but still
Jere (@jerejj)
7th October 2023, 15:12
An unexpected outcome at the top, but Max will probably overtake both eventually unless he loses P3 for track limits.
Armchair Expert (@armchairexpert)
7th October 2023, 15:26
How is this unexpected? McLaren has the fastest car, so if anything yesterday was unexpected with Max beating both his rivals in a quicker car by 0.3 and 0.5s respectively. As Norris said “it should have been my pole yesterday and today”, there’s no discussion.
S
7th October 2023, 15:14
The “world’s best racing drivers” still haven’t learned how to stay on the track.
Embarrassing.
Dex
7th October 2023, 17:43
You’re missing the point. The only way you can be sure to stay on track is to go slow. If you go fast there’s no way to judge the line properly, since there’s no visibility. If you don’t risk you’ll be last, so of course you’ll take a risk. There is a context to every story… Nothing embarrassing about the driving, it’s the rules that aren’t ideal. And that’s not something new, it’s been acknowledged.
S
7th October 2023, 19:17
Oh, okay… Which rule/s should be changed?
The point is that drivers are the ones turning the steering wheel and pushing the pedals. They are the ones making choices about how much risk they take.
They can push (too) hard and risk penalties, or they can leave just a tiny bit on the table and stay on the track.
Choices. Not rules.
PeterG
7th October 2023, 15:16
Just a shame it isn’t a proper pole position for the proper race.
People usually remember a drivers first pole but i doubt anyone will think anything of this non-pole in an irrelevant session for the non-race they still won’t call a race and which fewer people watch.
And should a McLaren win the silly sprint it won’t count as a race win so won’t be a real win and will be something nobody remembers and nobody will care about.
Welcome to the show formerly known as the SPORT of F1.
PeterG
7th October 2023, 15:19
F1 as a SPORT is such a joke right now.
I’m not sure the overall SPORT has ever been is a worse state!
dutchtreat (@dutchtreat)
7th October 2023, 17:41
Well at least I am impressed. Piastri did a fantastic job beating Norris and Verstappen.
I will remember how good he really is got a pole position in F1. Excellent, job well done, keep it up Oscar you are a true talent.
Edvaldo
7th October 2023, 15:17
Verstappen didn’t lose his final lap? He did the same as Tsunoda there.
Do they really think the audience enjoys this deleted lap time festival?
The session ended and we can’t even be sure of the final order.
Nick T.
7th October 2023, 15:57
Here’s a crazy stat…Alonso has more Q3 appearances this season than Checo and Stroll COMBINED.