Round 23 · 2025 · Sprint weekend

Qatar Grand Prix

CircuitLosail International CircuitLocationLusail, QatarDates28 Nov – 30 Nov 2025Final

Official event name: Qatar Airways Qatar Grand Prix

WinnerVERRed Bull Racing · from P3

PolePIA1:19.387

Fastest lap1:22.996Piastri · L44

Most laps led1Verstappen

Biggest gain+6Bortoleto P19→P13

Retirements4of 20 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3	+2	57	1:24:38.241	2	30
2	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1	-1	57	+7.995 FL	2	26
3	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	7	+4	57	+22.665	2	16
4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	2	-2	57	+23.315	2	18
5	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	5	0	57	+28.317	2	13
6	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	4	-2	57	+48.599	2	15
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	8	+1	57	+54.045	2	8
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	10	+2	57	+56.785	2	4
9	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	12	+3	57	+1:00.073	2	2
10	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	15	+5	57	+1:01.770	2	5
11	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	14	+3	57	+1:06.931	2
12	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	17	+5	57	+1:17.730	2
13	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	19	+6	57	+1:24.812	2
14	Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	20	+6	56	+1 lap	2
15	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	16	+1	56	+1 lap	3
16	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	9	-7	56	+1 lap	2
—	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	18		55	DNF · L55	3
—	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	6		55	DNF · L55	2
—	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	13		41	DNF · L41	4
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	11		6	DNF · L6	—

Points shown are weekend totals (sprint points included).

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1	0	19	26:51.033	—	8
2	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	2	0	19	+4.951	—	7
3	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	3	0	19	+6.279	—	6
4	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	6	+2	19	+9.054	—	5
5	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	5	0	19	+19.327	—	4
6	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	7	+1	19	+21.391	—	3
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	4	-3	19	+24.556	—	2
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	8	0	19	+27.333	—	1
9	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	11	+2	19	+28.206	—
10	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	10	0	19	+28.925	—
11	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	13	+2	19	+32.966	—
12	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	12	0	19	+34.529	—
13	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	9	-4	19	+35.182	—
14	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	17	+3	19	+36.916	—
15	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	15	0	19	+38.838	—
16	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	14	-2	19	+39.638	—
17	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	18	+1	19	+46.171	—
18	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	19	+1	19	+1:09.534 FL	1
19	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	16	-3	19	+1:17.960	1
20	Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	20	0	19	+1:20.804	1

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:20.234	1:19.650	1:19.387	18
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:20.157	1:19.861	1:19.495	17
3	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:20.472	1:19.985	1:19.651	23
4	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:20.074	1:20.186	1:19.662	26
5	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:20.576	1:20.084	1:19.846	22
6	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:20.603	1:20.350	1:20.114	20
7	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:20.520	1:20.251	1:20.287	25
8	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:20.598	1:20.219	1:20.418	21
9	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:20.681	1:20.324	1:20.477	21
10	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:20.564	1:20.343	1:20.561	23
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:20.630	1:20.353	—	20
12	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:20.539	1:20.433	—	15
13	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:20.548	1:20.438	—	20
14	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:20.653	1:20.534	—	20
15	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:20.629	1:20.629	—	19
16	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:20.761	—	—	9
17	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:20.864	—	—	11
18	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:20.907	—	—	9
19	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:21.058	—	—	10
20	Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	1:21.137	—	—	9

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:21.286	1:21.005	1:20.055	18
2	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:21.432	1:21.136	1:20.087	19
3	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:21.398	1:20.956	1:20.285	18
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:21.276	1:21.272	1:20.450	18
5	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:21.458	1:21.152	1:20.519	20
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:21.172	1:21.036	1:20.528	20
7	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:21.555	1:21.376	1:20.532	18
8	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:21.438	1:21.172	1:20.542	20
9	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:21.636	1:21.190	1:20.622	20
10	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:21.721	1:21.212	1:20.788	20
11	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:21.399	1:21.433	—	14
12	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:21.526	1:21.494	—	14
13	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:21.623	1:21.567	—	13
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:21.327	1:21.631	—	14
15	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:21.773	1:21.666	—	14
16	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:21.807	—	—	7
17	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:21.851	—	—	6
18	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:22.043	—	—	8
19	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:22.112	—	—	8
20	Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	1:22.364	—	—	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Gap	Laps
1	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren	1:20.924		29
2	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	1:20.982	+0.058	28
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	1:21.310	+0.386	26
4	Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	1:21.404	+0.480	20
5	Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	1:21.503	+0.579	30
6	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1:21.504	+0.580	27
7	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	1:21.609	+0.685	29
8	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:21.668	+0.744	31
9	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	1:21.669	+0.745	26
10	Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	1:21.698	+0.774	32
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	1:21.783	+0.859	23
12	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	1:21.794	+0.870	28
13	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	1:21.796	+0.872	28
14	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:21.824	+0.900	33
15	Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas	1:21.926	+1.002	26
16	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	1:21.926	+1.002	29
17	Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas	1:22.096	+1.172	30
18	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	1:22.424	+1.500	25
19	Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	1:22.562	+1.638	30
20	Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	1:23.529	+2.605	26

Session schedule

Practice 1Final28 Nov 2025 13:30 UTC

Sprint QualifyingFinal28 Nov 2025 17:30 UTC

SprintFinal29 Nov 2025 14:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal29 Nov 2025 18:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal30 Nov 2025 16:00 UTC

Championship after round 23

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Lando Norris NOR	408
2	Max Verstappen VER	396	▲1
3	Oscar Piastri PIA	392	▼1
4	George Russell RUS	309
5	Charles Leclerc LEC	230
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	152
7	Kimi Antonelli ANT	150
8	Alexander Albon ALB	73

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
McLaren	Oscar Piastri PIA	+0.136%	Lando Norris NOR
Red Bull Racing	Max Verstappen VER	+0.359%	Yuki Tsunoda TSU
Mercedes	George Russell RUS	+0.231%	Kimi Antonelli ANT
Racing Bulls	Isack Hadjar HAD	+0.103%	Liam Lawson LAW
Williams	Carlos Sainz SAI	+0.471%	Alexander Albon ALB
Aston Martin	Fernando Alonso ALO	+0.571%	Lance Stroll STR
Alpine	Pierre Gasly GAS	+0.565%	Franco Colapinto COL
Ferrari	Charles Leclerc LEC	+0.426%	Lewis Hamilton HAM
Kick Sauber	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	+0.225%	Gabriel Bortoleto BOR
Haas	Oliver Bearman BEA	+0.392%	Esteban Ocon OCO

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2024	Qatar Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	2
2023	Qatar Grand Prix	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	1
2021	Qatar Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1