Newly crowned world champion Max Verstappen dominates as McLaren pair claim second successive podium and Mercedes drivers clash at first corner.
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Drivers restricted to a total tyre life 18 laps for today's Grand Prix, though there is no direct mandate for three tyre stops.
"He's up there with the very best," insists Christian Horner, as Max Verstappen joins an elite club whose members include names like Brabham, Senna, Lauda and Stewart.
Ahead of an announcement regarding the possibility of changing the rules for the Grand Prix, Pirelli's Mario Isola explains the issue with the tyres in Qatar.
Today's post-Sprint and Champion's press conference with Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris.
And there it is. Max's third World Championship. He now joins some of the great names - Brabham, Piquet, Lauda, Senna and Sir Jackie Stewart.
An excellent Saturday for the entire team, with Oscar landing his first Sprint win, and a third place finish for Lando.
It is not worth speculating about strategies, given that we must wait for the outcome of our on-going analysis and then see if this has any regulatory effect on how the race will be run.
Points were a reasonable target tonight, and we had a realistic chance to bring home at least one.
The two Safety Car periods helped the soft tyre runners get to the end, and we couldn't really make progress.
We can be pleased with our pace today and starting P2 and P3 tomorrow provides us with a good opportunity to extend our advantage over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship.
Alpine left today's Sprint Race empty-handed as Pierre Gasly finished ninth and Esteban Ocon retired from a chaotic 19-lap showdown.