Lando Norris dominated Saturday afternoon's sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix, but handed the victory to his teammate Oscar Piastri on the final lap.
Both McLarens had a great start, Lando Norris immediately broke away from the field. In the back regions, it was interesting to watch Max Verstappen struggle, the new world champion could not even get ahead of Pierre Gasly on the fourth lap. He managed to do so only on the eighth lap, which we usually do not see from him... Speaking of Red Bull Racing, it is also worth mentioning the "performance" of Sergio Perez, who could not even overtake Franco Collapint, who was starting from the pits (the Argentine racer did it immediately instead) and was in 19th place. It should be noted that the fact that someone can be a Formula 1 driver and a member of the Red Bull team like this is already bordering on the incredible... Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc, after a dramatic duel with Lewis Hamilton, rose to fifth place, so we saw the pattern of McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari. In the end, it did not change, only that on the last lap Lando Norris handed over the victory to Oscar Piastri, while George Russell still made it to the podium.
