Max Verstappen secured his ninth win of the season in the Qatar Grand Prix, finishing ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri. The race was marred by a rouge mirror that sat on the track for several laps, causing punctures to Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton's tyres and raising safety concerns.
Max Verstappen has won a dramatic Qatar Grand Prix, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri.A rouge mirror and the failure of race officials to clear it off the track has been deemed "dangerous" by a former world champion, and blown Formula 1 's constructors' championship wide open.
The mirror sat in the middle of the main straight at the Losail Circuit for several laps with officials not calling a safety car to clear it.Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton almost immediately suffered punctured tyres after appearing to drive over the debris.Only then was a safety car called by race officials, something former F1 world champion Jenson Button said should not have taken as long.
Meanwhile, Ferrair narrowed the gap to McLaren as the constructors' championship goes down to the season finale next weekend in Abu Dhabi. Norris was able to salvage 10th place and the fastest lap of the race to score two — potentially vital — points.
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