LOSAIL (QATAR) (ITALPRESS) – Oscar Piastri confirms what was good seen at the end of Friday’s sprint qualifying and takes home the short race of the Qatar Grand Prix, thanks also and above all to Britain’s Lando Norris, who from poleman and unchallenged leader then ceded victory to his teammate, returning a ‘favorè that the Australian had done him two Grands Prix ago in Brazil. A one-two McLaren that gives a slap in the face to the ambitions for the Constructors’ World Championship of Ferrari, which failed to go beyond the fourth and fifth starting places with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. The race pace of the Rossa was good, but with only nineteen laps to spare, it was unable to catch the two McLarens, also finishing behind the Mercedes of George Russell, third on the podium. Sixth, on the other hand, was the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, the protagonist of an excellent start – with Sainz’s wag that allowed the future Ferrarista to momentarily overtake Leclerc in fifth position -, while the newly crowned four-time world champion Max Verstappen disappointed, finishing only eighth, losing three positions at the start and finishing under the checkered flag right behind Hamilton and also the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg. – Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
