McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri has emerged as the biggest threat to Lando Norris’s chances of winning the 2025 Formula 1 Driver Championship.

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli will closely monitor tyre wear over the Qatar Grand Prix after teams discovered several deep

McLaren's Oscar Piastri topped the only practice session of Formula 1's sprint weekend in Qatar, edging out team-mate and title rival Lando Norris in a last-minute flurry of qualifying runs in Doha.

The penultimate race weekend of the 2025 Formula One season is underway, with Max Verstappen’s Las Vegas victory in the previous round — along with the dramatic disqualification of both McLaren drivers — meaning the drivers’ championship is now a genuine three-way fight.

Oscar Piastri secured pole position for Saturday’s sprint race at the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix in Lusail. The McLaren driver topped the timesheets with a new track record of 1m 20.055s, edging out George Russell of Mercedes by just three hundredths of a second.

Formula One statistics for the Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail International Circuit, round 23 of the 24-race championship and sixth and final sprint race of the season:

The 2025 Qatar GP is set to be a potential title decider, with a sprint race schedule, weather updates, global broadcast info, and bold race predictions.

Oscar Piastri rediscovered form to take pole for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint and ensured he holds the upper hand over McLaren teammate Lando Norris and Red Bull

Oscar Piastri clinched pole position for the Sprint on Friday, boosting his Formula One title hopes at the Qatar Grand Prix.Piastri set the pace for the penultimate race weekend of the season

Pirelli warns of sharp gravel causing tire damage at the Qatar GP, raising puncture risk ahead of the Sprint and race as the title fight intensifies.

Lando Norris heads into the Qatar Grand Prix with a chance to seal the F1 title but Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri are chasing him down, while Lewis Hamilton wants to end the year on a high