Qatar Grand Prix 2025 Race Completed

2025 Qatar Grand Prix Race

Lusail 30 Nov 2025, 19:00 local

Max Verstappen won the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix at Lusail. Piastri finished second and Sainz third. Piastri had started from pole. The race ran in dry conditions, with track temperatures around 28°C.

Session: Race
Date: 30 Nov 2025
Start: 19:00 local
Winner: Max Verstappen
Pole: Oscar Piastri
Fastest lap: 1:22.996

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / gap	Pts
1	1 Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing	3 +2	57	1:24:38.241	25
2	81 Oscar Piastri PIA FL	McLaren	1 -1	57	+7.995	18
3	55 Carlos Sainz SAI	Williams	7 +4	57	+22.665	15
4	4 Lando Norris NOR	McLaren	2 -2	57	+23.315	12
5	12 Kimi Antonelli ANT	Mercedes	5	57	+28.317	10
6	63 George Russell RUS	Mercedes	4 -2	57	+48.599	8
7	14 Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin	8 +1	57	+54.045	6
8	16 Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	10 +2	57	+56.785	4
9	30 Liam Lawson LAW	Racing Bulls	12 +3	57	+60.073	2
10	22 Yuki Tsunoda TSU	Red Bull Racing	15 +5	57	+61.770	1
11	23 Alexander Albon ALB	Williams	14 +3	57	+66.931	—
12	44 Lewis Hamilton HAM	Ferrari	17 +5	57	+77.730	—
13	5 Gabriel Bortoleto BOR	Kick Sauber	19 +6	57	+84.812	—
14	43 Franco Colapinto COL	Alpine	20 +6	56	+1 lap	—
15	31 Esteban Ocon OCO	Haas F1 Team	16 +1	56	+1 lap	—
16	10 Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine	9 -7	56	+1 lap	—
DNF	18 Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin	18	55	DNF	—
DNF	6 Isack Hadjar HAD	Racing Bulls	6	55	DNF	—
DNF	87 Oliver Bearman BEA	Haas F1 Team	13	41	DNF	—
DNF	27 Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Kick Sauber	11	6	DNF	—

Race replay

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Speed Lap 1 0:00

Analysis

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Cleaned laps for the top ten finishers. Pit-out laps are omitted.

Median sector times for the top ten finishers, stacked into a representative lap.

Median speed-trap reading (km/h) for the top ten finishers.

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Stint compounds across the race, ordered by finishing position.

Race report

The story of the race, read from the timing data

Winner Max Verstappen From P3 on the grid

Pole position Oscar Piastri Started P1

Fastest lap Oscar Piastri 1:22.996 on lap 44

Winning margin 7.995s Over Oscar Piastri

Top speed 341 km/h Yuki Tsunoda

Fastest pit stop 27.85s Oscar Piastri

Biggest mover Gabriel Bortoleto Gained 6 places

Safety cars 1

Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix from P3 on the grid at Lusail. The winning margin was 7.995 seconds over Oscar Piastri, with Carlos Sainz completing the podium.

Oscar Piastri set the fastest lap of the race, a 1:22.996 on lap 44. Yuki Tsunoda recorded the highest speed-trap reading at 341 km/h.

Most of the grid started on the medium compound, the field made 41 pit stops in total, the quickest of them belonging to Oscar Piastri at 27.85 seconds. There was one safety-car period.

Gabriel Bortoleto was the biggest mover, climbing 6 places to finish P13. 4 cars retired.