Qatar 2025: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Piastri	McLaren	1:20.234	1:19.650	1:19.387
2	Norris	McLaren	1:20.157	1:19.861	1:19.495	+0.108
3	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:20.472	1:19.985	1:19.651	+0.264
4	Russell	Mercedes	1:20.074	1:20.186	1:19.662	+0.275
5	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:20.576	1:20.084	1:19.846	+0.459
6	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:20.603	1:20.350	1:20.114	+0.727
7	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:20.520	1:20.251	1:20.287	+0.900
8	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:20.598	1:20.219	1:20.418	+1.031
9	Gasly	Alpine	1:20.681	1:20.324	1:20.477	+1.090
10	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:20.564	1:20.343	1:20.561	+1.174
11	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:20.630	1:20.353		+0.703
12	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:20.539	1:20.433		+0.783
13	Bearman	Haas	1:20.548	1:20.438		+0.788
14	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:20.653	1:20.534		+0.884
15	Albon	Williams	1:20.629	1:20.629		+0.979
16	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:20.761			+0.687
17	Ocon	Haas	1:20.864			+0.790
18	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:20.907			+0.833
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:21.058			+0.984
20	Colapinto	Alpine	1:21.137			+1.063

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Piastri	McLaren	1:21.286	1:21.005	1:20.055
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:21.432	1:21.136	1:20.087	+0.032
3	Norris	McLaren	1:21.398	1:20.956	1:20.285	+0.230
4	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:21.276	1:21.272	1:20.450	+0.395
5	Tsunoda	Red Bull	1:21.458	1:21.152	1:20.519	+0.464
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:21.172	1:21.036	1:20.528	+0.473
7	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:21.555	1:21.376	1:20.532	+0.477
8	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:21.438	1:21.172	1:20.542	+0.487
9	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:21.636	1:21.190	1:20.622	+0.567
10	Albon	Williams	1:21.721	1:21.212	1:20.788	+0.733
11	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	1:21.399	1:21.433		+0.477
12	Bearman	Haas	1:21.526	1:21.494		+0.538
13	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	1:21.623	1:21.567		+0.611
14	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	1:21.327	1:21.631		+0.675
15	Ocon	Haas	1:21.773	1:21.666		+0.710
16	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:21.807			+0.635
17	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:21.851			+0.679
18	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:22.043			+0.871
19	Gasly	Alpine	1:22.112			+0.940
20	Colapinto	Alpine	1:22.364			+1.192

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Piastri	McLaren	1	26:51.033	8
2	Russell	Mercedes	2	+4.951	7
3	Norris	McLaren	3	+6.279	6
4	Verstappen	Red Bull	6	+9.054	5
5	Tsunoda	Red Bull	5	+19.327	4
6	Antonelli	Mercedes	7	+21.391	3
7	Alonso	Aston Martin	4	+24.556	2
8	Sainz Jr.	Williams	8	+27.333	1
9	Hadjar	Racing Bulls	11	+28.206
10	Albon	Williams	10	+28.925
11	Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	13	+32.966
12	Bearman	Haas	12	+34.529
13	Leclerc	Ferrari	9	+35.182
14	Lawson	Racing Bulls	16	+36.916
15	Ocon	Haas	15	+38.838
16	Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	14	+39.638
17	Hamilton	Ferrari	PL	+46.171
18	Gasly	Alpine	PL	+1:09.534
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	PL	+1:17.960
20	Colapinto	Alpine	PL	+1:20.804

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	3	57	1:24:38.241	2	Honda RBPT
2	Oscar PiastriFastest lap	McLaren	1	57	+7.995	2	Mercedes
3	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	7	57	+22.665	2	Mercedes
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	2	57	+23.315	2	Mercedes
5	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	5	57	+28.317	2	Mercedes
6	George Russell	Mercedes	4	57	+48.599	2	Mercedes
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	8	57	+54.045	2	Mercedes
8	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	10	57	+56.785	2	Ferrari
9	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	12	57	+1:00.073	2	Honda RBPT
10	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	15	57	+1:01.770	2	Honda RBPT
11	Alexander Albon	Williams	14	57	+1:06.931	2	Mercedes
12	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	17	57	+1:17.730	2	Ferrari
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	19	57	+1:24.812	2	Ferrari
14	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	PL	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	16	56	+1 lap	3	Ferrari
16	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	9	56	+1 lap	2	Renault
17	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	18	55	Collision damage	3	Mercedes
18	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	6	55	Puncture	2	Honda RBPT
DNF	Oliver Bearman	Haas	13	41	Pit stop issue	3	Ferrari
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	11	6	Collision	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Bortoleto Qualified 14, started 19 · 5-place penalty
Colapinto Qualified 20, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Bortoleto19→13+6
ColapintoPL→14+6
Tsunoda15→10+5
Hamilton17→12+5
Sainz Jr.7→3+4
Lawson12→9+3
Albon14→11+3
Verstappen3→1+2
Leclerc10→8+2
Alonso8→7+1
Ocon16→15+1
Stroll18→17+1
Antonelli5→50
Piastri1→2-1
Norris2→4-2
Russell4→6-2
Gasly9→16-7
Hadjar6→18-12

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Piastri27.853R42
2Hadjar27.931R32
3Norris27.938R25
4Stroll28.064R24
5Lawson28.078R32
6Stroll28.124R7
7Verstappen28.168R32
8Sainz Jr.28.181R32
9Bortoleto28.234R32
10Norris28.243R44

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen725252 stops
Piastri2418152 stops
Sainz Jr.725252 stops
Norris2519132 stops
Antonelli725252 stops
Russell725252 stops
Alonso725252 stops
Leclerc725252 stops
Lawson725252 stops
Tsunoda725252 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

StrollCollision damage, classified P17Aston Martin
HadjarPuncture, classified P18Racing Bulls
BearmanPit stop issueHaas
HülkenbergCollisionKick Sauber

This race in history

3 races here since 2021Won from pole: 2 of 3

Win from furthest back (P2): Max Verstappen 2024

Most wins here

2 Max Verstappen

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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