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6+ min ago (247+ words) 2025 Qatar Grand Prix: Safety Car out as Hulkenberg and Gasly make contact on Lap 7 2025 Qatar Grand Prix: Verstappen jumps Norris to snatch P2 on the race start On a tense opening lap at the Lusail International Circuit, Oscar Piastri clung onto the lead while Lando Norris lost a position. Oscar Piastri confidently held onto the lead of the Qatar Grand Prix on the opening lap, while his McLaren team mate Lando Norris lost a position to title rival Max Verstappen. The three frontrunners all seemed to execute a good launch at lights out, but the Red Bull driver's determination to pass Norris saw him improve to P2 as they reached Turn 1, demoting the Briton to third place on a day when he needs to win in order to seal the championship. Norris unsuccessfully tried to come back at Verstappen, allowing Piastri to…...

25+ min ago (846+ words) Nov 30, 2025 | 4:00 PM EST The race at the bp Adelaide 500 had not even started when on the very first lap, Ryan Wood's aggressive move clipped the rear of Feeney, spinning him around. It sent him from the pole position to the back of the field, crushing his dreams and his season-long efforts. " Supercars (@supercars) November 30, 2025 His voice cracked post the race, as he said,That's the new system they've got. You can have a shocker in the last race of the year and it all falls apart" No matter what happened today, the thing was going to break down unfortunately." Feeney hasn't pretended to love every part of Supercars' new finals-style twist this year, but he's also made it clear he believes real racing should reward the guy who shows up fastest most weekends, not the one who survives the wildest…...

34+ min ago (351+ words) Red Bull's Max Verstappen produced a flawless drive at the Qatar Grand Prix to secure a crucial victory and set up a three-way title showdown next weekend in Abu Dhabi. The Dutchman entered the race with a critical task on his shoulders, needing to finish ahead of championship leader Lando Norris to avoid being eliminated from the title contention. Having started the race in third behind Norris, the reigning champion made a clean start and got past the McLaren driver right at the first corner of the opening lap, clearing the way for himself to chase down race leader Oscar Piastri. The race turned on its head several laps later when Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly collided on lap 7, prompting a perfectly timed safety car period to allow teams to commit to the two mandated 25-lap tire stints. Everyone pitted…...

37+ min ago (351+ words) Max Verstappen overtakes Lando Norris to take second place on the opening lap of the Qatar Grand Prix. (1:17) Max Verstappen has told Zak Brown to call him "Chucky" after the McLaren CEO likened the reigning champion's persistence in this year's title race to a villain in a horror movie. "He's like that guy in a horror movie, that right as you think he's not coming back, he's back!" Brown said. Verstappen's victory in Qatar means he is now Lando Norris' closest title rival, just 12 points behind the McLaren driver ahead of next weekend's season finale in Abu Dhabi. Asked what he thought of Brown's quotes and whether he felt as though he was in the heads of McLaren's team leadership Verstappen referenced the famous horror movie franchise Child's Play and its death-defying lead character. Verstappen took his 3rd straight win at…...

38+ min ago (341+ words) Defending champion Max Verstappen boosted his chances of a fifth consecutive Formula One crown by capturing the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. The Dutchman sliced his deficit behind championship leader Lando Norris by more than half before next weekend's final race in Abu Dhabi. He now trails the British driver by 12 points. Verstappen finished in 1:24.38.241, nearly eight seconds ahead of Norris' McLaren's teammate Oscar Piastri. Carlos Sainz (Williams) finished third, while Norris placed fourth. "It's all possible now!" Verstappen said. "We will see. I don't worry about it too much." Verstappen was aided by an early error from the McLaren team. Just seven laps into the race, Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly clashed on Turn 1. With the field slowed, all of the drivers, except for Piastri and Norris, went to the pits and needed only one additional required stop. The…...

40+ min ago (355+ words) Oscar Piastri expressed a deeper sense of disappointment after finishing second in Qatar than he experienced from being disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix earlier. The Australian driver had a prime starting position after securing pole in the Lusail night race, bolstered by a sprint victory on Saturday. However, a team strategy miscalculation cost him a potential win and affected his standings in the Formula One championship. Piastri's Pain: Strategic Misstep Costs McLaren Victory in Qatar Oscar Piastri expressed his disappointment after finishing second for McLaren in Qatar, citing this as a greater setback than his disqualification in Las Vegas. McLaren's strategic error during the race allowed Red Bull's Verstappen to capitalize, costing Piastri a potential win and impacting his championship standing. Oscar Piastri expressed a deeper sense of disappointment after finishing second in Qatar than he experienced from…...

51+ min ago (524+ words) Phillip van Osten 30/11/2025 at 20:3430/11/2025 at 21:20 Max Verstappen says that if McLaren want to call him a horror-movie villain, he's happy to play the part after snatching yet another win from their grasp at Lusail on Sunday. The Red Bull charger slashed his championship deficit to Lando Norris just 12 points with victory at the Qatar Grand Prix " a race McLaren should have controlled but instead handed away with a strategy misstep that detonated their Sunday. And when told that Zak Brown had compared him to the bad guy who "keeps coming back," Verstappen was quick to accept the role. In the post-race press conference, Verstappen laughed off Brown's comments " and even leaned into the metaphor. "You can call me Chucky," he laughed, the Dutchman referencing the demonic "Child's Play' character. "I don't know, I mean I saw it [Brown's comments] as…...

59+ min ago (272+ words) Max Verstappen showcased strategic prowess at the Qatar Grand Prix, capitalizing on McLaren's missteps to win. Starting third, he moved up swiftly as McLaren faltered with poor pitstop timing. This victory narrows his championship gap to 12 points from leader Lando Norris, with one race left. Verstappen's Strategic Masterclass Stuns McLaren at Qatar GP Max Verstappen showcased strategic prowess at the Qatar Grand Prix, capitalizing on McLaren's missteps to win. Starting third, he moved up swiftly as McLaren faltered with poor pitstop timing. This victory narrows his championship gap to 12 points from leader Lando Norris, with one race left. Max Verstappen demonstrated his tactical acumen at the Qatar Grand Prix, effortlessly capitalizing on McLaren's strategic blunders to clinch victory. The Red Bull driver, starting third, outmaneuvered his rivals as McLaren faced another pitstop debacle. In what was described as a 'strategy…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago (508+ words) Max Verstappen stunned McLaren and the Formula One world with a brilliantly timed strategic masterclass to win the Qatar Grand Prix. The win denied Lando Norris the chance to clinch his first world title and pushed the championship fight to a dramatic three-way finale in Abu Dhabi. What looked like a McLaren-controlled race weekend unravelled in a matter of laps, and Verstappen was perfectly positioned to capitalise. McLaren locked out the front row with Oscar Piastri on pole and Norris alongside him, while Verstappen lined up third. At lights out, the Red Bull driver pounced immediately, beating Norris into Turn 1 to grab second and placing himself directly behind Piastri. That early move would prove essential once the race's critical turning point arrived. On Lap 7, a safety car was deployed after a clash between Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly. While everyone…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (600+ words) Nov 30, 2025 | 3:08 PM EST After the checkered flag, Ty Majeski didn't hide how refreshing the whole night felt. "It's great," he said. "Just to have these races play out authentically, I think, is a good thing. Sometimes the cautions can breed cautions, and at this level, none of us can afford to tear up race cars with stages and stuff like that." Majeski loved it. "I thought it was very refreshing to see a race go 126 laps green. You rarely see that in today's day and age. So to me, that's old school. I thought it was a great race tonight, and mostly everybody gave plenty of room out there and was very respectful." " Short Track Scene (@ST_Scene) November 30, 2025 That's the keyword: "respectful'. Fifty of the best Super Late Model drivers in the country showed up" " Cup guys, Truck guys, weekend warriors,…...