Piastri wins Qatar sprint to trim Norris's lead to 22 points

VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ACTION FROM QATAR GRAND PRIX SPRINT RACE RESENDING WITH SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT SHOWS: LUSAIL, QATAR (NOVEMBER 29, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MCLAREN'S OSCAR PIASTRI SMILING BEFORE THE SPRINT RACE 2. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF MCLAREN MECHANICS PUSHING PIASTRI'S CAR INTO POSITION BEFORE THE RACE 3. STILL PHOTOGRAPH CELEBRITY CHEF GORDON RAMSEY (RIGHT) AND METALLICA SINGER JAMES HETFIELD (LEFT) LAUGHING TOGETHER BEFORE THE RACE 4. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FANS HOLDING A POSTER OF MCLAREN'S LANDO NORRIS' FACE 5. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CARS ON WAY INTO TURN 1 WITH PIASTRI IN THE LEAD FOLLOWED BY MERCEDES' GEORGE RUSSELL WHO IS FLANKED BY NORRIS (RIGHT) AND RED BULL'S YUKI TSUNODA (LEFT) 6. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF NORRIS AHEAD OF VERSTAPPEN ON THE OPENING LAP 7. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF PIASTRI IN THE LEAD 8. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF RED BULL'S YUKI TSUNODA 9. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF FERRARI'S LEWIS HAMILTON AHEAD OF ALPINE'S PIERRE GASLY 10. STILL PHOTOGRAPH OF OSCAR PIASTRI'S CAR STORY: McLaren's Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race from pole position and for the third year in a row on Saturday (November 29) to trim teammate Lando Norris's Formula One championship lead to 22 points. Mercedes's George Russell finished second, 4.951 seconds behind the Australian whose win was his first of any sort since the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August, with Norris third and Red Bull's Max Verstappen fourth. Norris now has 396 points with Piastri on 374 and Verstappen on 371 with 50 remaining to be won. Piastri's win was his first in a sprint this season and he was never challenged or troubled from the moment the lights went out, with Russell and Norris almost touching in the race for the first corner but avoiding contact. Verstappen complained again that the bouncing that had plagued him in qualifying was back but he still made up two places on his starting position. (Production: Simon Ormiston)

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