Qatar Grand Prix: Piastri starts from pole in the sprint

Photo gallery: 28/11. Qatar Grand Prix, Friday © Editorial Office of F1News.Ru 1997–2025. Mass media registration certificate El. No. FS77-29173. Registered with the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media. F2: Stewards fined pole-sitter Göte After the Formula 2 qualifying in Qatar, the stewards penalized pole-sitter Oliver Goethe. Only nine people can now visit Michael Schumacher. We have already reported that an appeal trial has begun in Wuppertal, Germany, in the case concerning the blackmail of Michael Schumacher's family. The driver's wife, Corinna, drew conclusions from this unpleasant episode and has limited the number of people who can visit the seven-time world champion. George Russell: Attacking in Qatar is great. George Russell was very quick on Friday, just three hundredths of a second off the pole time… Leclerc: There was potential to qualify in the top five. Charles Leclerc reached the final of sprint qualifying in Qatar, where he posted the ninth-best time. For his Ferrari teammate, Lewis Hamilton, the session again went badly — the seven-time world champion was eliminated in the first session after posting the eighteenth-best time. Oscar Piastri: We're in great form this weekend. Oscar Piastri posted the fastest time in sprint qualifying in Qatar and will start Saturday's sprint from pole for the second time this season.