Max Verstappen followed up securing his fourth world championship by winning a chaotic Qatar Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered another miserable evening in his penultimate Mercedes appearance.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton was penalised twice by the stewards and said his car was “broken” as he finished down in 12th spot in a race which saw Verstappen claim a dominant win.
Lando Norris had been on course to finish runner-up, but he was dealt a severe 10-second stop-and-go penalty for failing to slow under waved yellows, dropping him to 10th.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took advantage of Norris’ demise to take second place, six seconds behind Verstappen, and one spot ahead of McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. Russell finished fourth.
F1 QATAR GRAND PRIX - LATEST UPDATES
- Max Verstappen wins dramatic Qatar Grand Prix; Leclerc 2nd; Piastri 3rd
- Verstappen ‘lost all respect’ for George Russell after controversial F1 incident
- Esteban Ocon axed as Alpine confirm replacement driver for final race
- Comment: Why Lewis Hamilton needs his worst-ever F1 season to end now
Constructors’ Championship after Qatar GP
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Kieran Jackson
1. McLaren - 640 points
2. Ferrari - 619 points
3. Red Bull Racing - 581 points
4. Mercedes - 446 points
5. Aston Martin - 92 points
6. Alpine - 59 points
7. Haas - 54 points
8. RB - 46 points
9. Williams - 17 points
10. Sauber - 4 points
Esteban Ocon axed as Alpine confirm replacement driver for final F1 race of season in Abu Dhabi
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Jamie Braidwood
Esteban Ocon has been dropped by Alpine for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – with F1 rookie Jack Doohan replacing him.
Ocon, who has been a driver for the French team since the 2020 season, joins Haas next year and was expected to see out his five years at Alpine next week.
Yet after crashing out on lap one of the Qatar GP, Ocon’s time at Alpine has been stopped prematurely with Doohan stepping in for the final race.
Lewis Hamilton not expecting to leave Mercedes on a high after struggle in Qatar
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Kieran Jackson
Lewis Hamilton demanded to be withdrawn from Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix in the penultimate episode of his drawn-out divorce from Mercedes.
As Max Verstappen bounced back from being stripped of pole position to take victory – before launching a stinging attack on a “two-faced” George Russell – Hamilton was penalised twice by the stewards, claimed his car was “broken”, and then pleaded with Mercedes to retire him from the race.
He eventually took the chequered flag 12th of the 15 classified finishers.
Why Lewis Hamilton needs his worst-ever F1 season to end now
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Kieran Jackson
So often a figure of hope and optimism, it has been tough listening to Lewis Hamilton’s outright despondency on the airwaves in recent weeks. In many ways, stretching back to the Brazilian Grand Prix at the start of November, it has been a month which has been a stark microcosm of his final three years at Mercedes.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella on Norris’ penalty:
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Kieran Jackson
“We checked the data, Lando stays flat out. The requirement is very clear, responsibility of the driver to realise.
“At the same time, I think it’s quite peculair that the yellow flag was deployed and then removed but the situation was the same, debris on track. Unfortunate, I would say.
“I think we’ve lost any sense of proportion or specificity. Can we look at the infringement at the level of danger to the situation? Judge, using this kind of elements, rather than looking at any kind of rulebook full of dust on top of it. There’s an opportunity to do better from the FIA.”
Lando Norris after finishing 10th and receiving that 10-second stop-and-go penalty...
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Kieran Jackson
“Honestly, I don’t know what I did wrong, apparently I didn’t slow under the yellow. I’m not an idiot, if I had seen it I’d have slowed down. The rule is if I had slowed down.
“Of course it’s an opportunity missed, it’s quite obvious. The team gave me a great car today, disappointed that I did a worse job today, I made the job of the team much harder than it needed to be.
“I let them down today.”
F1 signs new long-term contract with Monza for the Italian Grand Prix
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Kieran Jackson
F1 has signed a new long-term contract with Monza, keeping the famous circuit on the calendar until 2031.
The Autodromo Nazionale Monza track, 12 miles north of central Milan, has hosted the Italian Grand Prix every year bar one since the inception of the Formula One world championship in 1950.
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Mick Schumacher makes shock career switch away from F1
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Kieran Jackson
Mick Schumacher has decided to leave his role as a Mercedes F1 reserve driver at the end of the 2024 season.
The 25-year-old German, son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, was dropped by Haas at the end of the 2022 season after a two-year run but in the two years since has been an understudy for George Russell and Lewis Hamilton at the Silver Arrows.
However, having not appeared once on an F1 weekend and having not secured a race seat for 2025, Schumacher has decided to leave the team and explore new opportunities after what he described as a “tough” two years watching in the garage.
Full story below:
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after finishing second:
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Kieran Jackson
“Coming into the weekend, we never said it within the team but we expected McLaren to score more points, so it’s a big surprise. As much as it’s going to be a stretch to get that constructors [title], we will give it all until the last lap. Today was very unexpected to finish above the McLarens, I’m really happy.
“It should be better [Abu Dhabi]. We definitely should be closer to McLaren, they were super strong today.”
Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari features in Bernie Ecclestone’s £300m car sale
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Kieran Jackson
Bernie Ecclestone is selling his entire collection of Formula One cars, which is expected to be worth more than £300m to the sport’s former supremo.
Ecclestone, 94, ran F1 for four decades and his lot of 69 cars – which spans 70 years of Grand Prix racing – is considered to be the greatest assembly of motor racing machines in the world.
The Ferrari which carried Michael Schumacher to his third of five consecutive world championships with the team leads the collection.
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Jenson Button on Norris’ penalty:
Sunday 1 December 2024 23:58
Kieran Jackson
“In terms of the rules, rules are the rules. It sounds unbelievably harsh... the rule is the issue, it’s a set rule that needs possibly looking at.”
Zhou Guanyu after finishing eighth for Sauber’s first points of the year:
Sunday 1 December 2024 22:11
Kieran Jackson
“I’m in a much better place, I felt good around there. Happy for the team.
“When you’re working hard and nothing is coming, it’s frustrating. It’s a relief. One to go for the guys and see what the future is.”
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff:
Sunday 1 December 2024 21:45
Kieran Jackson
“That was not a good day at the office, we lost all the balance in the car. Horrific understeer. In any case, the mistakes we collectively made, the drivers, the team, a lot to look at.
“The penalties were brutal, particularly to McLaren. It could cost the championship. It needs to be consistency, if a race director comes in and he has a hard stance, so be it.”
Max Verstappen sends expletive-laden message to George Russell after penalty incident
Sunday 1 December 2024 21:12
Kieran Jackson
Max Verstappen has told George Russell to “f*** off” after the pair clashed in the stewards’ room after qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.
Verstappen qualified on pole but after a lengthy deliberation involving both drivers, the stewards gave the 2024 F1 world champion a one-place grid penalty for impeding Russell on a warm-up lap in the final phase of qualifying.
Full piece below:
Lewis Hamilton after finishing 12th:
Sunday 1 December 2024 20:45
Kieran Jackson
“It didn’t go that great, these things happen. Don’t judge me by how many times I fall. gonna get up tomorrow and give it another go.
“The car and I don’t get along, we were very far off at the beginning. We didn’t have enough wing to start with, the cars were quite different, it wasn’t great to drive. My fault today, apologies for today, for false start and pit lane incident.
“I’m not thinking about it, even if it finishes like this weekend, that doesn’t define the journey we’ve been on and the journey we’ve had, I’ll give it everything we can.”
George Russell after finishing fourth:
Sunday 1 December 2024 20:22
Kieran Jackson
“We didn’t have the pace today. The speed we had totally disappeared, we need to understand why that was.
“P4 was a better result than what we deserved.
“I was right up behind Fernando, I didn’t see the debris. Easy to say in hindsight, not an easy call.
RACE REPORT: Max Verstappen wins chaotic Qatar Grand Prix after surprising Lando Norris penalty
Sunday 1 December 2024 20:06
Kieran Jackson
Max Verstappen followed up securing his fourth world championship by winning a chaotic Qatar Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered another miserable evening in his penultimate Mercedes appearance.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton was penalised twice by the stewards and said his car was “broken” as he finished down in 12th spot in a race which saw Verstappen claim a dominant win.
The Dutchman was stripped of pole position in the early hours of Sunday morning after he impeded George Russell in qualifying.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz after finishing sixth:
Sunday 1 December 2024 19:35
Kieran Jackson
“Today we lost more than we gained as an opportunity, we had a puncture. I didn’t have time to come into the pits, had to lose a lot of time, the safety car came out when I came out of the pits. A very unlucky situation which cost us a lot of race time.
“Sometimes racing is like that.
“The race was running smoothly up until then, I didn’t expect it to happen. I got a sudden puncture, a very unlucky situation.”
QATAR GP ATTENDANCE:
Sunday 1 December 2024 18:40
Kieran Jackson
154,973 - a new record for F1 Qatar.
Time for the podium!
Sunday 1 December 2024 18:23
Kieran Jackson
And the familiar tune of the Dutch and Austrian national anthems in Qatar!
Max Verstappen after finishing P1:
Sunday 1 December 2024 18:10
Kieran Jackson
“It was a very good race. The car was a lot better, that first stint was very fast. Lando and I were pushing each other.
“That was a lot of fun to be really pushing the tyre. Very happy, it’s been a while in the dry to be this competitive.”
Oscar Piastri after finishing third:
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:57
Kieran Jackson
“It was a tricky race, the cars at the front had similar pace to each other.
“It’s going to take everything we got to seal the [constructors’] deal.”
TOP-10 IN THE QATAR GRAND PRIX:
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:48
Kieran Jackson
1. Max Verstappen
2. Charles Leclerc
3. Oscar Piastri
4. George Russell
5. Pierre Gasly
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Zhou Guanyu
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Lando Norris (+fastest lap)
Lando Norris receives ‘unbelievably extreme’ penalty in dramatic Qatar Grand Prix
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:40
Kieran Jackson
Lando Norris received a shock 10-second stop-and-go penalty which sent the McLaren driver from second place to last place towards the end of a dramatic Qatar Grand Prix.
Norris was penalised by the stewards for failing to slow down in double-waved yellow flag conditions on the main straight.
Race leader Max Verstappen noticed that Norris did not slow down behind him and the stewards eventually made their call.
Full piece below:
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: George Russell recieves a penalty!
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:39
Kieran Jackson
Russell gets a five-second penalty for a safety car infringement after the race - but it won’t matter!
He will stay in fourth, having finished 6 seconds clear of Gasly on the track!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Max Verstappen wins the Qatar Grand Prix!
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:36
Kieran Jackson
Max Verstappen takes another victory in Lusail - with Charles Leclerc in second and Oscar Piastri in third!
4-10: Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen, Norris
Ferrari take the constructors’ battle down to the final race in Abu Dhabi!
What a dramatic end to that race!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Final lap!
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:34
Kieran Jackson
Verstappen leads by 6.4 seconds as we take the final lap!
Top-10: Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen, Norris
Norris sets the fastest lap...
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Norris up to P10 (Lap 55/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:34
Kieran Jackson
Norris is up to 10th ahead of Valtteri Bottas - he is lapping so much quicker than the cars ahead!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Norris surging through the field (Lap 52/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:28
Kieran Jackson
Norris now up to P12, and he could still get a point yet for McLaren!
Out in front, Verstappen’s lead to Leclerc is 5.1 seconds.
Top-10:Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen, Bottas
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Norris and Hamilton in the final two positions (Lap 49/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:23
Kieran Jackson
What a difference those penalties have made to this race!
Max Verstappen has a comfortable lead to Charles Leclerc of 4.3 seconds.
Top-10: Verstappen, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen, Albon
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lewis Hamilton receives a penalty (Lap 48/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:22
Kieran Jackson
And now Hamilton has a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit-lane!
Hamilton is asking to retire!
But he doesn’t! Hamilton drops to last behind Norris...
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lando Norris serves penalty (Lap 46/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:19
Kieran Jackson
What a shock that is! Hell of a call from the stewards!
Norris serves his stop and he drops to last in P15!
Blimey!
Norris: “For what?”
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lando Norris receives a penalty! (Lap 44/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:18
Kieran Jackson
Wow, this is huge for the race and for the constructors’ championship!
Lando Norris has been given a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for failing to slow under yellow flags!
Norris has to serve the penalty within the next three laps!
Big old penalty that!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Max Verstappen keeps the lead! (Lap 43/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:15
Kieran Jackson
A much better restart from Verstappen this time as he keeps P1, while Norris has to defend hard on the inside at turn 1 from Leclerc in third!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lando Norris under investigation (Lap 42/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:13
Kieran Jackson
Trouble for Lando!
He’s under investigation for failing to slow down when there were double yellow flags on the home straight!
Replays show he did not lift. He may be in trouble!
Safety car coming in...
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Perez and Hulkenberg out! (Lap 41/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:11
Kieran Jackson
Brilliant action there at the restart!
Perez and Hulkenberg are out though - another nightmare end to a race weekend for the Mexican!
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Russell, Gasly, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou, Magnussen
Verstappen did so so well to hold the lead at the start there!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Safety car comes in! (Lap 39/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:09
Kieran Jackson
Lando Norris and Max Verstappen were neck and neck after the restart, but the Red Bull just stays ahead!
Pierre Gasly runs wide for Alpine at turn one!
All action at the restart!
Sergio Perez, meanwhile, has “lost drive” and then got hit at turn 15! Nico Hulkenberg is also out of the race and is in the gravel!
Virtual safety car!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Cars going through the pit-lane (Lap 38/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:04
Kieran Jackson
Given the debris on the main straight, the cars are being led through the pit-lane!
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Perez, Gasly, Russell, Sainz, Zhou, Alonso
Great chance for Sauber to get their first points with Zhou Guanyu in ninth!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Verstappen and Norris pit (Lap 37/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 17:00
Kieran Jackson
The Red Bull’s stop was 0.8 secs quicker but both pit, as does Leclerc!
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Leclerc, Piastri, Perez, Gasly, Russell, Sainz, Alonso, Zhou
Lewis Hamilton has dropped to second-last in P16 - what a nightmare for the Mercedes man!
It has to be asked... why did it take two punctures for a safety car to come out? Seems ridiculous!
Safety car is going to go through the pit-lane...
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Safety car! (Lap 36/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:57
Kieran Jackson
Finally we have a safety car!
Cue mayhem in the pits.
Hamilton: “Trust me to have this luck!”
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz have punctures! (Lap 35/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:57
Kieran Jackson
Ludicrous stuff!
Hamilton and Sainz have punctures, presumably, from the debris on the main straight!
Why on earth was the mirror not cleared?
A lot of the frontrunners pitting now!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Verstappen’s lead to Norris is 2.3 seconds (Lap 33/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:55
Kieran Jackson
This is a tad bizarre.
The wing mirror is still on the straight and Valtteri Bottas has just run over it!
He’s smashed it into pieces!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Russell stuck behind Alonso (Lap 30/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:51
Kieran Jackson
Russell, now in 10th, can’t squeeze past Alonso in ninth.
Meanwhile, there’s a wing-mirror on the main straight - it looks like it flew off Alex Albon’s Williams quite randomly!
VSC incoming?
Verstappen’s lead to Norris is 1.6 seconds at this point.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Hamilton, Gasly, Alonso, Russell
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: George Russell pits (Lap 24/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:41
Kieran Jackson
Mercedes don’t let Piastri get ahead as they pit Russell, but it’s a very slow stop - 7 seconds!
He drops to 11th - when it should have been eighth at worse!
Nightmare for Russell!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Oscar Piastri right on the tail of George Russell (Lap 23/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:40
Kieran Jackson
Closest battle on track is for third, with Piastri within half-a-second of Russell!
Mercedes are struggling for pace compared to McLaren, here.
How long can Russell hold on?!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Oscar Piastri understeers at the final turn (Lap 17/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:32
Kieran Jackson
Chasing George Russell in third with DRS, Piastri goes a tad off track before the home straight - and loses a lot of ground!
Other than that, no movement in the pit-lane for the top-10 - as Norris sets the fastest lap and cuts the gap to Verstappen to 1.7 secs.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Hamilton, Magnussen, Gasly
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Lewis Hamilton receives a penalty (Lap 14/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:28
Kieran Jackson
Five-second penalty for the seven-time champion for that false start!
He’ll have to serve that at his first pit stop.
At the front, Verstappen’s lead has extended to two seconds to Norris.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Hamilton, Magnussen, Gasly
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Verstappen has a healthy lead (Lap 8/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:21
Kieran Jackson
Max Verstappen’s gap is 1.7 seconds to Lando Norris, who has a 1.2-second gap to George Russell.
Lewis Hamilton has been noted for a false start by the stewards, too.
Further back, Lance Stroll has retired from the race.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Piastri, Leclerc, Sainz, Perez, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Magnussen
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Oscar Piastri up to P4! (Lap 5/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:14
Kieran Jackson
Leclerc loses fourth at the restart, with Verstappen also keeping first quite comfortable after a smooth restart!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Safety car is ending! (Lap 4/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:12
Kieran Jackson
Verstappen slows the pack then ahead of the final turn as the safety car heads in, with Colapinto and Ocon’s car cleared!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Safety car! (Lap 3/57)
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:10
Kieran Jackson
Safety car still out.
Top-10: Verstappen, Norris, Russell, Leclerc, Piastri, Sainz, Perez, Alonso, Hamlton, Tsunoda
It was quite the collision at the back there, with Nico Hulkenberg also involved! Alex Albon was also spun round by Lance Stroll!
Looks like Lewis Hamilton may have made a false start, too, but did back out - hence he has dropped from sixth to ninth!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Max Verstappen takes the lead at the start!
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:06
Kieran Jackson
Terrific from Verstappen off the line, who takes the lead down the inside at turn one!
Lando Norris almost sneaks past Verstappen as well, but has to settle for second, with Russell down to third!
And we have a first lap SAFETY CAR - with Colapinto and Ocon stranded in the gravel at turn one!
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Formation lap!
Sunday 1 December 2024 16:01
Kieran Jackson
George Russell leads the 20-car pack around then for the formation lap.
Every car is on medium tyres apart from Nico Hulkenberg in 18th, who starts on the hard tyre.
One-stop race or perhaps two stops? We shall see!
Race start coming right up!
A reminder of the starting grid for the Qatar Grand Prix:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:58
Kieran Jackson
1. George Russell
2. Max Verstappen*
3. Lando Norris
4. Oscar Piastri
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Lewis Hamilton
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Sergio Perez
10. Kevin Magnussen
11. Pierre Gasly
12. Zhou Guanyu
13. Valtteri Bottas
14. Yuki Tsunoda
15. Lance Stroll
16. Alex Albon
17. Liam Lawson
18. Nico Hulkenberg
19. Franco Colapinto
20. Esteban Ocon
* Verstappen has been penalised one place for impeding Russell in qualifying
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: We’re almost at lights out!
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:55
Kieran Jackson
George Russell - somewhat controversially - is on pole position ahead of Max Verstappen, with Lando Norris in third place.
Verstappen’s blood will be boiling, but can he keep it under control?!
Who will hold the lead after turn one?!
Mercedes’ George Russell, who starts on pole...
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:53
Kieran Jackson
“I know he is, he’s already told me. It will be an interesting turn one.
“Lando is quick, Max is quick - but we just have to focus on our own race.”
Christian Horner on Verstappen’s penalty:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:51
Kieran Jackson
“For me, it was a football player taking a dive in the penalty box, you could argue George was going too fast behind. Not sure why we had a one-place grid penalty, if he needed anymore motivation...
“He’s wound up for this one!”
Rio Ferdinand on the grid in Qatar...
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:48
Kieran Jackson
“I’m here for the F1, I’m buzzing to be here. I’m back on the grid now.
“Lewis and Max Verstappen as well, I respect these elite sportsmen. Because I’ve not been for so long, the technology has gone through the roof.”
Time for the Qatar national anthem at the Lusail International Circuit!
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:45
Kieran Jackson
Performed by the Qatar Music Academy Choir!
F1 Academy champion Abbi Pulling:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:40
Kieran Jackson
“I knew it was my championship to lose, a high possibility to clinch the title, I’m so proud to have achieved it. One of my proudest moments, for sure.
“I don’t think people realise how much pressure was on this year, if I didn’t win my career was uncertain. I can go into Christmas knowing what I’m doing next year [GB3 Championship]!
“My Dad has not been able to come to any races this year, he’s been a bit poorly, but he flew out for this. I can’t thank my family enough for the sacrifices they’ve made.”
Max Verstappen, prior to being given a one-place grid penalty:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:35
Kieran Jackson
“We were all just driving slowly. I wouldn’t know what I could have done differently,” he said.
“The fact that I have to go [to the stewards’ office] is already very strange to me. Otherwise, next time I’ll just drive flat out too and pretend to crash [into the other car].”
“He should have braked. I braked. Just like the cars in front of me. And I don’t want to screw them. I’m honestly a bit done with all of this at the end of the season.”
Constructors’ Championship ahead of Qatar Grand Prix:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:30
Kieran Jackson
1. McLaren - 623 points
2. Ferrari - 593 points
3. Red Bull Racing - 556 points
4. Mercedes - 434 points
5. Aston Martin - 86 points
6. Haas - 52 points
7. Alpine - 49 points
8. RB - 46 points
9. Williams - 17 points
10. Sauber - 0 points
Oscar Piastri after qualifying P4:
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:22
Kieran Jackson
“We felt like we’d have good pace, everyone took a step and we just struggled to get much more out of it, I was happy with the lap we did. Walking away from that pretty happy with my performance.
“If we can win the race we’ll try and win the race. We’ll see what kind of race it is tomorrow.”
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Jenson Button on who should replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull if Mexican is dropped
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:17
Kieran Jackson
“Liam [Lawson] is brand new, he’s not done a full season. For me Yuki [Tsunoda] would be the one who’s more ready in the role.”
Ferrari ‘really interested’ in signing current F1 driver for 2025 season
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:12
Kieran Jackson
Zhou Guanyu says Ferrari are “really interested” in signing him up as a reserve driver for the 2025 season.
Ferrari have already confirmed their driver line-up for next year, with Lewis Hamilton replacing Carlos Sainz as Charles Leclerc’s teammate.
Chinese driver Zhou has been dropped by Sauber for 2025 after three years with the team. Both Zhou and Valtteri Bottas are departing, with Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto replacing them.
Full story below:
F1 Qatar GP LIVE: Drivers Parade!
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:06
Kieran Jackson
Driver Standings ahead of Qatar Grand Prix
Sunday 1 December 2024 15:00
Kieran Jackson
1. Max Verstappen - 404 points (champion)
