Max Verstappen won the Qatar Grand Prix to ensure he remains squarely in the world championship fight which, with title leader Lando Norris in fourth and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, will now be a three-way fight to the finish at the season finale next week in Abu Dhabi, with just 16 points separating all three drivers.

Verstappen won from third after a superb drive but was given an enormous leg-up when McLaren made a glaring strategy error in failing to pit both their drivers under an early safety car when the rest of the field did so to take a free stop. It ensured Verstappen took the lead and as the stops played out he could not be caught. While Norris took damage when he went wide and was unable to stay with the two leaders and Carlos Sainz who was third and dropped

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