Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko thinks it was "obvious" Andrea Kimi Antonelli let Lando Norris through on purpose at the end of Formula 1's Qatar Grand Prix.

Norris looked set to finish fifth behind Antonelli after a botched strategy call left him out of podium contention, with overtaking on Doha's Losail circuit very challenging without a significant speed advantage.

But on the penultimate lap Antonelli made a mistake by slipping the rear tyres and drifting off the track, allowing Norris to snatch away fourth and with it two crucial championship points, as he now heads to Abu Dhabi with a 12-point lead on Verstappen instead of 10.

On the radio Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase said it felt like Antonelli had just waved Norris by, and the team's veteran advisor Marko has c

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