Qualifying for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix ended with Oscar Piastri on pole, a Sprint and Grand Prix pole double for the Australian.

After victory in the Sprint from pole, Oscar Piastri took the momentum into Grand Prix qualifying, his deficit to Lando Norris at the top of the standings down to 22 points. Verstappen, meanwhile, now 25 off P1, is approaching last chance saloon territory.

2025 Qatar Grand Prix qualifying underway

Norris was atop Q1 ahead of the final runs, but with the track ramping up, it was all to play for.

Franco Colapinto, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson needed a better lap to avoid Q1 elimination.

Norris topped Q1 from Piastri. Out was Tsunoda, Ocon, Lewis Hamilton, Stroll and Colapinto. That makes it back-to-back Q1 eliminations for Hamilto

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