At the 2023 F1 Round 18 Qatar GP, Max Verstappen got the job done and brilliantly won his third world championship. There was joy elsewhere in the paddock, particularly at McLaren, but not everyone left Doha in such high spirits. Formula1.com has selected 5 winners and 5 losers from Marina Bay from the weekend at his circuit.
Winner: Max Verstappen Second place in Saturday’s sprint was enough for Max Verstappen to win his third world championship, putting him ahead of greats such as Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda and Sir Jackie Stewart. He was on par with the best players. The title was already decided before Sunday’s race, but Verstappen kept his foot off the gas in the main event, taking his 14th win in 17 Grands Prix this season. As a result, Verstappen broke Sebastian Vettel’s record for most led laps in a single season and had a huge 200 point lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez (the previous record for most wins was held by Vettel in 2013). 155 points). It was an overwhelming performance befitting a triple world champion in F1. After the race, Red Bull congratulated Verstappen on his title. Loser: Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz has been in great form since the end of the summer break, and with an impressive performance at the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix, he won the only race other than Red Bull. However, after finishing sixth in the sprint, there was no chance for the Prancing Horse to stretch his legs in the race as a fuel-related problem was not fixed by the time he took to the grid. His teammate Charles Leclerc finished fifth, reducing the gap to just eight points. Sainz didn’t even make it to the start line in Qatar. Winner: Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri is rapidly making a name for himself in F1, following his first podium at the Japanese Grand Prix and turning a P1 start in a sprint race into a victory. The McLaren racer backed that up on Sunday with a superb drive that took him from sixth to second, giving him his best Grand Prix result and his second podium in two races in a row. The 41 points he earned in Japan and Qatar are almost half of his total score for the season (83 points), and he ranks 9th in the drivers’ rankings. has been going strong since getting the McLaren upgrade. Loser: Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton, who said on the spot that Mercedes teammate George Russell had taken him out of the race at Turn 1, later claimed responsibility for the crash that sent Russell to last place. I admitted that I have it. Hamilton had a quick start by starting on soft tyres, but as he tried to pass Russell and pole-sitter Max Verstappen, he collided with another Silver Arrow. This is only the sixth time in his 17-year career that Hamilton has retired on the opening lap, the first being at the Belgian Grand Prix in 2022. This was also his first DNF of 2023, ending his previous all-race point scoring streak. Winner: Lando Norris Lando Norris was incredibly hard on himself as he made mistakes in both qualifying and the sprint shootout, costing him the front row. However, he recovered in both events and finished 3rd in the Sprint and 3rd in the Grand Prix (the latter starting 10th) to earn his third consecutive podium and a career-best fifth of the season. did. Piastri’s second place gave McLaren their second consecutive podium finish. McLaren last achieved it in 2010, when it moved them within 11 points of Aston Martin in the battle for fourth place in the constructors’ championship. Loser: Williams Williams was in good form as Alex Albon scored an unexpected point in Saturday’s sprint. Williams scored points in this format for the first time since it was introduced in 2021. However, Logan Sargent, who had been feeling weak after experiencing flu-like symptoms earlier in the week, retired after becoming “severely dehydrated during the race,” extending his no-points run to three races. Albon appeared to be in a position to score points, but his pace slowed as the Grand Prix progressed, and after finishing 13th, he headed to the medical center to be treated for acute heat stroke. It was a tough night for Williams as Albon’s race development fell apart. Winner: Alfa Romeo This was the race Alfa Romeo had been waiting for, with Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Chou and the team running a near perfect race to achieve their first double points finish of the season. Bottas started inside the top 10 and worked his way up to finish in 8th place. Zhou recovered brilliantly from 19th place to finish 9th, tying his best result of the season. As a result, the Swiss team moved into eighth place in the constructors’ championship, ahead of Haas. Williams, next target, has a seven-point lead. Zhou Guanyu had a great run and moved up from 19th to 9th place. Loser: Sergio Perez Sergio Perez is in trouble now after being blown away by Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen. Hamilton’s first-lap DNF gave Perez and the Mercedes driver some breathing room in the battle for second place in the drivers’ standings. However, Perez was unable to keep his car within track limits and was given a 15-second time penalty for a series of violations. He has failed to reach the podium in any of the last three races, gaining one point for 10th place and increasing the gap to Hamilton to 30, but he has shown that Red Bull expect much better from him. I know. Winner: Esteban Ocon This was one of Esteban Ocon’s strongest drives of the season, as the Alpine racer finished seventh (his best result of the season after third place in Monaco). This was his second straight point score and moved him within two points of teammate Pierre Gasly in the drivers’ standings, but with more than 40 laps remaining, he was still in his helmet. Thinking about vomiting…
2023-10-14 23:00:05
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