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2025 Qatar Grand Prix

28 November 2025 — Lusail, Qatar — Won by Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing)

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The story in three sentences

Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) won the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix ahead of Oscar PIASTRI by +7.995s. Fastest median race pace went to PIA (McLaren) at 1:25.010 per lap on clean laps — track position and strategy decided the result.

Final classification (top 10)

Pos	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max VERSTAPPEN	Red Bull Racing	0
2	Oscar PIASTRI	McLaren	7.995
3	Carlos SAINZ	Williams	22.665
4	Lando NORRIS	McLaren	23.315
5	Kimi ANTONELLI	Mercedes	28.317
6	George RUSSELL	Mercedes	48.599
7	Fernando ALONSO	Aston Martin	54.045
8	Charles LECLERC	Ferrari	56.785
9	Liam LAWSON	Racing Bulls	60.073
10	Yuki TSUNODA	Red Bull Racing	61.77

Top pace (median lap time, clean laps)

#	Driver	Team	Median	Gap
1	PIA	McLaren	1:25.010	—
2	NOR	McLaren	1:25.236	+0.226s
3	VER	Red Bull Racing	1:25.405	+0.395s
4	SAI	Williams	1:26.195	+1.185s
5	ANT	Mercedes	1:26.425	+1.415s

"Median pace" filters out outlaps, in-laps, and slow laps (over 7% above the field median). It's the single best indicator of true race pace.

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