Max Verstappen Wins, Teams Title Race Goes On After Lando Norris Penalty At Qatar Grand Prix
Max Verstappen avenged his overnight demotion from pole position by clinching his ninth win of the season and 63rd of his career with a dominant triumph for Red Bull in Sunday's crash-hit and controversial Qatar Grand Prix. In a race shaped by a litany of stewards' decisions and penalties, including a harsh late 10-second ‘stop-go' for Lando Norris of McLaren, the newly-crowned four-time world champion was flawless as he came home six seconds ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc. That result meant McLaren, even with Oscar Piastri finishing third, were unable to clinch a first constructors title since 1998 and have to try again in the final race in Abu Dhabi next weekend.
