F1 2023 Qatar GP – Sprint Shootout Results - TopCarNews

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Oscar Piastri took the top spot in the Sprint Shootout Qualifying session and will take pole position for Saturday evening’s Sprint, with McLaren teammate Land Norris coming in second.

Rookie Piastri set the best time of 1:24.454s in his first Formula 1 visit to Qatar, with Norris 0.082s behind.

Max Verstappen was beaten to third in his Red Bull, with George Russell taking fourth for Mercedes.

Carlos Sainz completed the top five, ahead of his Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, who finished sixth.

Nico Hulkenberg continued to show his impressive one-lap pace by placing his Haas in seventh ahead of Sergio Perez, who finished eighth in the second Red Bull.

Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon completed the top-10, failing to set a representative time.

	Position		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
	1		Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:24.454
	2		Lando Norris	McLaren	1:24.536	0.082
	3		Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:24.646	0.192
	4		George Russell	Mercedes	1:24.841	0.387
	5		Carlos Sainz Jr	Ferrari	1:25.155	0.701
	6		Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:25.247	0.793
	7		Nico Hulkenberg	Haas	1:25.320	0.866
	8		Sergio Perez	Red Bull	1:25.382	0.928
	9		Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
	10		Esteban Ocon	Alpine
	11		Pierre Gasly	Alpine
	12		Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
	13		Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
	14		Liam Lawson	AlphaTauri
	15		Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo
	16		Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
	17		Alex Albon	Williams
	18		Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
	19		Kevin Magnussen	Haas
	20		Logan Sargeant	Williams

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