2025 Qatar Grand Prix – Sprint Qualifying F1 results (Lusail International)

Here are the complete F1 results from the sprint qualifying session at the Qatar Grand Prix, the 23rd round of the F1 2024 season at the Lusail International Circuit.

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri claimed pole position for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix sprint race.

F1 results from sprint qualifying at 2025 Qatar Grand Prix

Piastri clocked a fastest lap of 1:20.055 to set pole for the sprint, pipping Mercedes driver George Russell by just 0.032 seconds.

Lando Norris, Piastri’s McLaren teammate and the F1 2025 world championship leader, could only manage third after encountering traffic on his final lap of SQ3.

Norris will share the second row of the grid with Fernando Alonso, who put his Aston Martin in fourth.

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Yuki Tsunoda qualified ahead of Red Bull teammate and four-time world champion Max Verstappen for the first time this season to take fifth on the sprint grid.

Verstappen was heard complaining about the handling of his Red Bull RB21 throughout the session and will line up sixth.

Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli took the seventh-fastest time with Williams’ Carlos Sainz collecting eighth.

Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari and Sainz’s Williams teammate Alex Albon completed the top 10.

Further back, it was disappointment for Isack Hadjar who was eliminated in SQ2 after having his final lap of the session deleted.

Lewis Hamilton continued his poor form for Ferrari and could only manage 18th.

A full report from sprint qualifying at the Qatar Grand Prix is available at the bottom of this article.

Qatar Grand Prix qualifying 2025: SQ1 results

1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:21.172

2 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.104

3 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.114

4 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.155

5 Lando Norris McLaren +0.226

6 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.227

7 George Russell Mercedes +0.260

8 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.266

9 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.286

10 Oliver Bearman Haas +0.354

11 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.383

12 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +0.451

13 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.464

14 Alexander Albon Williams +0.549

15 Esteban Ocon Haas +0.601

ELIMINATED

16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin +0.635

17 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +0.679

18 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.871

19 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.940

20 Franco Colapinto Alpine +1.192

Qatar Grand Prix qualifying 2025: SQ2 results

1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:20.956

2 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.049

3 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.080

4 George Russell Mercedes +0.180

5 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.196

6 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.216

7 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.234

8 Alexander Albon Williams +0.256

9 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.316

10 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.420

ELIMINATED

11 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +0.477

12 Oliver Bearman Haas +0.538

13 Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber +0.611

14 Nico Hulkenberg Sauber +0.675

15 Esteban Ocon Haas +0.710

Qatar Grand Prix qualifying 2025: SQ3 results

1 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1:20.055

2 George Russell Mercedes +0.032

3 Lando Norris McLaren +0.230

4 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +0.395

5 Yuki Tsunoda Red Bull +0.464

6 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.473

7 Andrea Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.477

8 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.487

9 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.567

10 Alexander Albon Williams +0.733

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