Relive Oscar Piastri's victory in the Qatar Sprint race with live commentary

The penultimate meeting of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix hosts the sixth Sprint of the 2024 season. This event, of around 100km, will take place this Saturday from 15 p.m. French time and will see Lando Norris (McLaren) start from the first position, in front of the Mercedes by George Russell. Winner of the Las Vegas Grand Prix last week, the Silver Arrow driver would like to continue in the same vein. Oscar piastri (McLaren) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will share the second line, in front Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Max Verstappen (Red Bull). On the French side, Pierre Gasly (Alpine) will start 8th and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) 17th.

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Qatar GP Sprint Race
The Sprint Race live commentary

15:36 p.m. – Thank you all for following this live commentary of the last Sprint race of the season. Join us at 18:45 p.m. tonight for the live commentary of the qualifying rounds of the Qatar Grand Prix!

15:32 p.m. – The ranking of this Qatar Sprint race won by Oscar Piastri: 

T19/19 – 🏁 Lando Norris hands victory to Oscar Piastri on the line! McLaren double in this Sprint race ahead of George Russell!  

T19/19 – Russell tries once again to overtake Piastri, but the latter stays in front.

T19/19 – Last round!

T18/19 – Penultimate lap of the race and fastest lap for Charles Leclerc.

T17/19 – Three laps remaining in this Sprint race.

T16/19 – In this situation, McLaren would take six points back from Ferrari.

T15/19 – ⚒️ Sergio Perez in the pits for a front wing change.

T15/19 – Five laps left in this Sprint race. Norris waits for Piastri to give him back the DRS.

T14/19 – As Norris heads off, Piastri finds himself exposed to Russell's attacks.

T14/19 – Fastest lap for Lando Norris.

T13/19 – Charles Leclerc on the attack on Lewis Hamilton ! The two drivers remain wheel to wheel for several turns and it is the Monegasque who takes the advantage for fifth place!

T12/19 – Fastest lap for Carlos Sainz. 

T12/19 – This Sprint race looks more like a procession so far.

T11/19 – Guanyu-Zhou, last, goes to the pits to take off the Soft tires.

T10/19 – Sergio Pérez took time to start from the pit lane, which benefited Franco Colapinto who overtook him on the exit.

T10/19 – Charles Leclerc catches up with Lewis Hamilton, himself distanced by Carlos Sainz.

T9/19 – Russell tries his luck again on Piastri at the first corner, but the Australian still holds on to second place.

T8/19 – Max Verstappen returns to the points zone by overtaking Pierre Gasly at the first corner.

T7/19 – 💬 Norris says on the radio that he tries to give DRS to his teammate every lap.

T7/19 – A DRS train forms from Norris to Hamilton, that is, the first five.

T6/19 – Norris still in the lead with Piastri in the DRS zone.

T5/19 – Max Verstappen suffers a lot from understeer.

T4/19 – Russell attacks Piastri at the first corner, but the Australian keeps second place!

T3/19 – The very bad operation is for Liam Lawson, now 17th while he started 10th.

T3/19 – Nico Hulkenberg on the contrary, invited himself into the points with 7th place.

T2/19 – Max Verstappen lost three places at the start and finds himself only ninth, behind Pierre Gasly.

T2/19 – DRS is authorized.

T1/19 – Lewis Hamilton also had a good start, now fifth ahead of Charles Leclerc.

T1/19 – Lando Norris maintains the advantage at the first corner, Oscar Piastri surprises George Russell at the second corner for second place!

15:03 p.m. – 🟢 Start of the Qatar Grand Prix Sprint race!

15h01 - Only Guanyu Zhou is on Softs at the start of this Sprint race. All the others have decided to wear Mediums.

15h00 - The formation lap is underway. Sergio Pérez and Franco Colapinto take up positions at the end of the pit lane.

14h58 - The temperatures are much milder this season compared to last year's Qatar Grand Prix with 21°C in the air. The change of dates is no stranger to this.

14h55 - This is the second time this season that Lando Norris will start from pole position in a Sprint race after China.

14h52 - 19 laps will be on the program for this Sprint race in Qatar.

14h50 - One of the news items of the morning is the announcement of Paul Aron as the third driver at Alpine next season.

Alpine recruits Paul Aron as reserve driver for 2025

14h49 - Discover the starting grid for this last Sprint race of the 2024 season. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and Franco Colapinto (Williams) will start from the stands after modifications made under the Parc Fermé regime.

14h47 - The main final challenge at the end of the season, now that the Drivers' title is already secured for Max Verstappen, is winning the Constructors' title. McLaren is currently in the lead with a 24-point lead over Ferrari.

14:45 p.m. – 👋 Hello everyone! Welcome to this live commentary to follow together the Sprint race of the Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2024 season of Formula 1. Departure is scheduled for 15:00 p.m.!

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