F1 set for final-race showdown

Motorsport
By AFP | Dec 02, 2025
 Red Bull Racing's Dutch driver Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Formula One Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit in Lusail on November 30, 2025. [AFP]

The three-way F1 title fight will go down to the last race of the season after Max Verstappen took full advantage of a McLaren blunder to win the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday. 

The Red Bull driver made an immediate pit stop during an early safety car intervention, when McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris stayed out, and he capitalised by driving with cool precision to triumph in convincing style.

 His win lifted him into second place in the title race with 396 points.

 

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