While Oscar Piastri added himself to the list of Formula 1 winners at the Qatar Grand Prix, and Max Verstappen became a three-time world champion, events took place elsewhere in the field.


For example, Charles Leclerc was involved in many battles: the Ferrari Monaco driver prevailed at the start of the race, but his soft tires ran out at the halfway point, and from then on the momentum waned, and the medium tires overtook him one by one. last.

Naturally, Leclerc tried to defend himself as much as he could. For example, he lost 4 thousandths of a second to maintain seventh place in front of Alexander Albon’s Williams.

However, it was all partly in vain, as he left the track several times, resulting in the pilot receiving a five-second penalty afterwards. Leclerc lost points with this, and was only classified 12th. In the points scoring area, Albon thus gained two points instead of one, and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) became the inherited eighth place holder with one point.

Lance Stroll was also penalized for the same infraction, with Aston Martin’s Canadian finishing 15th.