The grid is formed for the F1 Sprint later on Saturday, with the F1 results in from Lusail from the Sprint Shootout.
The F1 results keep coming at Qatar, this time the Sprint Shootout has been taking place to set the grid for Saturday’s Sprint race.
Friday’s qualifying session set the grid for Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix, but Saturday is all about the Sprint, with the Shootout setting the grid for the Sprint itself later on Saturday. There was a significant track change before the session, as the track limits were moved in by 80cm at Turns 12 and 13 to try and discourage drivers from heading so wide on the kerbs, keeping their tyres intact in the process.
This came in the wake of the FIA announcing that there is likely to be a mandatory three-stop race on Sunday, after Pirelli spotted microscopic issues on the tyres after 20 laps of running, which delayed the start of the shootout. Track limits continued to play their part in the Sprint Shootout, however, with Logan Sargeant and Yuki Tsunoda both having lap times deleted that would have seen them get through into SQ2 – and for Sargeant, the denial of a time that would have seen him out-qualify Alex Albon for the first time at Williams.
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