F1 Qatar Grand Prix results: Who won, full classification, updated driver standings as Verstappen takes title race to the wire

Max Verstappen confirmed he will not give up his F1 title without a fight as he claimed a brilliant victory in Qatar.

F1 standings: Max Verstappen’s win in Qatar sends title chase to final race

The three-way fight for the 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship between Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri is heading to Yas Marina, and the final race of the season.

F1 driver standings at the top as Max Verstappen closes in after controversial incident

Max Verstappen is hovering right over Lando Norris' shoulder after the Qatar Grand Prix, with the F1 title battle now set to go down to the wire

F1 standings after Las Vegas Grand Prix disqualification, Lando Norris leads Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen

Prior to the disqualification of both McLarens in Vegas, Norris's position at the top of the F1 standings was much more secure. The Brit would have held a 30-point lead over Piastri, and a 42-point advantage over Verstappen. Ironically, Piastri is actually better off after the McLaren disqualification than before.

F1 Drivers’ Championship standings after Oscar Piastri wins Qatar Sprint

A look at the updated F1 Drivers’ Championship standings following the F1 Sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix, plus how Lando Norris can clinch a title tomorrow

One trophy, many ways to lose it: Lessons from F1’s past winner-take-all finales

Vettel was always the outside bet. He’d become F1’s youngest race winner in 2008, aged 21, but the pressure of his first championship fight through 2010 had tolled at points with some on-track errors. At no point had he led the standings, and it was only thanks to a late-season surge with wins in Japan and Brazil that he’d stayed in the hunt.
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