Dec 04 2024 49 mins 3
A one-place grid penalty was brushed aside by Max Verstappen in Qatar: within about 25 seconds of the lights going out - for as long as it took to float into T1 on the inside of George Russell, RB20 perfectly-balanced - it was Max in front, with everyone else in his turbulence. Lando Norris fought him hard but was eventually (and needlessly, in our opinion) penalised for not respecting yellow flags. Russell, ironically, was also penalised for a Safety Car infraction...which left P2 to Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, thereby keeping the Constructors' championship very much alive. Here are all of Peter's summings-up from the three days of Qatar - plus the additional content he produced on race morning, when news broke of Verstappen's penalty.
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