DOHA: Max Verstappen boosted his late bid for a fifth successive drivers’ world championship on Sunday when he took full advantage of a McLaren strategic blunder to complete a sensational hat-trick of victories at the Qatar Grand Prix. 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 capitalized by driving with cool precision to triumph in convincing style.

Oscar Piastri claimed pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Lando Norris with Max Verstappen third

DOHA: Oscar Piastri took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix with a superb lap to push McLaren teammate and Formula 1 title rival Lando Norris down to second on the grid for…