Max Verstappen may have secured pole position for Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix; however, he won’t line up P1.

Newly-crowned world champion Max Verstappen was stripped of pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix for impeding Mercedes driver George Russell in qualifying on Saturday. Red Bull's Verstappen was given a one-place grid penalty for blocking Russell with the British driver starting on pole instead of the Dutchman.

Max Verstappen has lost pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix, getting a rare one-place grid penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly.

Australia's Oscar Piastri wins the F1 sprint race in Qatar with some help from teammate Lando Norris, while Max Verstappen has pole taken away from him for driving "unnecessarily slowly".

Max Verstappen penalised for driving unnecessarily slowly in incident that forced George Russell to take evasive action in closing stages of qualifying; watch the Qatar GP live on Sky Sports F1 at 4pm on Sunday,

Lando Norris has dismissed as “comedy” a reported claim by Max Verstappen that he could have secured the Formula 1 title earlier if he’d had the same McLaren car as Norris, his closest challenger

Lando Norris joked that Max Verstappen should go into comedy after the Red Bull driver claimed he would have won this year’s F1 world title sooner if he was driving in a McLaren. Verstappen sealed his fourth successive world championship in Las Vegas last weekend,

Max Verstappen has been summoned after qualifying, having taken pole position around the Lusail International Circuit.