The Qatar Grand Prix program continued with sprint qualifying, where there were not many new things: Lando Norris took pole for the sprint!
During SQ1, at the end of the first timed laps, Lando Norris and George Russell, followed by the Scuderia Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc, alternated in the lead. After the last fast laps of the stage, Norris' advantage remained, so he finished on top, while among the retirees - in the case of the first name we can safely say that it was not a surprise - ended up Sergio Perez, Yuki Tsunoda, Esteban Ocon, Guanyu Zhou and Franco Colapinto.
After the first attempts of the SQ2, the trend remained the same, that is, McLaren showed a strong performance. With the difference that now it was Oscar Piastri who was leading, just ahead of Leclerc and Norris. In the end, this dominant role remained, only George Russell managed to interfere, thus forming the trio Norris, Russell, Piastri. For Liam Lawson, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Albon, Valtteri Bottas and Lance Stroll, however, there was no continuation, and they could start preparing for the main program on Saturday.
In SQ3, there were not many questions left unanswered: Lando Norris and McLaren quickly wrapped up this phase of the weekend, and easily took pole position ahead of George Russell and Oscar Piastri.
