Qatar GP: Hamilton and Verstappen renew fight for F1 title – LIVE!

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who is on the grid and ready to watch the race, speaks to Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle: “I have always liked Lewis Hamilton … obviously he has proved he is the best driver in all these years. Has… just been to the Red Bull pit, and certainly the only Dane [involved in the title battle] His mechanic is Max Verstappen … more than anything I just watch the fight between them [Hamilton and Verstappen],

Brundle asked him about Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s departure from Manchester United: “It’s really sad, I’m really sad on behalf of Ole, on behalf of the football club, on behalf of the fan … There are managers we’ve had to sack in a nutshell… I feel for Ole, he’s done everything he could, but in this modern day, in the modern day of football, that’s not considered enough Is.

Alonso speaks after his promotion to P3 on the grid: “We were happy with P5… P3 is another 16 metres, we take it, and in turn see if we can attack the leaders… It’s a lovely track, long corners, you on the car Can bend, tires on… it’s good to drive….”

Martin Brundle Now the two minutes are spent secretly by Fernando Alonso, who carefully ignores him. “It’s a little crashing and burning in here today,” Brundle says. “How’s your roast lunch at home?” In the meantime, here’s the Beckham’s Sir David:

Brundle even tries to grab a word With Max Verstappen, who is probably quite angry about his penalty, but Verstappen doesn’t want to talk. Now he’s trying to grab a word with David Beckham but he’s struggling…

“I’ve been on this grid for 35, 36 years And I’ve never seen anything like it,” Martin Brundle said on his grid walk, referring to the confusion that stemmed from the late decision to penalize Verstappen and Bottas for failing to comply with those yellow flags in qualifying. Reigns with. The provisional order was apparently changed of late, so some teams were in the wrong positions on the grid, and had to move around.

BREAKING NEWS: Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen has been hit with a five-place grid penalty for ‘slow failure to double waved yellow flags’ in qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix, which means red The seventh will start at Bull Driver when the lights go out at 2 pm UK time. This is another dramatic turning point in the title race, and would also be controversial, with the stewards saying they “sympathised” with Verstappen due to the “lack of display of the yellow light panels, no dash warning lights and no audio signal to the driver”. . To alert him to the situation when Pierre Gasly derailed at the age of 15 and lost his front wing. The stewards argue that it was Verstappen’s job to eventually inspect the flag.

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas has also been handed a three-place penalty for the same reason. Hamilton is on pole, followed by a brilliant run in qualifying Brilliant win in Brazil a week ago, with Galle of Alpha Tauri second despite qualifying fourth. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) is third on the grid and Lando Norris (McLaren) is fourth.

Despite the technicalities of the decision to penalize Verstappen and Bottas, Hamilton is now set to turn up the heat even more in the drivers’ title race. Verstappen leads the title with 332.5 points, with Hamilton 14 points behind at 318.5. Pre-race readings and more coming…