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Piastri: "It's tough to swallow"

Oscar Piastri "Clearly we didn't get it right tonight, I drove the best race I could and there was nothing left out there. In hindsight it's pretty obvious what we should have done, but we'll discuss it as a team. It's not all bad [in the championship] but obviously tough to swallow at the moment."

Sainz: "I cannot be more proud"

"I cannot be more proud," says Carlos Sainz. "We got everything right today. We improved in so many areas and today there were a few opportunities and we grabbed all of them by executing a perfect race. I'm over the moon with the podium because it was unexpected."

Does Max believe he can win the title? "It's all possible now. We'll see, I don't worry about it too much..."

The championship table ahead of Abu Dhabi

1 Norris 408
2 Verstappen 396
3 Piastri 392

Game on.

In the constructors' table Mercedes now leads Red Bull by 34 points, which should be enough to hold onto second. Ferrari is going to finish fourth, while Williams is now guaranteed to finish fifth.

Here are five quick takeaways from today's race courtesy of our team. And it's not exactly making for pretty reading for McLaren.

F1 Qatar GP: Five quick takeaways

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

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Race report

And our race report courtesy of double-barreled F1 reporter Jake Boxall-Legge.

F1 Qatar GP: Verstappen wins from Piastri with Norris fourth to force title decider

Max Verstappen’s Qatar GP win creates an F1 world title decider for the Abu Dhabi finale, with Oscar Piastri second and Lando Norris fourth after McLaren strategy blunder

Oscar Piastri, McLaren

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