Red Bull's Max Verstappen has taken a stunning pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix, while McLaren powered closer to the Formula One constructors' title.

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

Qualifying results and race start time as Max Verstappen claims pole position - F1 reaction after qualifying at the Lusail International Circuit as Verstappen claims pole ahead of George Russell

Oscar Piastri won the Qatar Grand Prix sprint for the second year in a row after Lando Norris defied McLaren team orders by repaying the Australian for letting him a win in Brazil last month.

Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix, his first pole position since the Austrian GP. George Russell will line up alongside him on the front row. “Yabba dabba doo, Max! That is a first official pole since Austria,

Leaders McLaren are just 24 points ahead of Ferrari, with Red Bull a further 29 points back. Verstappen won last year’s race at the Lusail International Circuit, though Oscar Piastri did win the sprint race.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen lit up the Las Vegas night after securing his fourth Formula One title in a row on Saturday in a race won by George Russell in a Mercedes one-two with Lewis Hamilton.Verstappen finished where he started in fifth but that was all the Dutch driver needed to put the championship,

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