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LIVE: Qatar GP 2025 – Piastri leads, Norris 2nd after safety car

Key points
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Piastri gets a good start from pole
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Verstappen gets ahead of Norris from the start but as Verstappen pits under safety car, Norris retakes 2nd
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Safety car out on Lap 7 as Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly collided (under investigation) with Hulkenberg spinning off.
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McLaren were the only team not to pit under safety car (2-stop race), and both drivers pitted on Lap 25
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Lance Stroll given 5-second penalty for speeding in the pitlane
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Oliver Bearman gets a 10-second stop-go penalty for an unsafe release and retires from the race
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Verstappen holds off Piastri to win as Norris finishes fourth. Carlos Sainz takes a podium for Williams.
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