Starting grid for 2025 F1 Qatar Grand Prix: Who starts where?

2025 F1 Qatar Grand Prix – Starting Grid
Pos	Driver	Nat.	Team
1	Oscar Piastri	AUS	McLaren F1 Team
2	Lando Norris	GBR	McLaren F1 Team
3	Max Verstappen	NED	Oracle Red Bull Racing
4	George Russell	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
5	Kimi Antonelli	ITA	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
6	Isack Hadjar	FRA	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
7	Carlos Sainz	ESP	Atlassian Williams Racing
8	Fernando Alonso	ESP	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
9	Pierre Gasly	FRA	BWT Alpine F1 Team
10	Charles Leclerc	MON	Scuderia Ferrari HP
11	Nico Hulkenberg	GER	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
12	Liam Lawson	NZL	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
13	Oliver Bearman	GBR	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
14	Alex Albon	THA	Atlassian Williams Racing
15	Yuki Tsunoda	JPN	Oracle Red Bull Racing
16	Esteban Ocon	FRA	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
17	Lewis Hamilton	GBR	Scuderia Ferrari HP
18	Lance Stroll	CAN	Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	BRA	Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber
20	Franco Colapinto	ARG	BWT Alpine F1 Team

For the second time in as many days, Oscar Piastri lines up from the very front of the grid on pole position.

Piastri is joined on the front row by McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris.

With Red Bull’s Max Verstappen going from third, it promises to be a thrilling start to Sunday’s Grand Prix.

George Russell put his Mercedes on the second row alongside Verstappen, with teammate Kimi Antonelli starting fifth.

Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar starts a strong sixth, ahead of Williams’ Carlos Sainz, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Pierre Gasly’s Alpine.

Charles Leclerc lines up a disappointing 10th for Ferrari, who endured another miserable qualifying session in Qatar.

Lewis Hamilton is set to start 17th after the seven-time world champion suffered his second early qualifying elimination in as many days.

Gabriel Bortoleto qualified 14th but drops five places to P19 after being penalised for wiping out Lance Stroll at the start of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.