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Max Verstappen arrives in Qatar with his fourth drivers’ championship secured, but aware of the significant challenge to help Red Bull to overcome McLaren and Ferrari in the constructors’ race.
F1 visits Qatar for only the third time, but in cooler temperatures and with the kerbs flattened significantly, there is plenty to learn in the sole hour of practice on the final sprint weekend of the year.
Charles Leclerc was fastest ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in FP1, who will take pole for tomorrow’s Sprint? Sprint qualifying gets under way in Losail at 17:30GMT.
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