The Dutch driver is the second-youngest three-time world champion after German Sebastian Vettel.
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won a third consecutive F1 title after teammate Sergio Perez crashed out of the Qatar Grand Prix’s sprint race.
Team boss Christian Horner read out a roll call of greats over the radio after the 26-year-old Dutch driver crossed the finish line. He also became the second-youngest three-time world champion after now-retired German Sebastian Vettel, who secured the third of his four crowns with Red Bull in 2012 at the age of 25, and the first to win the title in a sprint event.Piastri’s success ended Red Bull’s domination of the sprints this season and earned the Australian rookie his first victory in F1, even if it was not a proper grand prix for the record books.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was sixth with teammate Charles Leclerc seventh at the flag. However, Leclerc was later handed a five-second penalty for exceeding track limits, which demoted him out of the points.While Piastri led away into the first corner on medium tyres, and Russell using his softs to slot into second, Verstappen on mediums dropped initially to fifth, and Perez to 11th.
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