Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had qualifying times deleted which bumped George Russell and Lewis Hamilton up to the top three, while Max Verstappen strolled to pole
Lewis Hamilton avoided a grid drop for the Qatar Grand Prix despite a lengthy investigation after qualifying.
More than an hour had passed after the end of qualifying before Hamilton was summoned to the race control building for a hearing. And it was another two hours before a decision was finally communicated. "All drivers concerned stayed at or above speeds necessary to stay below 1:46.0 around the vast majority of the circuit. However, in all six cases the Stewards determined that the drivers took appropriate actions to not impede other drivers, and in all cases they slowed down significantly to allow other drivers to pass while giving those drivers a clear track.
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