{"id":89248,"date":"2025-11-27T05:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lando-norris-to-f1-title-in-qatar-weather-predictions-and-how-to-watch-the-race\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T05:26:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:26:35","slug":"lando-norris-to-f1-title-in-qatar-weather-predictions-and-how-to-watch-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/lando-norris-to-f1-title-in-qatar-weather-predictions-and-how-to-watch-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris to F1 title in Qatar: Weather, predictions and how to watch the race"},"content":{"rendered":"The 2025 Formula 1 season is coming to an end! After the drama of McLaren&#8217;s disqualification at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the excitement is at its peak. This weekend&#8217;s Qatar Grand Prix could crown Lando Norris as champion, or the definition will extend to the last race in Abu Dhabi.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Championship Fight<\/h2>\n\n\nNorris leads the standings with a 24-point advantage over his rivals, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen, who are tied in points. With a maximum of 58 points available in the last two races, including 33 in Qatar for being a sprint race weekend, the stage is set.\n\nNorris will secure the championship if he finishes this weekend with a 26 or more point advantage. This means surpassing Piastri and Verstappen by two or more points.\n\nThe current podium shows Norris with 17 podiums and 7 wins, Piastri with 14 podiums and 7 wins, and Verstappen with 13 podiums and 6 wins.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1126%2Fr1580971_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Imagen del circuito de Qatar\" title=\"\"><figcaption>La edici\u00f3n de 2025 marca la cuarta edici\u00f3n del Gran Premio de Qatar. Max Verstappen tiene dos victorias previas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weather Forecast<\/h2>\n\n\nThe weather in the Arabian desert will be hot and possibly humid. Qatar, like Singapore, presents heat-related challenges for the pilots.\n\nOn Friday, highs of 29\u00b0C are expected, decreasing to 27\u00b0C on Sunday, with humidity levels close to 48%.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week&#8217;s highlights<\/h2>\n\n\nLaurence Edmondson explains why Norris and Piastri were disqualified for excessive wear on their cars.\n\nLewis Hamilton has been urged to &#8220;calm down&#8221; by Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur following his recent criticism of his own performance.\n\nDoriane Pin, a Mercedes driver, won the F1 Academy title, surpassing Ferrari&#8217;s Maya Weug.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Circuit Statistics and History<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Lusail International Circuit, which entered the F1 calendar in 2021 with a 10-year contract, features long straights and high-speed corners, as well as intense heat and humidity.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>First F1 Grand Prix:<\/b> 2021<\/li><li><b>Lap record:<\/b> 1:22.384, Lando Norris (2024)<\/li><li><b>Laps:<\/b> 57 laps of 5.4 km<\/li><li><b>Most wins:<\/b> Verstappen (2023, 2024). Hamilton (2021)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe circuit, originally designed for MotoGP, has proven to be an exciting addition to the F1 calendar.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2024%2F1201%2Fr1422148_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Lando Norris\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Lando Norris es 24 puntos por delante de sus rivales por el t\u00edtulo Oscar Piastri y Max Verstappen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened last year?<\/h2>\n\n\nMax Verstappen achieved a victory in a race with three safety cars and a 10-second penalty for Lando Norris.\n\nCharles Leclerc finished second, followed by Oscar Piastri, while Norris finished tenth.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F1126%2Fr1580999_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Ferrari\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Ferrari ha ca\u00eddo al cuarto puesto en la clasificaci\u00f3n de constructores de cara a Qatar: Charles Leclerc logr\u00f3 siete podios, mientras que Lewis Hamilton obtuvo una victoria sprint.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grand Prix Schedule<\/h2>\n\n\nThe weekend schedules in GMT:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><b>Friday<\/b><ul><li>Practice: 13:30-14:30 GMT<\/li><li>Sprint Qualifying: 17:30-18:14 GMT<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><b>Saturday<\/b><ul><li>Sprint: 14:00-15:00 GMT<\/li><li>Qualifying: 18:00-19:00 GMT<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><b>Sunday<\/b><ul><li>Race: 16:00 GMT<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Formula 1 season is coming to an end! After the drama of McLaren&#8217;s disqualification at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, the excitement is at its peak. This weekend&#8217;s Qatar Grand Prix could crown Lando Norris as champion, or the definition will extend to the last race in Abu Dhabi. The Championship Fight Norris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[442,436,443,10709],"class_list":{"0":"post-89248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-formula-1","9":"tag-lando-norris","10":"tag-max-verstappen","11":"tag-qatar-grand-prix"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}