Liam Lawson qualifies 10th in Qatar, outpacing Red Bull's Sergio Perez

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Liam Lawson qualified 10th for the Qatar Grand Prix Sprint race, outperforming Red Bull's Sergio Perez, who qualified 16th. This marks another disappointing performance for Perez, who is facing competition for his seat from Lawson and Yuki Tsunoda, who starts 17th. McLaren's Lando Norris secured pole position, with George Russell of Mercedes qualifying second. Oscar Piastri will start third, while Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc qualified fourth and fifth, respectively. Max Verstappen qualified sixth for Red Bull. Lawson narrowly advanced to Q3, edging out Fernando Alonso by just 0.004 seconds. He also survived Q1 by 0.013 seconds, eliminating Perez from the session. The Qatar Grand Prix Sprint Race is set to begin at 3am NZ time on Sunday.


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