Max Verstappen is officially a three-time F1 world champion. He clinched the title in Qatar since his teammate crashed out in the sprint and was taken out of title contention. Apart from that, the McLarens continued their recent streak with Piastri winning the sprint race and both drivers being part of both podiums (sprint and full race). The rookie, who arrived in F1 with huge expectations, is running a stellar first season and is definitely a future world champion. Lastly, Daniel Ricciardo will finally be back after he missed the last few races after suffering a broken metacarpal in his left hand.

Who will take the win? Most probably Max. Who is going to see the chequered flag second? Well, that’s harder to guess but I would bet on either of the McLarens. As a long shot, Lewis Hamilton could be up there as well following the recent Mercedes upgrades. Unfortunately, Perez is not going to be a podium contender despite driving a championship winning car.

Driver	Qualifying Prediction	Actual Qualifying Result	Race Prediction	Actual Race Result
Verstappen	1	6	1	1
Norris	5	2	4	2
Sainz	6	4	5	3
Perez	3	9	6	4
Russell	4	5	7	5
Gasly	11	7	9	6
Stroll	15	19	16	7
Tsunoda	16	11	14	8
Albon	14	18	17	9
Sargeant	19	20	20	10
Hulkenberg	13	16	19	11
Bottas	10	13	11	12
Zhou	18	12	12	13
Magnussen	17	14	15	14
Ricciardo	20	15	18	15
Alonso	8	17	13	R
Piastri	9	10	10	R
Ocon	12	8	8	R
Hamilton	7	3	3	D
Leclerc	2	1	2	D