Lewis Hamilton has picked up a five-second time penalty for a false start at the Qatar Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion wasn't the only racer penalised - Liam Lawson picked up a 10-second penalty for a moment with Valtteri Bottas, while Lance Stroll also got the same reprimand.

A largely uneventful race burst into life when it was ruined for Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz when race control was too slow to act before a loose wing mirror was run over and scattered shards acro

Max Verstappen has made a huge impact at the start of the Qatar Grand Prix whilst his F1 rivals behind him crashed. George Russell lost P1 on the opening lap, with Verstappen and Lando Norris getting ahead at the first corner,