{"id":37481,"date":"2024-11-30T05:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T02:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=37481"},"modified":"2024-11-30T05:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T02:24:12","slug":"qatar-grand-prix-leclerc-leads-free-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/qatar-grand-prix-leclerc-leads-free-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Grand Prix: Leclerc Leads Free Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-a:r-2953847491228837096-content\" class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) set the fastest time during free practice at the Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the Formula 1 World Championship, held at Lusail International Circuit on Friday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Leclerc edged out McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz posted the fourth-best time.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">McLaren has faced a recent decline, narrowing their lead over Ferrari in the Constructors\u2019 Championship to 51 points. With only 24 points separating McLaren from Ferrari, the final two rounds, offering 60 points in total, could prove decisive.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dutch driver Max Verstappen, who recently secured his fourth consecutive World Championship, finished 11th in the session, while his Red Bull teammate Sergio P\u00e9rez was 18th.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The battle for Constructors\u2019 positions remains critical, as moving up the standings translates to additional financial rewards, reportedly up to \u20ac10 million per position.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Qatar Grand Prix also features a sprint race, adding further intrigue to the Constructors\u2019 battle between Ferrari and McLaren.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) set the fastest time during free practice at the Qatar Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the Formula 1 World Championship, held at Lusail International Circuit on Friday. Leclerc edged out McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz posted the fourth-best time. McLaren has &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37482,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37481\/revisions\/37482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}