P1racenews AI automatic summary:
The brutal 2023 Qatar Grand Prix took place on this day, two years ago.
The 2023 Qatar Grand Prix weekend will be remembered not for Max Verstappen winning his third world title in the Sprint race, but for pushing F1 drivers beyond their physical limits in conditions that bordered on dangerous. A cocktail of events mixed together to create conditions in which drivers were physically sick during the race and one even claimed to have lost consciousness at times. The first ingredient was the timing of the race, with temperatures in the low 40 degrees Celsius region in the first weekend of October and a lack of wind. Tyre supplier Pirelli introduced mandatory stint lengths for the tyres due to concerns over carcass detachment from the tread when running over the kerbs in the ultra-high-speed final sector. Drivers were limited to 18 laps per tyre, leading to a minimum three-stop race, allowing them to push flat out without usual tyre degradation concerns. The combination of these factors resulted in the dangerous scenes during the race.
