# Motorsport: Mercedes’ driver Lewis Hamilton has cut Red Bull’s Max Verstappen’s championship lead to eight points with two races remaining. This is after the seven-time world champion won the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix ahead of Verstappen and Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, his first podium finish since 2014. If Verstappen wins in two weeks’ time in Saudi Arabia and Hamilton does not finish in the top ten then the Red Bull man will become the world champion with a race to spare. Mercedes leads the constructors’ championship by five points ahead of Red Bull.