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McLaren's Piastri Takes F1 Chinese Grand Prix Win Ahead of Teammate Norris

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
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McLaren's Piastri Takes F1 Chinese Grand Prix Win Ahead of Teammate Norris

Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su
Formula One F1 - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China - March 23, 2025 McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrates on the podium after winning the Chinese Grand Prix REUTERS/Edgar Su

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has cruised to his maiden Chinese Grand Prix win from pole position with the Australian untouchable ahead of his teammate Lando Norris as the pair completed McLaren's milestone 50th one-two placing in Formula 1.
Piastri, who took his maiden pole position on Saturday, got a great start in Sunday's race to lead into the first corner, as Norris passed Russell for second, The Associated Press reported.
The Australian then slowly stretched his legs in an untroubled drive for his third career win.
Norris had a trickier afternoon to earn his runner-up spot - with the Brit having to pass Mercedes’ George Russell and Williams’ Alex Albon after his stop. He then trailed his teammate to the checkered flag, though in the closing stages had to deal with a worsening brake pedal issue that threatened him finishing the race.
Russell completed the podium, his second-straight for the season.
Last year's race winner, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took fourth from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the closing laps, with the Monégasque’s race compromised by lap one contact with his Scuderia teammate Lewis Hamilton that sheared the left-front endplate from his front wing which hampered his car's aerodynamics throughout the race.
Hamilton, who took Saturday's Sprint race for his first victory for Ferrari, was in sixth place.

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Raef Alturkistani Reveals Career Journey after Winning SEF Award for Best Fighting Game Player

Dr. Raef Alturkistani chuckles when asked whether he truly saves lives by day and takes them by night
Dr. Raef Alturkistani chuckles when asked whether he truly saves lives by day and takes them by night
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Raef Alturkistani Reveals Career Journey after Winning SEF Award for Best Fighting Game Player

Dr. Raef Alturkistani chuckles when asked whether he truly saves lives by day and takes them by night
Dr. Raef Alturkistani chuckles when asked whether he truly saves lives by day and takes them by night

Raef Alturkistani recently won the Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) Award for Best Fighting Game Player for the second year in a row. For the first time, he reveals his incredible career journey.

Dr. Raef Alturkistani chuckles when asked whether he truly saves lives by day and takes them by night.

“Yes, that’s exactly what I do!” says the 28-year-old.

It may sound dramatic, but his story is anything but ordinary.

A Jeddah native, Alturkistani recently completed his medical residency after earning his degree from King Abdulaziz University.

But beyond medicine, Alturkistani is a world-class Tekken player, recently clinching his second consecutive Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) Award for Best Fighting Game Player.

“That achievement means a lot for me because I won it back-to-back,” he says. “To win it for the second time in a row really is special. I completed my residency as a doctor and achieved so much in esports in the same year. That’s what makes me proud, and I hope I continue this in the future.”

His favorite esports moments in 2024 include finishing third at the Tekken World Tour Finals and securing fifth at the Evolution Championship Series (Evo) T8—achievements that cemented his global reputation.

“To come top five at Evo and in the world finals top three... that meant a lot,” Alturkistani, who stars for Dragon Esports, says. “They contributed to winning my second SEF Award. I have developed my career over the past years until I reached this position right now of being top three in the world.”

Alturkistani has been a gamer “since I was four, I think” and started playing fighting games professionally in 2018. Juggling medicine and esports is a masterclass in time management, but Alturkistani is proving that dedication to both can pay off.

“Sometimes you have to do your own priorities,” he reveals. “If you have a tournament coming, you have to prepare for it more, but if you have exams or things then you have to focus on your career. You have to balance it; you have to be stable and do your best at each thing when needed.

“Sometimes I play for one or two hours and sometimes I don’t play but I watch, and when I watch, I learn. If I’m on an airplane or something, I’ll watch to learn. It’s a continuous process.”

As if excelling in medicine and esports wasn’t enough, Alturkistani is also a decorated martial artist, having won silver in the 2018 Asian Games men’s kumite 75kg event.

“I’m a martial artist so I guess I can take lives in real life too!” the doctor and Tekken hero, who achieved his Asian Games karate triumph in Jakarta, Indonesia, quips.

His favorite Tekken character, the one he performs under, is Jin Kazama. Scarily, he can replicate his favorite move with Jin Kazama in real life. “It’s a good kick,” Alturkistani says. “I can do it myself in karate.”

For all Alturkistani’s individual success, he is very much a member of the gaming community and has no doubts from where the roots of Saudi Arabia’s surging prominence in the global esports scene originate.

“I’m really thankful for the Saudi Esports Federation,” Alturkistani says. “I’m really thankful for Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (the Chairman of the Saudi Esports Federation) for being here for us. Especially supporting the fighting games, it gives hope for me and the new generation that we can come up and become the best in the world. I want to be the best in the world.”