F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris edges Red Bull duo to take sprint race pole
Th💙e McLaren driver, who only qualified seventh for Sunday’s grand prix after failing to capitalise on his car’s obvious pace, made no mistake on Saturday by claiming pole ahead of the Red Bull pair.
Norris pipped Max Verstappen by 0.061s, while Sergio Perez improved ꦡon a disappointing Friday qualifying to take third, j꧅ust 0.134s off Norris’ benchmark.
"A great day," Norris said. "Honestly, it felt like one of the worst laps I’ve done, so I’m a little bit surprised, 🦩but i🦩t’s a good surprise.
"I feel like we’ve made up forꦯ yesterday. My first pole in a long time, so I’m ha🅠ppy."
Behind the battle for pole, George Russell outpaced Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to grab a spot on the secondౠ row on the grid in fourth.
Y✨uki Tsunoda was an impressive sixth, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and AlphaTauri teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who took eighth.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was only ninth, ahe♑ad of Oscar Piastri, who could not match the pa🔜ce of his McLaren teammate as he rounded out the top-10.
Former Alpine teammates Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso dramatically came to blows in SQ1, causing a heavy crash for Ocon, who ca🐻lled the Aston Martin driver an “idiot” over team radio.
The incide🥂nt resulted in a red flag stoppage while barrier ꦫrepair works were carried out down at Turn 3, which delayed the start of SQ2.
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