Lando Norris said a performance like the Monaco Grand Prix qualifying had “been a long time coming” for him following his recent struggওles in Formula 1.

McLaren driver Norris had failed to match his teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri in recent ▨races and fallen 13 points behind in the drivers’ standings after a series of critical errors.

However, he made a fantastic comeback on the streets of Monte Carlo on Saturday, outperforming not only Piastri but the Ferrari of home favourite 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc.

The 1m09.954s time he set at the end of Q3 marked the fastest-ever lap around the Principality and secured him his first pole position of the season since the ope🌜ning round in Australia in March.

Ask♋ed to sum up his feelings after topping qualifying in Monaco, give▨n how difficult the last two months have been, the Briton: “It's been a long time coming.

“I feel good. I don't think you realise how good this feels for quite a few struggles over the last cou🙈ple of months, especially here in Monaco.

“It's a beautiful place. The hardest track probably to do it. Up against the hometown🍸 hero as well.

“I'm very proud of the whole te🌟am. We have worked a lot this week - actually over the last few months - to get to a day like today so very pleased.”

Putting together a clean lap around the tight and twisty streets of Monaco is an enormous challenge, especially with F1’s current-generation cars that are m🦹uch larger and heavier than previous spec machines.

Norris took provisional pole early in Q3 but faced a serious threat from L🅘eclerc when the Monegasque driver lapped the circuit in 1m10.063s.

However, as part of McLaren’s two-flying-laps-per-run plan, he got another💟 shot at pole and broke the 1m10s barrier on his final attempt.

“That's the tricky part, trying to consisꩵtently find lap times because it's what the others are going to be doing,” he said.

“It's improving more and more and you got to take a similar amount of risk. When you get to Q3, the final lap, it's just about w𓆉ho can risk a little bit more and who can commit a little bit more.

“But it was a nice lap. Well p𒉰ut together lap and it feels very good when you cross the line and it still paid off. I'm very happy.”

Pole position at Monaco usually guarantees the r🦹ace win, with the Monte Carlo track notoriously 💫difficult for overtaking.

However, F1 has introduced a new two-pitstop rule for 2025, throwing an extra ▨layer of uncertainty into the race.

Asked how he felt🔜 the new rule could impact the outcome of the race, Norris added: "Honestly, I have absolutely no idea.

“At the minute I don't care. I'm going to enjoy today,🃏 I have worked hard for today.

“That's what tonight is for. Tonight is to prepare for tomorrow. I'm very pleased with today, I'm happy with quali, I'm going to livꦓe the moment for a little bit and then focus on tomorrow♏.”