F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix: Lando Norris edges Red Bull duo to take sprint race pole
The 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 on a disappointing Friday qualifying to take third, ju☂st 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 it’s a good ♑surpris𝓰e.
"I feel like we’ve made up for yesterday. My 𒆙first pole in a l▨ong time, so I’m happy."
Behind the battle for pole, George Russell outpa🍸ced Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to grab ♎a spot on the second row on the grid in fourth.
Yuki Tsunod🥃a 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, ahead 🅘of Oscar Piastri, who could not match the 🅠pace 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 called theꦗ Aston Martin driver an “idiot” over team radio.
The inciden♌t resulted in a red flag stoppage while barrier repair works were carried out do♔wn at Turn 3, which delayed the start of SQ2.
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