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 failingও 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 Ser🍒gio Perez improved on a disappointing Friday qualifying to take third🧸, just 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 surpris𓂃e.
"I feel like we’ve made up for yeꦜsterd🧜ay. My first pole in a long time, so I’m happy."
Behind tไhe battle for pole, George Russell outpaced Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to grab a spot on the second row on the grid🐲 in fourth.
Yuki Tsunoda was an impressive sixth, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and AlphaTauri teammate Daniel Riꦛcciardo, who ♓took eighth.
Ferra🎐ri’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 Alon൩so dramatically came to blows in SQ1, causing a heavy crash for Ocon, who called the Aston Martin driver an “idiot” over team radio.
The incident resulted in a red flag stoppage while barrier repair works were carried out 🍸down at Turn 3, which delay🐠ed the start of SQ2.
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