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Lando Norris (McLaren) surprised the Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and achieved pole for the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix, the tenth round of the season, which takes place at the Montmeló circuit, in Catalonia. The British, who was the fastest in a classification for the second time in the category, He set the fastest time this Saturday when nothing seemed to take that place away from the three-time champion this time.
“It was a perfect lap. I’m super happy. Is incredible. We were very fast in the last few months, not just today, although we hadn’t shown it so much over the weekend. Our goal will be to achieve victory this Sunday, although we know it is difficult,” said Norris, after clocking 1m11m383/1000 and surpassing the current championship leader by just 020/1000.
So far, The only time Norris had achieved pole had happened in Sochi, at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, but Lando remembers it as the most bitter race, because he stayed on the track when it started to rain and stopping in the pits a lap later meant he was no longer the leader and finished 7th. Now, in Catalonia, he wants to change history. Verstappen had been accumulating poles, but in the last three grands prix he couldn’t.
In the second row will be the two British Mercedes drivers: Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. In the third will be the Ferraris of the Monegasque Charles Leclerc and from Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). In the fourth, the two Alpine with French drivers: Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon.
The Australian Oscar Piastri, Norris’ teammate at McLaren, on the other hand, had a failed Q3: he left the track in the two laps taken. In both cases they took up his time, of course. Thus, he will be seeing
This Saturday, in Q1, work on the track was finished quickly for two teams: the disappointing Williams of the Thai Alexander Albon and the American Logan Sargeant They were in the last two places and the Japanese RB Yuki Tsunoda and from the Australian Daniel Ricciardo They will start in the previous row of the grid. The other eliminated in that instance, who will start 16th, was the Dane Kevin Magnussen (Haas).
Those who also did not reach the moment of the pole position, but will be a little further ahead because they advanced to Q2, were the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), the Finn Valtteri Bottas (Sauber), the German Nico Hulkenberg (Haas), the Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) and the Chinese Guanyu Zhou (Sauber), which meant that the last six rows would be occupied by the cars of the six least fast teams in the category.
But the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) carries a sanction: the loss of three positions on the grid at Montmeló after hitting the wall and keeping the car spinning on the track at the Canadian Grand Prix, where he retired after damaging the wing of his RB20 on lap 53. Thus, His 8th place is equivalent to being 11th, which makes Alonso improve one place compared to what happened this Saturday.
Low temperatures, even rain, are expected on Sunday, when the race takes place, at 10 (Argentine time), with 66 laps.
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