Lando Norris will line up in pole position for the Sprint at the Miami Grand Prix after setting the pace in Sprint Qualifying.
The McLaren driver stormed to pole position, grabbing the team’s first P1 grid slot of the season ahead of championship leader Kimi Antonelli.
Norris’s Dominant Performance
After displaying good pace during SQ1 and SQ2, Norris continued his solid form by going fastest of all in what proved to be a one-lap shootout in the final segment. The Briton recorded an effort of 1m 27.869s.
This put him 0.222s clear of Mercedes’ Antonelli, while the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri was only narrowly behind in third. Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari in fourth, followed by the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.
The Rest of the Grid
George Russell was sixth in the sister Silver Arrows car, some six tenths away from Norris. Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton took seventh.
The Alpines of Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly claimed P8 and P10, with Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar slotting between them in P9.
The Audi pair of Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hulkenberg missed out on the top 10, exiting SQ2 in P11 and P12. Haas’ Ollie Bearman also found himself out of the running in P13.
SQ1 and SQ2 Exits
Williams also experienced a double exit in the second segment as Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz took 14th and 15th. This sparked some unhappy radio comments from Sainz. They were ahead of Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad.
The sister Racing Bulls of Liam Lawson was pushed out of SQ1 in P17 ahead of Haas’ Esteban Ocon, while the Cadillacs of Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas wound up in P19 and P20 respectively on the team’s first home weekend.
The Aston Martin pair of Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, meanwhile, rounded out the order at the back of the field in 21st and 22nd places.
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