Hit by the Briton at the wheel of the McLaren, the Dutchman gives up by just 20 thousandths
Will be Lando Norris starting from pole position in the Spanish GPtenth stage of the season of the F1. On the Montmelò track in Barcelona, the McLaren team driver managed to achieve the best time which earned him first place on the starting grid in 1:11.383 at the last gasp ahead of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen. Second row for both Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton And George Russellwhile the Ferraris will start from the fifth and sixth place, in the third row, with Leclerc And Sainz who have accumulated a delay of three tenths from the poleman.
A last-gasp pole, suffered and much desired by Landau Norris which allows McLaren to put a fiery Saturday behind them, in every sense, by partying. While his teammate Oscar Piastri will start from tenth place after a double excursion on the gravel in Q3, the Briton wins pole, trailing Verstappen by just 20 thousandths and making us forget, at least for a moment, the fire in the hospitality which had worried everyone in the Catalan Saturday morning. A first position on the starting grid that the papaya team will try to exploit in the best possible way, with McLaren knowing that it is among the strongest single-seaters on the track in this part of the season.
One of the best yes, but not the best ever since Red Bull always manages to draw the wild card. After some free practice that was anything but exciting, in fact, Max Verstappen he rises again and signs the time for the front row and second position on the grid, putting the Mercedes behind him Hamilton And Russell, but above all both Ferraris. The best of the SF-24s is that of Charles Leclercwho will start fifth, while Carlos Sainz follows from sixth place ahead of Alpine Gasley and to the other Red Bull of Sergio Perez. Fifth row, however, for the aforementioned Oscar Plates which he will have to overcome Or with to attempt a comeback.
Mockery in Q2 for Fernando Alonso who missed out on the Q3 pass by just 19 thousandths, with the Spaniard forced to start from the sixth row alongside the Kick Sauber of Bottas. Seventh row, shared with Haas’s Hulkenbergfor the other Aston Martin of Stroll who will start 14th ahead of Zhou.
However, the hopes of the other Haas stop at Q1 Kevin Magnussenwhich completes the eighth row, ahead of the two Racing Bulls of Tsunoda And Ricciardo and to the Williams of Albon And Sargeant which close the starting grid.
