Lando Norris becomes the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix with a stunning lap in his McLaren.
Lando Norris became the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix with a stunning lap in his McLaren.
The seven-time champion also faces a stewards’ investigation into whether the impeded Red Bull’s Sergio Perez in the first session of qualifying. Verstappen, who has never been beaten in a grand prix at Zandvoort but has not won since the Spanish Grand Prix six races ago, said: “The whole qualifying just lacked a bit of pace. I’m still very happy to be on the front row.“But after yesterday this is a good result. Hopefully the car will be OK in the race. We will give it a good go but when you are more than 0.3secs behind in qualifying you have to be realistic.
Alex Albon was eighth fastest in the upgraded Williams, ahead of Alonso’s team-mate Lance Stroll and the Alpine of Pierre Gasly.Norris had looked the favourite for pole ever since making a strong impression in Friday practice and he delivered in style.
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