21 h. ago Lando Norris reacts to Saudi GP crash as McLaren F1 star's first instinct sums him up

Max Verstappen took pole for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix from Oscar Piastri after Lando Norris crashed out of the session in the other McLaren towards the start of Q3

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23 h. ago Max Verstappen claims Saudi GP F1 pole after Lando Norris hits the wall

Championship leader will start race from 10th on gridOscar Piastri qualfies second with George Russell thirdAlready struggling for confidence in his car the world championship leader, Lando Norris, suffered another serious blow to his title ambitions, crashing out in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. His Red Bull rival Max Verstappen claimed pole position, one-hundredth of a second clear of Norris’s teammate, Oscar Piastri.McLaren and, indeed, Norris had looked strong all weekend, but on the first of the final runs in Q3 at the Jeddah circuit he took too much kerb through turns 4-5 and 6 and it spat him out into the wall, taking a nasty hit on the front. He was unhurt but declared himself an “idiot” when speaking to his team. The session was red-flagged and Norris will start from 10th on Sunday, his title lead hanging by the slenderest of threads and his self-belief perhaps once more undermined. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago F1 Saudi Arabia GP LIVE: Qualifying result as Max Verstappen takes pole position after Lando Norris crash

Follow all the reaction as Verstappen takes pole away from Oscar Piastri in a thrilling end to qualifying

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23 h. ago Saudi Arabian GP: Verstappen takes pole after Norris hits wall in F1 qualifying – live

Live updates from the battle for pole in Saudi ArabiaYou can drop Billy an email | Sign up for the RecapPiastri goes fastest, just edging Norris’s time with a lap of 1:28.026.Russell, Tsunoda and Antonelli also set decent opening times. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Max Verstappen takes Saudi Grand Prix pole as Lando Norris fumes after high

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were bidding for another pole position to continue McLaren's strong start to 2025, but Max Verstappen and George Russell were also in the hunt

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3 d. ago Max Verstappen caught in cheeky act at Saudi Grand Prix after F1 rival lost their phone

Red Bull may be struggling but Max Verstappen arrived in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix paddock for media day on Thursday and the FIA press conference in a mischievous mood

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7 d. ago Oscar Piastri outshines McLaren teammate Lando Norris to take pole in Bahrain

Piastri will start ahead of George Russell on the front row while championship leader Norris faltered

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8 d. ago Oscar Piastri takes Bahrain GP pole as Norris and Verstappen fall short: F1 – as it happened

Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris only sixth and Max Verstappen seventhLance Stroll in the Aston Martin is the first driver out onto the track.Nico Hulkenberg is out there now, too, with soft tyres the order of the day for most of these teams in qualifying. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Oscar Piastri takes Bahrain GP pole as Norris and Verstappen fall short: F1 – live

Oscar Piastri took pole position in Bahrain, with Lando Norris only sixth and Max Verstappen seventhLance Stroll in the Aston Martin is the first driver out onto the track.Nico Hulkenberg is out there now, too, with soft tyres the order of the day for most of these teams in qualifying. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Lando Norris and Max Verstappen struggle as Oscar Piastri takes pole for Bahrain Grand Prix

Max Verstappen wasn't fancied for a repeat of his pole heroics in Suzuka with McLaren comfortable the quickest in Bahrain practice, setting up a shootout between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri

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2 w. ago Max Verstappen shows his class to take shock Japan GP pole position ahead of Lando Norris

McLaren had set the pace by topping all three practice sessions but Verstappen claimed a fourth consecutive pole at Suzuka

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2 w. ago F1 Japan GP LIVE: Qualifying result as Max Verstappen takes stunning pole position with Lando Norris missing out

Follow reaction from Suzuka as Verstappen takes pole away from McLaren at the end of a thrilling qualifying

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2 w. ago F1 Japan GP LIVE: Max Verstappen takes stunning pole position as Lando Norris misses out

Follow reaction from Suzuka as Verstappen takes pole away from McLaren at the end of a thrilling qualifying

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4 w. ago Hamilton hits out at ‘yapping’ critics after sprint race success at Chinese GP

‘People underestimated steep climb of joining new team’Piastri takes first pole ahead of Russell and NorrisFeisty, confident and feeling vindicated, Lewis Hamilton will, to an extent, be at ease with how he fares in Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix. After his victory in the sprint race on Saturday, the seven-time champion was energised and assured he is on the right path with Ferrari and even a tough day in Shanghai will not detract from the sense he has seized the reins.A long road lies ahead, but his condemnation of the “yapping” of criticism after a striking victory was the fighting talk of a man who feels he is just beginning to land some blows. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Oscar Piastri takes title fight to Lando Norris with first F1 pole position at Chinese GP

Piastri pulled out all the stops to see off George Russell by just 0.082 seconds with Norris settling for third

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last month BREAKING: Lewis Hamilton takes Chinese GP sprint pole as Lando Norris bails out of final lap

Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari career got off to a wretched start when he finished 10th in Melbourne but he made an instant mark in Shanghai by taking pole for the Sprint race

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