Lando Norris entered Saturday’s qualifying session as the favorite for pole position.
But a wobble on his first push lap in Q3 saw the McLaren driver find the wall, bring out the red flag, and end his dreams of pole position. With teammate Oscar Piastri the only driver to set a time ahead of his crash, the grid was left chasing the one McLaren driver.
When the session finally resumed, Max Verstappen put himself on provisional pole by just 0.001 seconds. But there was more than enough time for a few more twists to the tale.
First it was George Russell who nipped Verstappen for provisional pole. Then
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