MIAMI — Lando Norris stormed to pole position during Sprint Qualifying at the Miami Grand Prix as the McLaren driver grabbed the team’s first No. 1 grid slot of the season ahead of championship leader Kimi Antonelli.
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 pumping in an effort of 1 minute and 27.869 seconds.
This put him 0.222 seconds clear of Mercedes’ Antonelli, while the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri was only narrowly behind in third.
Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari in fourth – having also looked quick during the session – followed by the Red Bull of Max Verstappen.
George Russell was sixth in the sister Silver Arrows car – some six tenths away from Norris – while 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.
