SPIELBERG, Austria — Lando Norris was a half second faster than the competition in winning the pole for Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix during qualifying Saturday at the Red Bull Ring.
Norris drove his McLaren to a fast lap of one minute and 3.971 seconds, which bested the lap of second place Charles Leclerc, who clocked in at one minute and 4.492 seconds.
“It was a good lap, that’s for sure,” Norris said. “I guess just little bit by little bit. I feel even like my Q3 run one was good, but I knew there were a few places where if I just got it right I could get still quite a bit more time – and I did exactly that. I did what I planned to do, and when I plan to do something and it goes right, it normally goes very, very well.
“I’m very happy, [it’s been] a good day, and it’s been a good weekend for me so far, so hopefully we can keep it up.”
Norris’ teammate Oscar Piastri was third.
Lewis Hamilton grabbed fourth spot in the second Ferrari, while Canadian Grand Prix winner George Russell was fifth for Mercedes.
Reigning world champion Max Verstappen took the seventh spot for Red Bull.
