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OSCAR PIASTRI TOOK POLE POSITION FOR THE SPANISH GRAND PRIX AS LANDO NORRIS HAD TO SETTLE FOR SECOND PLACE ON THE GRID AHEAD OF MAX VERSTAPPEN AND GEORGE RUSSELL ON THE SECOND ROW 17:29, 31

May 2025 Lando Norris confidently declared McLaren have the best race car after dominating qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix. For the first time in 27 years, the Woking-based team have

locked out the front row at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Oscar Piastri is the man starting on pole on Sunday. He lived up to his strong performance in practice by getting the better

of Norris on their final runs, nailing that last lap while Nico Rosberg in commentary for Sky Sports thought the Brit was over-driving. Just three points separate the two McLaren drivers at

the top of the championship and they look set for a tight and tense title tussle. But despite losing starting advantage in Barcelona to his rival, Norris said he was pleased with his

performance. He said: "Oscar drove very well. I think the pace was definitely there, I just [made] a couple of little mistakes. Yep, I didn't do it and Oscar was driving very well

all weekend, so a good result for the team, a nice one-two and an interesting start for tomorrow. SIGN UP TO OUR FREE WEEKLY F1 NEWSLETTER, PIT LANE CHRONICLE, BY ENTERING YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS

BELOW SO THAT EVERY NEW EDITION LANDS STRAIGHT IN YOUR INBOX! Article continues below "It's a long run down to turn one which is always interesting, and we've got a lot of

quick guys behind us – we won't count them out. But a good result for today, I'm happy." Norris went on to make it clear he is very confident that those behind won't be

able to trouble him too much, though, as when he was asked if he felt he had a good race car for Sunday he replied: "We do, we have the best one." READ MORE: Lando Norris denied

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had been ominously quick in final practice a few hours before qualifying and paid tribute to the progress made in his side of the garage over the course of the weekend. "Yeah, very

happy, it's been a good weekend so far. It didn't start off in the best way and we were struggling a little bit, but last night we found some pace and today the car has been

mega," he said. "I feel like I've been able to put in some good laps as well, so thank you to the team for all the hard work. This was a pretty miserable scene 12 months ago,

so to have turned it around in the best way is a great result. Sky Sports launches discounted Formula 1 package This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any

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in a new deal that saves £192. As well as Sky Sports access, this includes more than 100 TV channels and free subscriptions to Netflix and Discovery+. "I improved quite a lot in turn

one, actually, the there were another couple of points on the lap where I've been struggling all day. I don't know if I necessarily did better, but it all just came to me mainly in

the first half of the lap, and then the second half I could just about hang on. Article continues below "It wasn't the perfect lap but around here, with the tyres going off so

much through the lap, it's very tough to do that so I'm very happy with all the work I've put in."