New record for Lando Norris
Lando Norris won pole by the largest margin of the season. His time was 0.5 seconds faster than Charles Leclerc's.
Lando Norris has been apologizing since his mistake in Canada, which forced him to retire. The McLaren driver did not score any points while he was fighting for the podium. Finally, by securing pole position yesterday in Austria, he apologized in the best possible way to his team and proved that he has the shoulders to fight at the front. This is the 3rd pole of the season for the British driver and the 12th of his career in F1.
After giving up his spot to Alex Dunnee (F2) for the first free practice session, Norris led all the sessions he participated in, as well as all segments of the qualifying session. He clinched pole position with a remarkable time of 1:03.971, ahead of Charles Leclerc by 0.521 seconds. It’s the largest margin of the season so far!
«It was a very good lap, that’s for sure. I am very happy, it’s a good day and a good weekend so far, I hope to continue in this direction but the race will be long»
Strategy with one or two stops? The best plan will have to be chosen, and above all, not messing up the start, which was his Achilles’ heel last season. In any case, the numbers are rather in his favor since his last three pole positions have resulted in victories.
