Lando Norris claims pole position for the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix

McLaren's Lando Norris came out of nowhere to take pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.

Reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris said he was shocked to take pole for the first-ever race on the new Madring circuit, putting in "one of the best laps of my career" to take down championship leader Kimi Antonelli. At the end of a thrilling qualifying session, Antonelli went out first for the final set of flying laps around the high-speed Madring track and looked set to take his ...Keep reading

Briton beats teammates by one-hundredth of a second Verstappen qualifies third on tough Madring track Lando Norris took the first pole position at Formula One’s newest circuit, the Madring, for the Spanish Grand Prix. The McLaren driver saw off a spirited assault by Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, who was second, with a superb and somewhat unexpected lap at a circuit that has proved challenging to master and punishing on the slightest of errors. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was in third. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in fourth and fifth for Ferrari and George Russell sixth for Mercedes. Continue reading...

Defending champion Lando Norris narrowly beat championship leader Kimi Antonelli to claim pole position for the Formula One Spanish Grand Prix on Saturday. The McLaren driver topped the timesheets with the best time of 1 minute 31.

Just 0.011s separated the reigning F1 world champion and this year's championship leader in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid.

Lando Norris takes a superb pole position for McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris takes a superb pole position for McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli and Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris claimed pole position for the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring. The Briton pipped Mercedes Formula 1 driver Kimi Antonelli by just 0.011s in the closing stages of qualifying. Red Bull's Max Verstappen took third and will line up ahead of Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on the second row. Q2 The first set of Q2 runs saw Nico Hulkenberg and Arvid Lindblad take a ...Keep reading

The McLaren driver pipped Kimi Antonelli to the post in the closing stages of qualifying

Formula 1’s reigning world champion Lando Norris has claimed his third pole position of the 2026 season at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating series leader Kimi Antonelli at the debutant Madring circuit. With a last-ditch effort Norris took a mere 0.011s out of Antonelli's benchmark to hand Mercedes its fourth consecutive qualifying defeat. It was F1's first-ever qualifying session on the ...Keep reading

Lando Norris delivered when it mattered most, snatching pole position in Madrid by just 0. 011s from Kimi Antonelli, with Max Verstappen completing the top three after a fiercely contested qualifying battle.

Lando Norris has secured Pole Position for the Spanish GP, giving himself the best possible chance of victory around the all-new, semi-street Madring circuit. Norris' quickest lap time in Q3 was enough to edge out Kimi Antonelli and Max Verstappen in a dramatic end to Madrid qualifying.

Lando Norris produced a stunning lap to beat Kimi Antonelli to the first pole position at Formula 1's all-new Madring circuit in a thrilling Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying.

Lando Norris clinched his third pole position of the season in the first Qualifying session at the Madring.