Oscar Piastri has surged to an impressive pole position for the Sprint at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, the McLaren driver beating team mate Lando Norris in the final moments to take the accolade by just two hundredths of a second.
Norris had led the way throughout SQ1 and SQ2, setting the pace by some way from his rivals. The Briton again looked to be on provisional pole following the opening runs of SQ3 – but Piastri pipped him to P1 by setting a lap of 1m 08.899s, putting him only 0.029s clear of Norris.
Charles Leclerc slotted his Ferrari in third, ahead of Max Verstappen – who will be hoping to continue his consecutive run of Sprint victories – in fourth for Red Bull while Carlos Sainz was fifth in the Scuderia’s other car.
George Russell took P6 for Mercedes, with Pierre Gasly a solid P7 in the Alpine and Liam Lawson P8 for RB. Williams’ Alex Albon also had a good outing by taking P9, while Haas substitute Ollie Bearman rounded out the top 10, the youngster not setting a time in SQ3 after his lap was deleted due to track limits.
