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McLaren’s Lando Norris secured the pole position ahead of his teammate Oscar Piastri as both ended up in the front row of the grid at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday, July 20.
They finished ahead of Red Bull’s three-time champion Max Verstappen, who settled for third and the second row in the tense qualifying.
The 24-year-old Briton, as reported by France 24, clocked the best lap in one minute and 15.227 seconds to outpace Verstappen by 0.022 seconds.
Verstappen was three hundredths of a second adrift in third, ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
Charles Leclerc, in the second Ferrari, was sixth ahead of two-time champion Fernando Alonso, his Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll, and the RBs Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, who had survived a high-speed crash earlier in Q3.
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It was Norris’s second pole in four races and the third of his burgeoning career as he gained front-running experience in his bid to challenge Verstappen, who, on Sunday, bid to complete a hat-trick of Hungarian wins.
“I’m very happy with that, and it wasn’t easy at all in difficult conditions, so ending up on top is the best for us all and a great result for the team,” said Norris.
“We have come into this weekend confident we can do a good job, so to be on pole is sweet.”
“It’s the first 1-2 for McLaren in a long time and an amazing result for us,” said Piastri. “I had a tricky day yesterday, so for me, it is nice to bounce back.
By Dotun Omisakin
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