{"id":295451,"date":"2023-11-04T17:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295451"},"modified":"2023-11-04T17:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:25:21","slug":"britains-lando-norris-takes-pole-position-for-sprint-race-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/britains-lando-norris-takes-pole-position-for-sprint-race-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain&apos;s Lando Norris takes pole position for sprint race in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Britain&#8217;s Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen by 0.061 seconds to take pole position for the sprint race in Brazil with Sergio Perez securing third spot<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Britain&#8217;s Lando Norris took pole position for Saturday&#8217;s sprint race in Brazil\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Norris beat Verstappen to top spot by 0.061 seconds with Sergio Perez in third\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>George Russell completes the second row with Lewis Hamilton down in fifth\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lando Norris saw off triple world champion Max Verstappen to take pole position for Saturday&#8217;s sprint race in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The British driver, 23, beat Verstappen to top spot by 0.061 seconds in Interlagos with Sergio Perez third.<\/p>\n<p>George Russell and Lewis Hamilton will line up from fourth and fifth respectively for Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>Norris believed he could have taken pole for Sunday&#8217;s 71-lap main event, but for a McLaren strategy blunder in Friday&#8217;s rain-hit qualifying session.<\/p>\n<p>However, the young Briton made amends by delivering the quickest time for Saturday&#8217;s 24-lap dash to the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402029-0-image-a-2_1699114215647.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris (L) took pole position for Saturday&#8217;s sprint race ahead of Max Verstappen (R)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402031-0-image-a-1_1699114210711.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Norris\u00a0beat Verstappen to top spot by 0.061 seconds in Interlagos with Sergio Perez third<\/p>\n<p>Norris, who is seeking his first win in Formula One, said: &#8216;It felt like one of the worst laps I have done so I am a little bit surprised to be on pole.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I feel like we have made up for yesterday. I have no idea how the sprint will go, but the pace has been good this weekend and the car has been quick.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Perez was a tenth back from Norris, while Russell finished 0.235 sec behind, with Hamilton 0.318 sec adrift.<\/p>\n<p>Yuki Tsunoda qualified sixth ahead of Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc and Daniel Ricciardo.<\/p>\n<p>Q1 ended early after Esteban Ocon crashed out following a collision with Aston Martin&#8217;s Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>Ocon was on a hot lap, but briefly lost control of his Alpine though the left-hander at Turn 3, and thumped into Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was off the racing line, affording space for Ocon, but the Frenchman clipped Alonso&#8217;s Aston Martin which sent him into the tyre barrier at Curva do Sol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;F****** idiot, Fernando,&#8217; said Ocon after he sustained significant damage to the rear of his machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/04\/16\/77402187-0-image-a-18_1699114651583.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Q1 ended early after\u00a0Esteban Ocon crashed out following a collision with Fernando Alonso<\/p>\n<p>Alonso limped back to the pits with front suspension damage leaving his mechanics scrambling to get his machine ready for Q2.<\/p>\n<p>A 28-minute delay followed as the barrier was repaired but Alonso was unable to continue. He will start 15th.<\/p>\n<p>The double world champion&#8217;s team-mate Lance Stroll qualified an impressive third for Sunday&#8217;s grand prix. But the Canadian will line up three places from the back for Saturday&#8217;s sprint which gets under way at 3:30pm local time (6:30 pm GMT).<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12710373\/Britains-Lando-Norris-beats-Max-Verstappen-0-061-seconds-pole-position-sprint-race-Brazil-Sergio-Perez-securing-spot.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain&#8217;s Lando Norris beats Max Verstappen by 0.061 seconds to take pole position for the sprint race in Brazil with Sergio Perez securing third spot Britain&#8217;s Lando Norris took pole position for Saturday&#8217;s sprint race in Brazil\u00a0 Norris beat Verstappen to top spot by 0.061 seconds with Sergio Perez in third\u00a0 George Russell completes the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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