Spanish Grand Prix final grid after ALL driver penalties

SPORTSAREENA.com2 weeks ago

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Lando Norris brushed apart the drama of his McLaren staff’s hospitality unit catching fire to provide “the best lap of my life” and deny Max Verstappen pole place for the Spanish Grand Prix in qualifying on Saturday.

Sunday’s race will begin at 15:00 (SA time).

Lewis Hamilton will begin on the second row alongside his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.

Norris produced his 1:11.383 of magic after a “stressful” day when the McLaren hospitality unit caught fireplace earlier than third observe.

McLaren staff boss Zak Brown advised Sky Sports one employees member needed to go to hospital however had been discharged, including: “Happy to report everyone is fine”.

Max Verstappen leads the championship

Verstappen, focusing on a fourth straight world title, leads the championship by 56 factors from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who begins Sunday’s race in fifth, with Norris seven factors again in third.

Joining Leclerc on the third row might be his Ferrari team-mate and residential favorite Carlos Sainz.

Next got here the Alpine of Pierre Gasly, the second Red Bull of Sergio Perez, who has a three-place grid penalty from Canada, Esteban Ocon within the different Alpine and Oscar Piastri within the second McLaren.

This is the tenth spherical of the 24-race season and the primary of a triple header with Austria and Silverstone arising over the subsequent two weekends.