Piastri qualified as the best driver by taking pole position for this Sunday’s penultimate race of the Formula 1 World Championship in Qatar.
MADRID, Nov 29. (EUROPA PRESS).- The Australian pilot Oscar Piastri (McLaren) took pole position Qatar Grand Prix for Sunday’s race with a great last lap, ahead of his teammate and leader of the World Lando Norris and also
aspiring Max Verstappen (Red Bull), while the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Williams) y Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will come out seventh and eighth.
After winning the Sprint this Saturday, Plates He further accelerated his options to fight for the World with another pole after Friday’s in search of victory domingo in the penultimate race of the championship. The Australian burst from Q2 finding better grip and nailed the last round of Q3 with 1:19.387.
Eight races after his last pole, the Australian once again leads the grid, with the importance of starting first in Lusail. Few overtakings were seen in the Sprint and few are expected this Sunday, so the start seems decisive and exciting. Norris failed in his search for pole in his second attempt in Q3 and, fortunately, he already had a good time that kept him second.
“Nice to be back”
Oscar Piastri scores his first pole (of any kind) since August 👏👏#F1Sprint #QatarGP pic.twitter.com/NIS4Qn3nkk
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The Briton, with 22 points ahead of Piastri and 25 over Verstappen on the way to his first World Cup, will undoubtedly race with the calculator, but anything can happen in that first corner. The one from Red Bull, who improved but not enough to beat the McLarens who have a couple of tenths in their pocket, will go all out to maintain their chances of a fifth World Championship in a row.
Behind, the Mercedes fought, but not in Q3, so George Russell and Kimi Antonelli will start fourth and fifth. As for the Spaniards, Carlos Sainz, who was the protagonist of a brief red flag in the final minutes of qualifying because his Williams came out with plastic stuck to the tire, had to settle for seventh position for this Sunday.
Meanwhile, Alonso, squeezing the Aston Martin while looking forward to the new season, held on in the “Top 10” in an unexpected but forceful way. The Asturian demonstrated once again that experience is a degree, knowing each track to the millimeter, and he will be able to look for more points starting from eighth place.