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Norris snatches Spanish Grand Prix pole with last-lap charge in Madrid
September 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Spanish Grand Prix: Lando Norris has real opportunity after coming from nowhere with 'masterpiece' lap
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Kimi Antonelli jokes on opening stages of Spanish GP in Madrid: 'Driving like a grandmother'
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Carlos Sainz hit with three-place grid penalty for home Spanish Grand Prix
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Lando Norris labels 'surprise' Spanish Grand Prix pole 'one of the best laps I've done ever'
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McLaren's Lando Norris pips Kimi Antonelli to take thrilling pole for Spanish Grand Prix
(opens the publisher’s site)McLaren's Lando Norris has clinched pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix in Madrid, beating championship leader Kimi Antonelli by 0.011 seconds.
- Norris, sixth after his first Q3 run, improved by 0.701 seconds on his final lap to take pole ahead of Antonelli at the new Madring circuit.
- Norris said the lap was one where "everything just came together," despite a final-corner mistake that McLaren estimated cost him 0.3 seconds.
- Norris secured the pole despite missing virtually all of second practice with a gearbox problem; teammate Oscar Piastri qualified seventh.
- Antonelli has joked that drivers will be 'driving like a grandmother' in the opening stages of Sunday's race.
- He warned the race would hinge on tyre management, citing high degradation and the difficulty of the new Madring circuit.
- He said overtaking cars of similar pace would be challenging, with strategy complicated by the lack of historical data at the track.