McLaren's Lando Norris took his maiden Formula One pole in a shock outcome to Saturday's qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix.
Norris is joined on the front row by the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz with Lewis Hamilton starting on the second row in his latest attempt at reaching 100 wins.Hamilton was looking good for pole after topping the timesheets in Q1 and Q2, but he then suffered late drama with three minutes left of Q3 when he hit the pit wall requiring a hastily fitted new front wing to his damaged Mercedes.
That left the door open for Norris to steal the show at Sochi with a flying the last lap of 1min 41.993sec. The refreshingly different complexion of the top of the grid was completed by George Russell of Williams posting the third quickest time to start alongside seven-time world champion Hamilton. Max Verstappen, who leads Hamilton by five points ahead of this 15th round of the season, starts from the back of the grid due to an engine change penalty on his Red Bull.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bottas leads Mercedes one-two in first Russian GP practiceValtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton in a predictable Mercedes one-two in first practice for the Russian Formula One Grand Prix on Friday.
Read more »
Bottas 'will take one for the team' if asked to let teammate Hamilton passValtteri Bottas said he would 'take one for the team' if Mercedes asked him to let title contender Lewis Hamilton overtake in Sunday's Russian Grand Prix
Read more »
Russian GP practice cancelled at rain-lashed SochiThe Russian Grand Prix's final practice session was cancelled on Saturday morning after overnight rain left the Sochi circuit under water.
Read more »
Raikkonen says it's good to be back behind the wheel of his F1 carAlfa Romeo's Kimi Raikkonen will return for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix in Sochi after missing the last two Formula One races because of a positive Covid-19 test
Read more »
Miami will in May become 11th US city to host a F1 Grand PrixMiami has been given a May 8 date for the city's first Formula One race around the Hard Rock Stadium next year, organisers said on Thursday
Read more »