P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Lando Norris has dominated the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, and converted that dominance into pole position in Red Bull’s backyard.
Lando Norris secured pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix by over half a second, dominating in practice and lowering his time to 1:03.971s to achieve his third pole of the season. The 0.521s gap to Charles Leclerc on the front row is the largest margin this season, with Lewis Hamilton starting next to Leclerc in third. This marks Ferrari’s best grid position for Hamilton in a grand prix. Norris’s pole is the first for McLaren in Austria since 2000, with Max Verstappen finishing seventh, out-qualified by Liam Lawson in sixth.
In Q2, a red flag briefly halted the session as Hamilton caused a grass fire, with Alonso being the first driver eliminated in P11. The session saw Gasly’s late charge to sixth demote Alonso. Yuki Tsunoda’s Q1 elimination despite a small gap to Verstappen was a major storyline, with Lance Stroll and Esteban Ocon also falling short. Norris led the segment by 0.294s, with Piastri recovering from a mistake to finish second, and Lawson achieving his first top-three appearance in third.
