F1 Qatar GP: Oscar Piastri pips McLaren teammate Lando Norris to sprint pole as track limits dominate again
The Australian pipped McLaren teammate Lando🌠 Norris by just 0.082s, while champion-elect Max Verstappen was left thir🦹d after having his best lap time deleted for track limits.
But the Dut꧑chman remains on course to clinch his third world title in Saturday’s sprint race, knowing he only needs to finish inside the top-six and ✅take three points or more.
"Very very happy," Piastri said.&𓄧nbsp;"It was a pretty good lap. I꧅ saw Lando on the big screen made a mistake at the last corner.
"I struggled quite a bit in the first two parts of that qualifying then got my act togethe💙r for the last one. Very happy, great work from the team.
"Max is only starting third, so he's not a million miles away. Weꦇ will try our best. A question mark on tyres, so we will do our best and see what we can pull off."
Mercedes’ George Russ🃏ell was fourth-fastest ahꦡead of the Ferrari duo of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
Nico𒁏 Hulkenberg was an impressive seventh for 🍨Haas, ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, who also had his fastest lap deleted.
Esteban Ocon completed the top-10 ahead of Alpine teammate Pierre Gasly, while Lewis Hamilton suffered a shock SQ2🏅 elimination in 12th.
The𒅌 seven-time world champion had multiple laps deleted for running too wide at Turn 13 but was off the pace anyway.&n𒊎bsp;
The🌃 19-lap sprint race gets underway&ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnbsp;at 6.30 UK time.
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