Lando Norris bounced back from his F1 championship defeat to secure pole position for Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar. The British driver, mocked by Max Verstappen for failing to win the title in a McLaren deemed superior to the rest of the field,

McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race on Friday with Mercedes’ George Russell denying the Formula One constructors’ championship leaders a front row lockout by pushing Oscar Piastri down to third.

Lando Norris will start from pole alongside George Russell for the Qatar Sprint race after a tight qualifying session in Lusail. In a session during which most drivers set two flying laps on soft