US EditionNorris Sets Record Time to Earn Pole in Monaco
- Lando Norris set a new Monaco qualifying lap record of 1:09.954 to claim pole position ahead of Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri on Saturday.
- Norris overcame several weeks of qualifying frustrations, including a crash in Saudi Arabia, while trying to reduce Piastri's 13-point championship lead.
- Leclerc, Monaco GP winner last year, lost a chance at a fourth home pole, while Max Verstappen started fourth after Lewis Hamilton received a three-place penalty.
- Hamilton's penalty resulted from impeding Verstappen during qualifying due to a team radio miscommunication, dropping him from fourth to seventh on the grid.
- The Monaco race remains highly dependent on qualifying because of difficult overtaking and a new mandatory two pit-stop rule increases strategic uncertainty.
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Lando Norris wrote a new chapter in the history of Formula 1 by winning the pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix with a spectacular lap of 1:09.954, setting a new track record in the iconic urban circuit.
Norris starts on pole for Monaco Grand Prix as Leclerc predicts strategy 'chaos' - The Morning Sun
MONACO (AP) — Lando Norris has his first Formula 1 pole position in more than two months at the Monaco Grand Prix. Now he needs his first win since then to boost his title chances. There usually is no better place to be on pole position than Monaco, where overtaking is near-impossible, but a new rule change could shake up everything. Drivers will have to change tires at least twice in Sunday's race, adding an uncertain element of strategy to wha…
McLaren driver Lando Norris, who set a track record in qualifying, will start from pole position at the Formula 1 World Championship in Monaco.
The runner-up of the previous season reached the best starting position in the Monegasque race.
The Billings Gazette
Norris sets record time to earn pole in Monaco
MONACO — Lando Norris beat the Monaco track record, his main Formula 1 rival and a local hero to take pole position on Saturday.
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