Norris surged to pole position for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the McLaren driver having just edged out team mate Oscar Piastri by 0.084s to secure a front row lockout for the reigning Teams’ Champions.
After Max Verstappen had initially secured provisional pole during the first runs of Q3, Piastri thrilled the crowd at his home event by stunningly beating that effort by four-tenths. But the Australian did not keep P1 for long, as Norris went even faster on a lap of 1m 15.096s.
Verstappen wound up in third, the Red Bull man seemingly ready to take the fight to McLaren, while George Russell was fourth for Mercedes ahead of an impressive fifth place for Yuki Tsunoda in the Racing Bulls machine.
