Lando Norris put his crash of a fortnight ago behind him with a monster pole position at the Austrian Grand Prix, by half a second on the world’s shortest-timed circuit.
He had left Canada with his confidence – and world championship dream – ravaged, after driving into the back of his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, a mistake for which the British driver held up his hands.
Practically faultless, he was streets ahead of second-placed Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. ‘It’s nice to see the old me back now and again,’ said Norris, adding: ‘Now I need to prove myself over and over again. Hopefully, this is the beginning of it.’
Piastri was held up by a yellow flag as he was about to start his final flying lap, and had to abort. However, he lacked Norris’s pace throughout. The Australian will start third, sharing the second row with Lewis Hamilton’s red car.
