Lando Norris Takes Pole Position for Belgian Grand Prix, Beating McLaren Teammate Piastri
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Summary
Lando Norris secured pole position for the Belgian Grand Prix, beating his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri by 0.189 seconds. Norris set his pole time on his first lap in the final qualifying session, while Piastri made a mistake on his second run that cost him a chance to improve. Norris had been slower than Piastri in Friday's session but explained the margin wasn't reflective of his true pace, attributing the difference to slipstream and track position factors.
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The Briton was not able to improve on his second run, which Piastri was, but a mistake at Stavelot for the Australian cost him the chance to take pole for the second day running after his sprint pole on Friday.
Norris had been nearly 0.5secs slower than Piastri in Friday's session but he said the margin was not reflective of his true pace.
I was confident after yesterday - 0.3secs is just slipstream and not being first out of the pit lane. It was a decent lap, so I'm happ
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