Lando Norris was dominant in the early portion of the previous week at the Dutch Grand Prix, topping the timing sheets in all three practice sessions ahead of qualifying. But when the dust settled at the end of Q3 in Zandvoort, Norris had been nipped for pole position by teammate Oscar Piastri.
With Norris fastest again in both FP2 and FP3 at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, would he suffer the same fate?
Indeed he did, as Max Verstappen thundered to pole position by just 0.077 seconds in a battle throughout the qualifying hour.
Norris qualified second, with Piastri in third. The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton qualified fourth
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