As the clock struck zero on the second segment of qualifying at the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, and Q3 loomed over the paddock, one could not help but feel that the most consequential 12 minutes of the 2025 season yet were on the horizon.
Lando Norris, after missing FP1 as McLaren gave young developmental driver Alex Dunne a chance to run in practice, had dominated the time sheets over the next two practice sessions, as well as during both Q1 and Q2. But this was a scenario the paddock had seen before this season, weeks where Norris looked the prohibitive favorite for pole position until a wobble, a
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