At the Spanish Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri clinched pole position with a stunning lap time of 1:11.546, extending his lead over teammate Lando Norris, who finished 0.2 seconds behind. Norris had held a narrow lead earlier in Q3 but could not improve on his final attempt. This pole position is significant for Piastri, especially following Norris's recent victory in Monaco which had tightened the championship race. Despite uncertainties from a potential technical directive impacting performance, McLaren's cars exhibited strong dominance throughout the weekend, positioning themselves ahead of rivals Max Verstappen and George Russell.
Norris had been up by 0.017s after the first runs of Q3 but was unable to improve on his final lap.
It will be a morale boosting pole position for Piastri, who saw Norris close the gap in the title fight to three points by winning last week's Monaco Grand Prix.
Quite some turnaround from last year, so well done everyone. Let's have ourselves some fun tomorrow.
After days of speculation about whether McLaren's advantage might be pegged back by a technical directive around front wings, the papaya cars looked as dominant as they have all season.
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