Overview
- The championship leader took his fifth career pole by 0.012 seconds over his McLaren teammate after Norris had set the pace in both Friday practice sessions.
- Max Verstappen qualified third for Red Bull, more than two tenths behind the McLarens, following a weekend he described as challenging.
- French rookie Isack Hadjar delivered a career-best fourth for Racing Bulls to share the second row with Verstappen.
- Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will start sixth and seventh, with Pierre Gasly 14th and Esteban Ocon 18th after a tougher qualifying for Alpine and Haas.
- McLaren’s form underpins a commanding constructors’ lead as the team targets a 12th win in 15 races this season.