Lando Norris on Pole Position for the first race of the season.

Lando Norris will start on pole for the first race of the 2025 season after edging out teammate Oscar Piastri by 0.084, securing the first front row lockout for the Woking based team.

In the first session in Qualifying we saw Kimi Antonelli, Nico Hulkenberg, Liam Lawson, Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman all eliminated  whilst Lando Norris went fastest.

Oliver Bearman had problems with the gearbox which did not allow him to complete a lap.

Other than that it was a relatively quiet session, the only other person making major mistakes was Liam Lawson who made 2 major mistakes in the last sector, seeing him exit in Q1

The second session saw Isack Hadjar, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Jack Doohan and Gabriel Bortoleto eliminated with Lando Norris also fastest in Q2

Lewis Hamilton spun at Turn 11, only affecting Jack Doohan’s lap with the consequential yellow flags

Max Verstappen originally took provisional pole with a lap 0.024 faster than George Russell, however, it was the two McLaren’s who went ahead of the Dutch driver with Lando Norris on Pole by 0.084

The first Qualifying session ended as follows:

1. Lando Norris – 1:15.096

2. Oscar Piastri – 1:15.180 (+0.084)

3. Max Verstappen – 1:15.481 (+0.385)

4. George Russell – 1:15.546 (+0.450)

5. Yuki Tsunoda – 1:15.670 (+0.574)

6. Alexander Albon – 1:15.737 (+0.641)

7. Charles Leclerc – 1:15.755 (+0.659)

8. Lewis Hamilton – 1:15.973 (+0.877)

9. Pierre Gasly – 1:15.980 (+0.884)

10. Carlos Sainz – 1:16.062 (+0.996)

Knockout time – Pierre Gasly – 1:16.112

11. Isack Hadjar – 1:16.175 (+0.063)

12. Fernando Alonso – 1:16.453 (+0.341)

13. Lance Stroll – 1:16.483 (+0.371)

14. Jack Doohan – 1:16.863 (+0.751)

15. Gabriel Bortoleto – 1:17.520 (+1.408)

Knockout time – Gabriel Bortoleto – 1:16.516

16. Kimi Antonelli – 1:16.525 (+0.009)

17. Nico Hulkenberg – 1:16.579 (+0.063)

18. Liam Lawson – 1:17.094 (+0.578)

19. Esteban Ocon – 1:17.147 (+0.631)

20. Oliver Bearman – No Time