Lando Norris identifies key factor behind George Russell Sprint qualifying defeat

George Russell claimed Sprint qualifying pole position at the F1 Dutch GP in Zandvoort, beating Lando Norris by just 0.041 seconds. Norris had been faster than Russell in SQ1 and SQ2 but struggled to extract maximum performance from the soft tyres in the decisive SQ3 segment. The top four finishers — Russell, Norris, Leclerc, and Piastri — were all covered by within a tenth of a second.