Norris on pole in Singapore, only fifth row for the two Ferraris

MARINA BAY (SINGAPORE) (ITALPRESS) – Lando Norris took pole position in the Singapore Grand Prix, thanks to a time of 1’29″525 set in the only attempt available due to the red flag that interrupted Q3 with about eight minutes to go. The accident that occurred to Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari in fact prolonged the operations of the last portion of qualifying, which ended with Max Verstappen’s second-best time of 1’29″728 and the third position on the grid taken instead by Lewis Hamilton, three tenths behind the Briton’s McLaren. Without time, as mentioned, Sainz’s Ferrari, but Charles Leclerc also disappoints: fatal a track limits in turn two that does not even allow the Monegasque to set his time, tomorrow he will join his teammate on the fifth row, starting from the ninth box. Fourth is the other Mercedes of George Russell, followed by the McLaren of Oscar Piastri and the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg, surprisingly sixth. Seventh instead was Fernando Alonso, who in his Aston Martin preceded the Racing Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda.- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).