Here’s Giles Richards’ qualifying report. While everyone had eyes on Piastri, Norris and Verstappen, it was George Russell who outshone them all to take pole and set up what should be a thrilling race tomorrow. You can join us for live coverage; until then, thanks for joining me.
More from Max Verstappen, who clarifies (as if we needed to ask) that it was Norris impeding him. “In qualifying, you try to leave gaps of 6-7 seconds because you don’t want disturbance. In Q3 you don’t normally see another car. But some people on street circuits, they get bored … When you get a car 2-3 seconds in front of you, you need all the clean air you can on a Q3 lap, and I lost a bit of downforce with that.”
