Lando Norris Secures Pole for Singapore GP by 0.203 Seconds, Hamilton Third

Sep 21, 2024, 02:19 PM

Lando Norris secured pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, clocking a time of 1:29.525. He narrowly edged out Max Verstappen by 0.203 seconds, who will start in second place. Lewis Hamilton achieved third place on the grid, followed by George Russell in fourth and Oscar Piastri in fifth. Nico Hulkenberg impressed with a sixth-place finish, while Fernando Alonso, Yuki Tsunoda, Charles Leclerc, and Carlos Sainz rounded out the top ten. Notably, both Ferrari drivers had their lap times deleted, with Leclerc starting in ninth and Sainz in tenth. This pole position marks the end of Ferrari's three-year dominance in Singapore qualifying. Hamilton's time was 0.316 seconds off the pole, and Russell was +0.342 seconds behind Norris.