{"id":486697,"date":"2024-09-21T10:35:07","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=486697"},"modified":"2024-09-21T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T14:35:07","slug":"norris-wins-singapore-pole-ahead-of-max-verstappen","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/norris-wins-singapore-pole-ahead-of-max-verstappen\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris wins Singapore pole ahead of Max Verstappen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris will start the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position, securing a crucial advantage in the title race, with Max Verstappen joining him on the front row.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LANDO NORRIS TAKES POLE IN SINGAPORE \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>A dazzling lap from the McLaren driver \u2728 Max Verstappen joins Norris on the front row, Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday&#8217;s race from third \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SingaporeGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OmjvyYWgei\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/OmjvyYWgei<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1837496575418888195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The final session of qualifying, Q3, was disrupted early by Carlos Sainz&#8217;s heavy crash, turning the session into a one-lap shootout for pole. Norris clocked a 1:29.525, earning the 299th pole position for a British driver in Formula 1 history.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Red Bull&#8217;s struggles throughout the weekend, Verstappen recovered to take second on the grid. Lewis Hamilton, after finding pace in Q2, put in a strong lap in Q3 to claim third position, with his Mercedes teammate George Russell taking fourth. Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc had his lap time deleted, leaving him in ninth, while Sainz will start 10th after his crash.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION<\/p>\n<p>Norris delivers when it matters \ud83d\udcaa<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SingaporeGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SingaporeGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i6rGP8j1FA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/i6rGP8j1FA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1837497521561583974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">September 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sergio Perez struggled, qualifying only 13th, while Daniel Ricciardo, under pressure, was eliminated in Q1 and will start from 16th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris will start the Singapore Grand Prix from pole position, securing a crucial advantage in the title race, with Max Verstappen joining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":486698,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16924,17288,17020,21345],"news_category":[16921],"gn_keywords":[18096,17971,18097,21346],"acf":{"announce":"Both championship contenders will start next to each other on Sunday","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486699,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486697\/revisions\/486699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486697"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=486697"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=486697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}