Lando Norris grabbed pole place for the Components 1 Dash Race on the Qatar Grand Prix, the ultimate F1 Dash Race of the 2024 season.
In doing so, Norris moved McLaren one step nearer to capturing the Constructors’ Championship.
Norris took pole in dominant style, and can have teammate Oscar Piastri proper behind him in third when the lights exit to start out the F1 Dash Race on Saturday. That provides McLaren an incredible probability at bringing house an enormous haul of factors within the F1 Dash Race, as they give the impression of being to seize their first Constructors’ Championship since 1998.
“It’s so fast round right here,” stated Norris to James Hinchcliffe after qualifying. “Nice qualifying right this moment, particularly to bounce again from the place we have been final trip.
“We’re coming right here to get pole and we did that, so job completed for right this moment.”
Norris made it clear that his, and McLaren’s goal is a front-row lockout on Saturday.
“I imply, I need to win. We need to win each session as drivers,” stated Norris. “Our goal is a one-two, we need to maximize factors for our Constructors’ right this moment, so we need to go for it.”
George Russell will begin alongside Norris in second, whereas Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. will begin fourth subsequent to Piastri.
Listed here are the complete outcomes from qualifying for the F1 Dash Race on the Qatar Grand Prix:
McLaren arrived the Qatar Grand Prix with a 24-point lead over Ferrari and a 53-point lead over Crimson Bull. That provides the Woking-based staff an opportunity to clinch the F1 Constructors’ Championship this weekend on the Qatar Grand Prix.
Merely put, McLaren must be main each Ferrari and Crimson Bull by at the very least 45 factors going into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Ought to their lead over both Ferrari and/or Crimson Bull be simply 44 factors, tiebreakers would doubtlessly be on the desk, that means McLaren wouldn’t have mathematically clinched the title.
Proper now McLaren leads Crimson Bull by 53 factors, which is above the 45-point mark. Crimson Bull must get their deficit to McLaren right down to 44 or much less, that means they should outscore McLaren by 9 factors or extra in Qatar to remain alive. Something lower than that — or if McLaren outscores Crimson Bull in Qatar — and Crimson Bull is eradicated.
Now for Ferrari, which is a bit more durable for McLaren. With McLaren holding a lead of 24 factors over Ferrari in the intervening time, they should push that hole to 45, outscoring Ferrari by a complete of 21 factors over the weekend in Qatar. Ought to they accomplish that activity, Ferrari can be eradicated.
But when they outscore Ferrari by lower than 21 — or if Ferrari outscores McLaren — the Constructors’ title would come right down to the ultimate race weekend, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
