Oscar Piastri beats McLaren teammate Lando Norris to end his wait for pole at F1’s Dutch GP

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands: Oscar Piastri found new pace to beat his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second and take Formula 1 pole position for the first time in three months at the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying on Saturday.

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Piastri set the pace at the start of the final part of qualifying for Sunday’s race and Norris couldn’t quite match it, ending up .012 of a second off the pace as the title battle between the two McLaren teammates intensifies.

“That was the definition of peaking at the right time,” Piastri said. “It was looking like a little bit of a tricky weekend so far.”

It was the Australian’s fifth pole position of the year but his first since the Spanish Grand Prix, six races ago.