Piatri conquers the pole in Spain - McLaren dominates the weekend!

Piatri conquers the pole in Spain - McLaren dominates the weekend!

Barcelona, Spanien - Oscar Piatri has secured the pole position for the Grand Prix of Spain and thus achieved another clear success for the McLaren team. In qualifying on the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the Australian drove with a best time of 1: 11,546 and was more than two tenths of a second faster than his teammate Lando Norris, who took second place and finished with a time of +0.209 seconds. This is already the fourth pole of Piatris this season, which shows its constant growth and dominance in the current racing cycle, while McLaren presented a strong weekend overall, including a superior best time in the third free training, such as vienna.at reported.

Max Verstappen by Red Bull and George Russell from Mercedes both drove the same time in the qualification (+0.302 seconds) and thus start from positions three and four. As expected, the Ferrari team was strong, with Lewis Hamilton, who took fifth place, followed by Kimi Antonelli in sixth place and Charles Leclerc, who only attempted one attempt in Q3. Despite the new regulations that restrict the flexibility of the parts, McLaren was able to maintain its impressive performance, which indicates strong team and development management, according to the analysis of total-motorsport.com.

results of the qualification

The McLaren pilots have caught up heavily during the current season and currently show the first two places in the World Cup. Piatri runs with 161 points, followed by Norris with 158 points and Verstappen, which ranks with 136 points. Norris praised Piatris and said that the start of the race could be very exciting. Verstappen himself expressed satisfaction about the performance of his car, even under the high temperatures of the race weekend.

This qualification again proves that McLaren is well on the way to return to the top of the Formula 1 world. The freedom created by the good test times could be crucial to master the current challenge in the upcoming races. The race will be broadcast live by ORF 1 and Sky on Sunday at 3:00 p.m.

The team has won nine world championship titles and 169 pole positions in the past, and the continuing success of Piatri and Norris indicates that McLaren may be on the way to establish themselves again among the best teams in Formula 1, as is due to the historical performance statistics formel1.de.