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Lando Norris became the first person to beat Max Verstappen to pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix with a stunning lap in his McLaren.<\/b><\/p>\n
Verstappen has monopolised this race since it returned to the calendar in 2021 after a 36-year gap but Norris beat him by 0.356 seconds.<\/p>\n
Norris\u2019 team-mate Oscar Piastri was third, 0.499secs slower than the Briton, with Mercedes\u2019 George Russell fourth.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton will start 14th – he was knocked out in the second session after a mistake at the penultimate corner on his final lap, then received a grid penalty.<\/p>\n
The seven-time champion faced a stewards’ investigation into whether he impeded Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and was given a three-place penalty, dropping him down from 12th to 15th.<\/p>\n
But he then moved back up a place as Alex Albon – eighth fastest in the upgraded Williams – was disqualified from qualifying as the floor on his car was found to be “outside the regulatory volume”.<\/p>\n
The decision came after an upgrade on the car, including the floor, for this weekend, and means Albon will start the race from the back.<\/p>\n
Norris, on a strong run of form but still seeking a second win to add to his maiden victory in Miami back in May, said: \u201cAn amazing day, nice to be back and start with a pole.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a nice lap. The qualifying was always pretty smooth and put in some good laps especially the one at the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt comfortable. The car was feeling amazing. We have some upgrades on the car for the first time in a while and everything is working well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Verstappen, who has never been beaten in a grand prix at Zandvoort but has not won since the Spanish Grand Prix six races ago, said: \u201cThe whole qualifying [session, we] just lacked a bit of pace. I\u2019m still very happy to be on the front row.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have these gusts of wind coming in, every lap is different, so you can\u2019t build.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut after yesterday this is a good result. Hopefully the car will be OK in the race. We will give it a good go but when you are more than 0.3secs behind in qualifying you have to be realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Piastri said: \u201cJust didn\u2019t do a good enough job with the lap. The second lap wasn\u2019t quite what I needed. The car has been very quick this weekend so a bit disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Red Bull\u2019s Sergio Perez was fifth, 0.387secs slower than team-mate Verstappen after some driver-coaching at Silverstone this week as part of Red Bull\u2019s attempts to improve his form.<\/p>\n
Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc took sixth ahead of an impressive showing from Fernando Alonso in seventh in the Aston Martin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n