Lando Norris, driver for the McLaren team, will start first in the Barcelona Grand Prix of Formula 1 after securing pole position following 12 laps and clocking a time of 1:11.383, beating the current three-time champion, Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull), by 20 milliseconds.

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The British driver claimed his first pole position of the 2024 season and will attempt to achieve his second victory as a professional. However, Norris will have to compete against Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who complete the top three positions on the grid. The last time the McLaren driver secured the top spot was in 2021 at the Russian Grand Prix.

This season has been one of the best for the Bristol-born driver. Norris is currently in third place in the drivers' championship with 131 points, behind Verstappen and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), and he achieved his first victory at the Miami Grand Prix.

Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) will start from sixth place after recording a time of 1:11.736, just five milliseconds behind his teammate, Monegasque Charles Leclerc. Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) will be on the fourth row of the grid and will start eleventh due to an unfulfilled penalty in the last Grand Prix, held in Montreal, Canada.

Here is the starting grid after three qualifying rounds: Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Oscar Piastri, Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez, Valtteri Bottas, Nico Hulkenberg, Lance Stroll, Zhou Guanyu, Kevin Magnussen, Yuki Tsunoda, Daniel Ricciardo, Alexander Albon, and Logan Sargeant.

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