McLaren's Lando Norris Scores Pole Position at Austrian Grand Prix, Outpacing Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren's Oscar Piastri

Lando Norris put in a remarkable display to claim pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix, beating Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by a significant 0.521 seconds, with McLaren's championship leader, Oscar Piastri, finishing 0.062 seconds behind.

The race is scheduled to start at 14:00 BST, and coverage will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live and the BBC Sport website and app.

Lewis Hamilton managed to put the second Ferrari in fourth position, 0.090 seconds slower than his teammate, while Mercedes' George Russell finished fifth. Red Bull's Max Verstappen could only manage seventh place, having been caught out by yellow flags on his final run and being only sixth on his first lap.

Speaking about his performance, Norris said, "It was a good lap, that's for sure. My Q3 run one was good but I knew there were a few places where if I just got it right, I could make up quite a bit more time and I did that."

Norris's impressive lap was timely, as he arrived in Austria 22 points behind Piastri in the championship following his crash in the previous race in Canada, which was caused by his teammate.

"Qualifying has been some of my tough moments," Norris said, "so to put in a lap like this is pleasing for myself. It's a long race tomorrow and a long season. I want to prove it myself over and over again, and this is just the beginning of it."

Leclerc's performance marked the second time Ferrari have been on the front row this season, following his second-place finish in Monaco. The team has introduced a new floor in hopes of moving their season forward after a challenging start. Leclerc said, "I am very pleased. Monaco was the last time we started on the front row, and it has been a difficult season. We brought some new parts this weekend, which for sure have made a difference. I am very happy with the lap. We know we have a better car in the race than in qualifying, so I hope we can put a bit more pressure on the McLarens in the race."

Piastri, who was 0.286 seconds slower than Norris on their first laps, said he had not been able to start his final lap as he was following Alpine's Pierre Gasly, who had a double spin at the final corner.

Verstappen, who was beaten by Liam Lawson from Red Bull's sister Racing Bulls team, was another to have his lap hampered by Gasly's error. The Dutchman said, "It depends how those last two corners would have gone. We would have been closer, but it is still 0.5-0.6 seconds off, which is quite a lot on a track like this. It just didn't work in qualifying for whatever reason. There was not one single corner where I felt we had a nice balance. We were not McLaren level, but we were still OK, but in qualifying, it just disappeared."

Completing the top 10 were Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto, the Brazilian rookie making the final shootout for the first time in his career, Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, and Gasly.

Stay tuned for more coverage of the Austrian Grand Prix on the BBC.