With the skies turning grey, Norris braved one more lap as the weather worsened at the Circuit Zandvoort, earning the top spot with a time of 1m 11.163s in a tense conclusion to the session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
While the McLaren driver comprehensively beat Russell by a tenth, the Mercedes pair were extremely close as they took P2 and P3, with Oscar Piastri securing P4 after he looked like the fastest driver on track for the majority of Qualifying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ferrari\u2019s Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were next on the timesheets, ahead of Max Verstappen and Liam Lawson, who wasn\u2019t far off the lead Red Bull, while Gabriel Bortoleto and Arvid Lindblad completed the top 10.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Alpine\u2019s Pierre Gasly came the closest to making it into Q3, but lost out by less than a tenth and qualified ahead of his former teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who was 0.102s adrift of the lead Red Bull car upon his return to the grid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Nico Hulkenberg wound up P13 for Audi, leading the second Alpine of Franco Colapinto, Haas\u2019 Esteban Ocon and Williams\u2019 Alex Albon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Alpine\u2019s Pierre Gasly came the closest to making it into Q3, but lost out by less than a tenth and qualified ahead of his former teammate Yuki Tsunoda, who was 0.102s adrift of the lead Red Bull car upon his return to the grid.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ollie Bearman was another to be outqualified by his Haas counterpart as he was knocked out in P20, where he will line up just in front of Cadillac drivers Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez.<\/p>\r\n\r\n