Lando, Max, Piastri face off in final day of F1 season
Lando Norris arrives at the last round with the slimmest of cushions, a lead that looks more like a warning than a comfort.
Lando Norris arrives at the last round with the slimmest of cushions, a lead that looks more like a warning than a comfort.
Norris beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc by 0.262 seconds, while Lewis Hamilton secured his best grand prix qualifying position of the season in third.
The Red Bull driver is targeting a third consecutive grand prix win on Sunday and first ever in Singapore – and is now just 44 points behind second-placed Norris after wins in Monza and Baku.
While Piastri still leads Norris by 25 points in what still looks like a two-horse race to the driver's title, any hiccups at the weekend could allow the Dutchman to cut further into the 69-point gap to first p...
The 25-year-old Briton, who trails by 31 points in the drivers' title race, clocked a best lap in one minute and 42.704 to top the times, beating his 24-year-old Australian rival by 0.310 seconds.
Norris' third win of the year, leading home a McLaren one-two.
Qualifying takes place from around 6 PM Kenyan time live from the Red Bull Ring in Salzburg.
Piastri's fifth win of the season moves him into a 10-point lead over Norris in the championship.
Norris' victory cut Piastri's lead at the head of the championship to three points, with Verstappen a further 22 behind in third.
Piastri edged Verstappen by 0.034 seconds despite encountering traffic in the final two corners.
Piastri won the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday, as McLaren secured a dominant one-two finish.
The second Williams of Carlos Sainz, Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, and Yuki Tsunoda completed the top 10.