Lando Norris produced a stunning lap to beat Kimi Antonelli to the first pole position at Formula 1's all-new Madring circuit in a thrilling Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying. The McLaren driver hadn't appeared to be in contention for pole at any point of the session, but found a huge amount of pace on his final run to edge out championship leader Antonelli by 11 thousandths of a second.

Max Verstappen, who had surged into pole contention earlier in the session, edged out Lewis Hamilton for third after the Ferrari driver produced a strong recovery having crashed in final practice earlier on Saturday. Charles Leclerc starts behind his Ferrari team-mate in fifth, while Antonelli's Mercedes team-mate and nearest championship challenger, George Russell, could only manage sixth. The remarkable nature of Norris' lap was further highlighted by a near-half second gap to his team-mate Oscar Piastri in seventh.

Norris said: "I'm shocked! A little bit surprised to be here now. My god, that was probably one of the best laps I've done in my career. Very, very happy. Very proud, very happy for the team. Just one of those laps where everything came together." With overtaking expected to prove difficult around the tight circuit, Norris has given himself a strong chance of claiming a third victory in four races and reducing a 96-point deficit to Antonelli. Despite losing out to Norris, Antonelli is well positioned to extend his 66-point championship lead over Russell and move closer to a maiden title, with nine rounds remaining after Sunday's race.