{"id":185736,"date":"2025-06-15T06:55:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185736\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T06:55:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T06:55:09","slug":"norris-further-behind-his-team-mate-than-any-driver-qualifying-data-%c2%b7-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/185736\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris further behind his team mate than any driver: Qualifying data \u00b7 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lando Norris\u2019s<\/a> crash in Jeddah aside, qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix looks like being his biggest blow on a Saturday so far this year.<\/p>\n

The McLaren driver went into qualifying having topped the final practice session. Team mate Oscar Piastri<\/a>, meanwhile, looked less than comfortable, and was fortunate to emerge largely unscathed after clipping the infamous \u2018Wall of Champions\u2019.<\/p>\n

But come qualifying, Piastri asserted himself in the intra-team battle once again. Norris found himself so far behind he goes into Sunday\u2019s race badly compromised and in serious danger of losing more vital ground in the championship.<\/p>\n

Change from practice to qualifying<\/p>\n

Red Bull made their usual significant lap time gains from Friday to Saturday. As on several previous occasions this year it was enough to swing them ahead of McLaren by a few hundredths of a second.<\/p>\n

But this time Mercedes had the beating of the lot of them, George Russell<\/a> emerging on top in qualifying.<\/p>\n

Others found the going tougher on Saturday. They included Williams, who looked in great shape on Friday. Alexander Albon<\/a> scraped into Q3, but admitted their car was not handling as well after the wing direction changed.<\/p>\n

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Gaps between team mates<\/p>\n

Russell was almost giddy with excitement over his pole position lap, which was an impressively clean and committed effort. It put him the best part of half a second clear of team mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a>, who nonetheless scored an impressive fourth on the grid in his first appearance at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.<\/p>\n

But the lap time gap was even greater between another pair of team mates. Remarkably, it wasn\u2019t at Aston Martin, where Lance Stroll<\/a> suffered his 22nd straight defeat to Fernando Alonso, nor Red Bull, where Yuki Tsunoda missed Q3 for the fourth weekend running.<\/p>\n

It was at McLaren, where Norris opted to use the team\u2019s new suspension and Piastri kept the old configuration. Norris slipped up twice in Q3 and as a result he set his quickest time on his second run on a set of soft tyres.<\/p>\n

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Team mate battles sequences<\/p>\n

Out-qualified team mate<\/p>\n

Rank
\nDriver
\nStreak<\/p>\n\n1<\/td>\nFernando Alonso<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nMax Verstappen<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nIsack Hadjar<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nGeorge Russell<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\nAlexander Albon<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nOliver Bearman<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nLewis Hamilton<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nOscar Piastri<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9<\/td>\nFranco Colapinto<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nNico Hulkenberg<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Out-qualified by team mate<\/p>\n

Rank
\nDriver
\nStreak<\/p>\n\n1<\/td>\nLance Stroll<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nYuki Tsunoda<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nLiam Lawson<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nAndrea Kimi Antonelli<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\nCarlos Sainz Jnr<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nEsteban Ocon<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nCharles Leclerc<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nLando Norris<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9<\/td>\nGabriel Bortoleto<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nPierre Gasly<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Q1 and Q3<\/p>\n

Eliminated in Q1<\/p>\n

Rank
\nDriver
\nStreak<\/p>\n\n1<\/td>\nCarlos Sainz Jnr<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nGabriel Bortoleto<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nPierre Gasly<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nLance Stroll<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nLiam Lawson<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Reached Q3<\/p>\n

Rank
\nDriver
\nStreak<\/p>\n\n1<\/td>\nLando Norris<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2<\/td>\nOscar Piastri<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\nMax Verstappen<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nIsack Hadjar<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nFernando Alonso<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\nLewis Hamilton<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nCharles Leclerc<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\nGeorge Russell<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n=<\/td>\nAndrea Kimi Antonelli<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10<\/td>\nAlexander Albon<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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