Norris finished second to Verstappen last year and finished the year on a high, as McLaren claimed their first constructors’ title in 26 years. But currently, the Briton is being outclassed by his Australian teammate Piastri, thriving in the quickest car on the grid.

Lando Norris has kept McLaren's clean sheet intact atop the Imola leaderboard in Saturday's third practice session for F1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Norris headed McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri with Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen in third.

Norris and Piastri once again head into qualifying as the favourites for pole at F1's Imola GP

Formula One leader Oscar Piastri put his McLaren on pole position for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull's Max Verstappen joining the Australian on the front row at Imola.

Oscar Piastri admits he thought it was going to be tough to beat Max Verstappen’s lap time at the end of qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix before ultimately taking pole position.Verstappen set the fastest time on the first runs in Q3,

Oscar Piastri fought his way through traffic to take pole position in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday as Ferrari had a terrible session, with neither car in the top 10. Piastri admitted he “thought it was going to unravel” when he came up to slower cars toward the end of his final qualifying lap but it still proved enough as Max Verstappen fell just .