ZANDVOORT, Netherlands -- Oscar Piastri secured pole position for Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix after beating his McLaren teammate and title rival Lando Norris to the fastest time in qualifying by 0.012 seconds.

Norris had looked like the favorite for pole throughout free practice , but Piastri found the smallest of margins over his teammate when it mattered in Q3.

The superior pace of the McLaren allowed the two teammates to engage in a private battle over the front row of the grid, but strong winds in Q3 meant they both failed to improve with their final laps.

"That was the definition of peaking at the right time," Piastri said afterward. "The whole weekend I felt good, there had just been a couple of corners I had not been able to go any faster. I didn't really go faster in those c

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