Watch: Lando Norris surprised when told he secured pole position for the F1 Las Vegas GP

F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas - Source: Getty
In Picture: Lando Norris of McLaren - Source: Getty

Lando Norris had an interesting reaction to his pole as the McLaren driver claimed a third successful pole position in the last three race weekends. Taking to his team radio, the British driver had an expletive-laden joyful reaction as he secured P1 for Sunday's race.

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The McLaren star picked up the pole after setting 1:47.934 on the timesheet. He was over three-tenths faster than his nearest rival, Max Verstappen. As Norris crossed the line, he claimed the pole, but he felt he 'messed up' his final flying lap.

Taking to his team radio, Norris rued,

"F*ck, I messed up."

His race engineer, Will Joseph, then confirmed his pole:

"Yes, but it's pole."

Norris then exclaimed:

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"F*ck, let's go."

Here's the video where Norris had an interesting reaction to his pole in Las Vegas:

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Carlos Sainz of Williams managed P3, as he set the time ahead of George Russell. Championship contender Oscar Piastri managed P5, while Liam Lawson will start from P6.

Fernando Alonso, Isack Hadjar, Charles Leclerc, and Pierre Gasly managed P7, P8, P9, and P10, respectively. Lewis Hamilton had a disastrous outing as he managed P20, for the first time in his career.


Lando Norris let his feelings known following pole at Las Vegas GP

Lando Norris shared his thoughts as he managed to grab the pole in a stressful outing. Speaking about it in the post-qualifying interview, here's what the British driver said:

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Lando Norris of McLaren at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Source: Getty
Lando Norris of McLaren at the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix - Source: Getty
"Boy, it was stressful, stressful as hell. I didn't know that anyone behind me Not the nicest of conditions, but pleased it stopped raining and we could get Qualifying done."
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"The pace has been good all weekend, I think it will be good in the dry. But there are a lot of unknowns for tomorrow, no one has done much high fuel running. Hopefully we can enjoy it," he further added.

Lando Norris leads the Drivers' Championship with 390 points after 21 races and five sprints. His teammate, Oscar Piastr,i is in P2 with 366 points, and reigning champion, Max Verstappen is in P3 with 341 points.

Norris winning here on Sunday will almost secure his title given he does not have DNFs in the next two races. He currently has a gap of 24 and 49 points to Piastri and Verstappen.

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