F1 star fumes at ‘dirty, dirty’ rivals after Spanish Grand Prix qualifying KO as Piastri and Norris seal McLaren one-two

OSCAR PIASTRI pipped teammate Lando Norris to pole position in Barcelona with their relationship being put to the ultimate test. 

Norris had to settle for second as McLaren bagged their first front row lock out in Barcelona since 1998. 

Oscar Piastri has qualified on pole for the Spanish Grand Prix

Piastri vowed to not let the title scrap between him and Norris get between him, but things could all go pear shaped in sunny Spain. 

Just three points separate the two McLaren team-mates in the drivers’ standings following Norris’ win at Monaco last weekend.

Australian driver Piastri, 24, leads with four victories so far in just his third season in F1. 

Norris seems to be feeling the pressure of the title race more as he produced a scrappy final lap in the final qualifying session compared to Piastri’s blistering pace.

It was a to and fro between the two McLaren drivers as they battled in Q3, with Norris coming out trumps after the first run to take provincial pole. 

Verstappen sealed third-place while George Russell bagged fourth and Lewis Hamilton finished fifth after a special final lap in the struggling Ferrari.

The seven-time world champion out-qualified his teammate Charles Leclerc for the second time this season. 

There had been drama earlier on as fuming Williams driver Alex Albon slammed “dirty, dirty” Haas drivers who he felt drove purposely slow as he was knocked out in Q2. 

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Red Bull’s No2 driver conundrum continued with Yuki Tsunoda’s situation going from bad to worse as he suffered a nightmare last place position in qualifying. 

It was the third race in a row where he was outqualified by both drivers from Red Bull’s junior team Racing Bulls. 

Meanwhile Carlos Sainz was out in Q1 for Williams at his home Grand Prix.

Yuki Tsunoda had another horror qualifying session after finishing last