FACTS AND STATS: Norris secures largest pole margin of the season in Austria

Lando Norris secured his third pole position of the season in phenomenal fashion as he beat Charles Leclerc and Oscar Piastri by over half a second on his final lap in Austria.

He has dominated the weekend's proceedings so far, but plenty of other talking points emerged from the crucial session. Here are the best facts and stats from Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix...

• After sitting out of FP1 to make way for F2's Alex Dunnee, Norris has led every session he has participated in, as well as every segment of Qualifying.

• He took pole by the largest margin of the season so far, with a lap 0.521s faster than Leclerc's effort.

• Combining the pole margins of the Qualifying sessions from the first 10 Grands Prix of 2025 totals 0.933s.

• This marks Norris' 12th career pole position and bodes well for him – his last three starts from P1 resulted in a race win.

• It also takes him to fifth place in McLaren's all-time pole sitters, surpassing Kimi Raikkonen who secured 11 pole positions for the team.

• Leclerc claimed his third front row start of the season, and his fourth at the Red Bull Ring.

• Despite being disappointed with P3, Piastri extended his streak of being the only driver to start in the top four at every Grand Prix this season.

• However, he has only won once when starting off the front row – this happened at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix, where he qualified in P4.

• Lewis Hamilton secured P4, which is his highest race start since he joined Ferrari.

• After winning last year's Austrian Grand Prix from third on the grid, and taking victory in Canada last time out, George Russell was 0.792s adrift of Norris.

• Liam Lawson took just his second top-eight start of his F1 career, becoming the fastest Red Bull-backed car on the grid as he outqualified Max Verstappen for the first time this season.

• The Dutchman equalled his lowest start of the season in P7, which he last achieved in Bahrain.

• Just behind him in P8, Kick Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto claimed his first career top-10 start.

• Kimi Antonelli will be less pleased as he has now been outqualified by Russell 10-1 in 2025.

• With Pierre Gasly starting in P10, the Grand Prix will be the 1,000th Championship race to include a French driver.

• Fernando Alonso was narrowly knocked out in Q2, ending his four-race streak of Q3 appearances. On the bright side, he has now outqualified his Aston Martin team mate at 23 consecutive Grands Prix.

• With Alex Albon taking P12, this marks his second lowest race start of the season – his worst was P15 in Saudi Arabia.

• Like Alonso, Isack Hadjar also cut his four-race streak of Q3 appearances short.

• Franco Colapinto qualified in P14, which will be Alpine's lowest start at the Red Bull Ring since 2022.

• Fellow rookie Ollie Bearman outqualified his Haas team mate Esteban Ocon for the fifth time this season.

• Although Lance Stroll looked strong throughout practice, finishing FP2 in P4 and FP3 in P8, he was ultimately knocked out in Q1 for the seventh time.

• Nearly matching the Canadian, Ocon netted his sixth Q1 elimination of the season and will start from P17 on the grid.

• Yuki Tsunoda was another whose pace fell away after practice – he had been firmly in the top 10 in FP2 and FP3, but qualified P18.

• For the first time in his F1 career, Carlos Sainz has failed to progress to Q2 in three consecutive rounds.

• Nico Hulkenberg took P20, becoming the slowest qualifier for the first time since the 2023 Belgian Grand Prix.