BREAKING: Lando Norris denied Spanish GP pole as Oscar Piastri calls McLaren team-mate 'cheeky'

Oscar Piastri lived up to the promise he showed in practice to snatch pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix. He faced fierce competition from team-mate Lando Norris but found more pace than the Brit on his final run of qualifying when it really mattered.

There were some big disappointments in the early stages, including at who saw Yuki Tsunoda qualify 20th and last. He was the only one slower than Franco Colapinto who suffered a problem in the pit lane as he went out on track for his final lap of Q1 and didn't get the chance to try to improve his time on an improving track.

The locals groaned as Carlos Sainz also failed to progress, meaning he will start his home race 18th on the grid. Esteban Ocon and Nico Hulkenberg were the other drivers disappointed to find themselves in the bottom five at the end of that first part of qualifying.

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Williams would not have either of their drivers in the top 10 as Alex Albon narrowly missed out, accusing Oliver Bearman of "dirty" tactics over the radio, believing they had purposely given him turbulent air to drive through on the last corner of his final flying lap.

He was ahead of the impressive rookie Gabriel Bortoleto who steered his Sauber to 12th on the grid – the best qualifying result of his short F1 career to date. He was faster than Liam Lawson in 13th, ahead of Lance Stroll while Bearman had to settle for just 15th as Haas endured a difficult Saturday in Barcelona.

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