{"id":325068,"date":"2025-11-29T10:53:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T00:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=325068"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T01:07:44","slug":"piastri-claims-pole-for-qatar-f1-sprint-with-mclaren-sweep-of-top-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=325068","title":{"rendered":"Piastri Claims Pole for Qatar F1 Sprint with McLaren Sweep of Top Three"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lando Norris lined up third for McLaren, capping a dominant session, while Fernando Alonso took fourth for Aston Martin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Bull saw Yuki Tsunoda surprisingly outpace Max Verstappen for fifth, ending Verstappen&#8217;s 29-session streak without being beaten by a teammate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lewis Hamilton struggled with car handling, exiting early in 19th and quipping about the nice weather, amid radio tension as Norris accused Verstappen of impeding his lap. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"383\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-325076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-3.png 383w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-3-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Oscar Piastri, a McLaren driver, took pole position. So why the funeral mood at McLaren?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With Norris leading the drivers&#8217; standings and two rounds left, Piastri&#8217;s front-row start gives McLaren a strong shot at key points in the 19-lap Sprint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton struggled with car handling, exiting early.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":325069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,12627,5531],"tags":[17966],"class_list":["post-325068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-f1","category-formula-one","tag-oscar-paistri"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=325068"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325077,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325068\/revisions\/325077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=325068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=325068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=325068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}