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FOUND: Q3 - What They Never Told You

F1 Hungarian GP: Norris trumps Hamilton to pole by 0.012s, Verstappen spins

Lando Norris has ended Mercedes’ streak of pole positions by topping qualifying at the F1 Hungarian GP, overhauling Lewis Hamilton’s provisional best time, as Max Verstappen spun in Q3

Autosport · Jul 25

Leclerc explains crash that cost shot at Monaco GP pole

Charles Leclerc had a tricky qualifying session at his Monaco home track, where he crashed on his last Q3 lap

Autosport · Jun 6

Charles Leclerc explains crash that cost shot at Monaco F1 pole position

Charles Leclerc had a tricky qualifying session at his Monaco home track, where he crashed on his last Q3 lap

Motorsport · Jun 6

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Monaco Grand Prix qualifying: Kimi Antonelli storms to pole as George Russell title bid knocked again

Charles Leclerc tapped the wall in Q3 as the pack failed to keep up with Mercedes’ Italian phenom

Evening Standard · Jun 6

Arvid Lindblad earns major fan praise after "standout" Japanese GP qualifying

Arvid Lindblad won praise from fans and hailed his own “mega” effort after reaching Q3 and securing 10th on the grid for the Japanese GP

Motorsport · Mar 28

Mercedes fined €7,500 for Kimi Antonelli incident in F1 Australian GP qualifying

Antonelli caused a red flag in Q3 at Albert Park as a piece of debris bounced onto the track

Motorsport · Mar 7

F1 abandons mandatory Monaco GP two-stop after 2025 controversy

Formula 1 drivers will no longer be required to make at least two pitstops in the Monaco Grand Prix, while the FIA has added an extra minute to Q3 in qualifying

Autosport · Feb 28

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F1 scraps mandatory Monaco GP two-stop rule for 2026

Formula 1 drivers will no longer be required to make at least two pitstops in the Monaco Grand Prix, while the FIA has added an extra minute to Q3 in qualifying

Motorsport · Feb 28

2026 F1 qualifying format explained as Cadillac expands the grid to 22 cars

Cadillac’s arrival takes the field to 22 cars, so the FIA has adjusted the Q1 and Q2 cut line while keeping Q3 as a 10-car shootout

Motorsport · Jan 5

Andrea Stella explains error that forced Lando Norris to abort decisive Qatar GP qualifying lap

A near off at Turn 2 meant Norris had to abandon his final Q3 lap in Qatar

Motorsport · Nov 29, 2025

How Verstappen broke the record for F1's fastest lap and nixed Norris' Q3 recovery

Max Verstappen has another F1 record to his name as he set the fastest-ever qualifying lap on his way to pole position for the Italian Grand Prix. Here’s how he did it, while also beating Lando Norris to the feat in the process

Autosport · Sep 6, 2025

Fernando Alonso reveals secret of Aston Martin’s superb F1 qualifying in Hungary

Aston Martin is a rare sight in Q3 this season. Until this weekend, Fernando Alonso had reached the final phase of a 2025 Formula 1 qualifying session just four times, team-mate Lance Stroll only once.

Motorsport · Aug 2, 2025

Alonso reveals secret of Aston Martin’s back-to-front F1 Hungarian GP qualifying

Autosport · Aug 2, 2025

Leclerc shocked by F1 Hungarian GP pole after "horrible" qualifying

Charles Leclerc was left distinctly flabbergasted by his own run to a "most surprising" Formula 1 pole at the Hungarian Grand Prix, having claimed that qualifying had felt "horrible" until he'd managed to reach Q3.

Autosport · Aug 2, 2025

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Motorsport · Aug 2, 2025

Charles Leclerc on shock Hungarian GP pole: ‘I don’t understand anything about F1 anymore’

Motorsport · Jul 6, 2025

Pierre Gasly didn’t expect Silverstone Q3 with "not very kind" Alpine F1 car

Alpine's Pierre Gasly says he would have "never imagined" getting into Q3 as the Enstone team appeared to be on the back foot over the British Grand Prix weekend.

Autosport · Jul 6, 2025

Gasly expected Q1 exit in F1 British GP qualifying before Q3 progression

Alpine's Pierre Gasly says he would have "never imagined" getting into Q3 as the Enstone team appeared to be on the back foot over the Formula 1 British Grand Prix weekend.

Motorsport · Jun 29, 2025

Why three F1 rookies had very different emotions after Q3 in Austrian GP qualifying

The 2025 Formula 1 grid has plenty of rookies as five drivers are currently contesting their first, full season in the championship while Franco Colapinto is also a relative newbie.

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Autosport · Jun 29, 2025

How three F1 rookies reacted to reaching Q3 at F1 Austrian GP qualifying

The 2025 Formula 1 grid has plenty of rookies as five drivers are currently contesting their first, full season in the championship while Franco Colapinto is also a relative newbie.

Autosport · Jun 28, 2025

Analysis: How Norris beat his own F1 Austrian GP pole lap by almost 0.3s

Lando Norris' opening Q3 lap in setting the grid for the Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix was already good enough for pole.

Autosport · May 24, 2025

Why driving 'smarter not quicker' was key to F1 Monaco GP pole for Norris

Lando Norris put his Monaco Grand Prix pole result down to "driving smarter" rather than quicker, believing this was the first time since Formula 1's 2025 season opener in Australia that he put together a satisfactory Q3 run.

Motorsport · May 24, 2025

Lando Norris: Driving “smarter,” not “quicker” key to F1 Monaco GP pole

Autosport · May 17, 2025

Norris faces fourth on Imola GP grid after "never good enough" Q3

McLaren racer Lando Norris admitted that he made “a lot of mistakes” in qualifying for Formula 1’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix and went so far as to say that his qualifying performances over the course of the season “have not been strong enough”.

Motorsport · May 17, 2025

Lando Norris “never good enough” in Q3, settling for fourth on Imola GP grid

The Independent UK · May 3, 2025

Lewis Hamilton misses shootout for pole with Ferrari ‘struggling big time’ in Miami

Ferrari’s woes this season continued as Lewis Hamilton failed to make Q3 in Miami, only hours after standing on the podium for the sprint race

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