{"id":84471,"date":"2025-11-22T04:04:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/norris-shocks-in-las-vegas-pole-position-in-the-rain-and-expectations-exceeded\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T04:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T08:04:56","slug":"norris-shocks-in-las-vegas-pole-position-in-the-rain-and-expectations-exceeded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/f1\/norris-shocks-in-las-vegas-pole-position-in-the-rain-and-expectations-exceeded\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris Shocks in Las Vegas: Pole Position in the Rain and Expectations Exceeded"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lando Norris Shocks in Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying<\/h2>\n\nLando Norris, McLaren driver, starred in an unexpected performance in the qualifying of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, securing pole position in rainy conditions, something that was not expected after a previous nap.\n\nNorris outperformed Max Verstappen by 0.323 seconds, demonstrating his skill on the wet track.\n\nHis teammate, Oscar Piastri, qualified in fifth place, which opens the door for Norris to consolidate his position in the championship.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>To be honest, I was taking a quick nap before qualifying and was hoping it would be dry, but I woke up and saw it was raining. I thought, oh, shit, this isn&#8217;t going to go well, but nobody has driven here before in the rain and it&#8217;s difficult to know what to expect.<\/p><cite>Lando Norris<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nNorris, who initially downplayed McLaren&#8217;s expectations at this street circuit, was surprised by the performance of his single-seater on the low-grip surface.\n\nThe British driver admitted that his expectations were low before the weekend, but the team&#8217;s performance pleasantly surprised him.\n\nNorris will start ahead of Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, giving him a strategic advantage for the race.\n\nDespite the favorable starting position, Norris remains cautious about the possibilities in the race.\n\nThe British driver highlighted the lack of experience in long runs and the uncertainty regarding tire strategy.\n\nNorris expects a close race, with Verstappen and Sainz as direct rivals, and acknowledges that the weather conditions could influence the result.\n\nThe McLaren driver concluded by expressing his satisfaction with his current position and anticipating an exciting competition.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris Shocks in Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying Lando Norris, McLaren driver, starred in an unexpected performance in the qualifying of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, securing pole position in rainy conditions, something that was not expected after a previous nap. Norris outperformed Max Verstappen by 0.323 seconds, demonstrating his skill on the wet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[657,436,451,3723],"class_list":{"0":"post-84471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-f1","9":"tag-lando-norris","10":"tag-las-vegas","11":"tag-pole"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}