
Verstappen had secured provisional pole with a lap that looked hard to beat but Norris, whose team had a difficult start to the day when their hospitality unit caught fire, seized the top slot with his final effort.
Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton was third fastest and teammate George Russell fourth.
The Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz filled the third row.
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