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  "id": 7098597,
  "title": "Mercedes thought it had pole position until Lando Norris came along",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/mercedes-thought-it-had-pole-position-until-lando-norris-came-along",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-13T11:10:33.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/mercedes-thought-it-had-pole-position-until-lando-norris-came-along/10855334/"
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  "summary": "Lando Norris secured pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix with a time of 1:31.824. He edged out Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes by 0.011 seconds, with Antonelli having briefly thought he had taken pole. Red Bull's Max Verstappen finished third, 0.140 seconds adrift.\n\nNorris expressed delight and surprise at his performance, saying it was \"probably one of the best laps I've done, ever in my career.\" He had struggled with a gearbox issue during practice on Friday but managed to grab the front of the grid at the death with a brilliant final lap at the new Madring circuit.\n\nThe top six qualifiers were completed by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in fourth, teammate Charles Leclerc in fifth, and Mercedes' George Russell in sixth. According to Motorsport.com, Antonelli had markedly improved on his initial 1m32.140s on his second Q3 run, setting a 1m31.835s.",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T12:20:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "SB Nation",
        "title": "F1 Spanish Grand Prix: Who takes pole at the Madring?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/f1-spanish-grand-prix-who-takes-pole-at-the-madring",
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        "published": "2026-09-12T13:11:59.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "F1 Spanish GP: Lando Norris takes stunning pole at Madring",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/f1-spanish-gp-lando-norris-takes-stunning-pole-at-madring",
        "published": "2026-09-12T15:04:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "Spanish Grand Prix: Lando Norris snatches pole off title-race leader Kimi Antonelli",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/spanish-grand-prix-lando-norris-snatches-pole-off-title-race-leader",
        "published": "2026-09-12T16:04:49.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Sepang gears up for Bahrain F1 Grand Prix with concerts, global stars on stage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/sepang-gears-up-for-bahrain-f1-grand-prix-with-concerts-global-stars",
        "published": "2026-09-13T11:40:31.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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