ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Oscar Piastri found new pace to beat his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second and take Formula 1 pole position for the first time in three months at the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying on Saturday.

Piastri set the pace at the start of the final part of qualifying for Sunday's race and Norris couldn't quite match it, ending up .012 of a second off the pace as the title battle between the two McLaren teammates intensifies.

“That was the definition of peaking at the right time," Piastri said. “It was looking like a little bit of a tricky weekend so far, so to come out with that, I’m pretty stoked.”

It was the Australian’s fifth pole position of the year but his first since the Spanish Grand Prix, six races ago.

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