Lando Norris was disappointed not to beat his teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri to pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix after making a mistake on his final qualifying lap.

Norris will start the race in second place behind Piastri after aborting his final lap as he started to run wide in Turn 2.

Victory in Sunday's race would secure Norris his first world title regardless of where his rivals finish, but if he crosses the finish line behind Piastri, the championship battle will go down to the final race in Abu Dhabi.

Norris said his error was all the more frustrating knowing that he had improved his performance following sprint qualifying on Friday evening.

"[I'm] pretty disappointed," he told Sky Sports. "Yesterday [in sprint qualifying] I didn't feel like I had the pace for

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