Lando Norris drove a brilliant Friday evening session at the Qatar Grand Prix, putting his McLaren on pole for Saturday's sprint race after setting the fastest times in all three parts of the session.
Sergio Perez was the first big name eliminated from sprint qualifying, failing to make it out of SQ1 on pace alone.
The Mexican had struggled in practice earlier in the day, and those pace struggles continued into the Friday evening session in a poor hour for Red Bull – with Max Verstappen only capable of sixth.
Perez was joined on the sidelines by former world champion Fernando Alonso after SQ2, the Spaniard getting edged out at the last moment by Pierre Gasly.