Hamilton has poked fun at Norris for his record of not leading races when starting from pole position.
When speaking in the fan-zone, Hamilton said to Russell: "You should win today, I don’t think Lando’s ever held off the line, so this should be good, has he? have you spoke to Lando?"
Norris, Russell, Piastri, Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Hamilton, Gasly, Hulkenberg, Lawson, Alonso, Albon, Bottas, Stroll, Magnussen, Tsunoda, Ocon and Zhou.
Pit lane: Perez and Colapinto.
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Crash.net live blog for the sprint race in Qatar.
The 19-lap sprint race kicks off at 2pm GMT. All eyes are on the constructors' championship as McLaren could wrap it up this weekend.
They need to leave Qatar 45 points ahead of Ferrari. Norris lines up on pole position ahead of Russell, Piastri, Sainz and Leclerc.
