F1 United States GP: Max Verstappen pips Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton to sprint pole
The Red Bull dri🍌ver made amends after a disappointing Friday to pip Leclerc by just 0.055s, while Hamilton was only 0.069s adrift in an incredibly tight qualifying session that was ultimately decided by a single run in SQ3.
Newly-crowned three-time world champion Verstappen topped all three▨ segments of the sprint shootout before taking pole, but did have a spin in SQ2.
McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were 🌄fourth and fifth ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
The under-pressure Sergio Perez could only manage seventh, half a second down on his Red Bull teammate, with Mercedes’🎀 George Russell eighth.
Alex Albon impressed to secure ninth place in his Williams, while Pierre Gasly rounded out the top-10 🌱for Alpine.
The returning Daniel Ricciardo was 11th in his AlphaTauri, while it was another tricky qualifying for As🐬ton Martin, with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll knocked out in SQ2 and only 12th and 14th.
At the back of the grid, AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda was a frustrated 19th, ahead of Williams' Logan Sargeant, who was the slowest driver in qualifyin🌞g for the second day in a row.
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