F1 US Grand Prix Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying
Live commentary and updates from Formula 1's US Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas.
By: Haydn Cobb, Tom Howard
Summary
Summary - Verstappen takes pole position for the US Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver snatches pole from Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by 0.209s |
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Leaderboard 1. Verstappen, Red Bull 2. Hamilton, Mercedes 3. Perez, Red Bull 4. Bottas, Mercedes 5. Leclerc, Ferrari 6. Sainz, Ferrari 7. Ricciardo, McLaren 8. Norris, McLaren 9. Gasly, AlphaTauri 10. Tsunoda, AlphaTauri |
Verstappen on his pole: "In Q3 my first lap wasn't amazing but in the final lap it started drizzling in the final sector so I wasn't sure if I could hold on to my lap time but it came together."
Bottas ends qualifying fourth but with his five-place grid drop he will start the race from ninth place. That pushes Leclerc to fourth ahead of Sainz, Ricciardo, Norris and Gasly.
Vettel calls his qualifying "perfect" over team radio as it means he'll start ahead of Alonso and Russell at the back. It is the small wins, I guess.
Out in Q2: P11 Ocon, P12 Vettel, P13 Giovinazzi, P14 Alonso, P15 Russell. Don't forget that Vettel, Alonso and Russell will all serve back of the grid penalties for this race.
The stewards have decided no investigation is necessary for the Vettel and Mazepin incident. Given Vettel made it safely into Q2 and Mazepin qualified in 20th and last, that's the right call.
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