At the F1 GP held in the United States, Charles Leclerc took pole position after Max Verstappen went to the track limit, with Lando Norris in second and Lewis Hamilton in third.
Q1:
In the first half of F1 GP qualifying in America, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the pace with a lap of 1 minute 35.091 seconds, with McLaren’s Lando Norris closing in at 0.019 seconds, making it a close battle for the lead. He finished second behind Red Bull’s Max of Verstappen, who was third.
The field was tight and Haas’s Nico Hulkenberg finished first in 16th place with a lap of 1 minute 36.235 seconds, resulting in a strange result that saw both the Williams and Aston Martin cars retire. Fernando Alonso showed improvement in the second half, but was still out.
The Aston Martin driver completed just one lap in 1:36.268 and finished 17th, ahead of Williams’ Alexander Albon (1:36.315). Lance Stroll’s other Aston Martin (1:36.589) was 19th, while Logan Sargent’s other Williams (1:36.827) was 20th.
The American was arrested when the FIA discovered that Stroll, along with AlphaTauri pair Daniel Ricciardo and Hiroki Tsunoda, was under investigation for failing to follow the FIA race director’s advice on maximum delta times. , the moment came when I lost time. .
Q2:
The second half of the F1 GP qualifying in America remained difficult. Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc took first place with a lap of 1 minute 35.004 seconds, just 0.004 seconds faster than Verstappen, with Hamilton not far behind in third place.
The difference was close in the knockout zone, with Alpha Tauri’s Tsunoda (1’35.697) missing out on a top-10 finish by 0.018 seconds and finishing 11th, but Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu (1’35.689) minute) was just a failure. up to 0.019 seconds 12.
His teammate Valtteri Bottas (1’35.858) finished 13th ahead of Haas’ Kevin Magnussen (1’35.880), but AlphaTauri’s Ricciardo (1’35.974) ) finished only 15th due to his fastest lap being cancelled. Even Norris managed to record a Q3 time despite having his lap time removed earlier.
Q3:
The final portion of F1 GP qualifying in America was a tense battle for the lead, with Leclerc setting a provisional pole lap of 1 minute 34.829 seconds. This was 0.056 seconds faster than Hamilton and 0.252 seconds faster than Verstappen, who was only in first place. 3rd place on the grid.
The Dutchman was spooked by a slight movement in the final corner and was almost caught by teammate Sergio Perez, who had just begun a push lap. Mercedes’ George Russell had nothing left after the first run as his Russell had a lap cancellation.
The end was dramatic as Leclerc improved his lap time to 1’34.723, but Verstappen continued, only to have his lap canceled at Turn 19 due to course restrictions. Unlike the Dutch, the Monacos did not have a good first sector and did not have a good final sector.
That didn’t matter as it dropped Verstappen to sixth place, but in the top three Norris (1:34.853 minutes) edged out Hamilton (1:34.862 minutes) for second place. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz (1:34.945 minutes) and Russell (1:35 minutes). .079s) This is a double top five for a team that was unable to make changes to Red Bull.
Verstappen (1:35.081 minutes) was sixth, leading the alpine duo of Pierre Gasly (1:35.089 minutes) and Esteban Ocon (1:35.154 minutes), with Perez (1:35.173 minutes) in 9th place. followed the rank. by Oscar Piastri of McLaren (1:35 minutes). 467 seconds).
