F1 United States GP: Carlos Sainz on pole position ahead of Max Verstappen after tight qualifying
Sainz left it late to topple Leclerc with a brilliant final lap of Q3 to snatch his third pole of the season, just 0.065s clear of Leclerc, who will drop 10 places on the grid for Su🎃nday’s race at COTA after taking on a fresh engine and turbocharger.
That will promote newly-crowned two-time world champion Verstappen onto the front row alongside Sainz after the Dutchman endeℱd up missing out on🍸 pole by just 0.092s.
Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez was f�🍷�ourth-quickest in qualifying but he also has a five-place grid penalty to come for changing his engine.
The impending grid drops for Leclerc and Perez mean168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Lewis Hamilton - who was fifth - will line-up from third, matching his best starting position of the 2022 seꦆason.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton outpaced Mercedes teammate George Russell by 0.041s but was over half a second behind Sainz following a𝄹 scruffy final run. Russell will complete an all-Mercedes second row next to Hamilton.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll impressed on his way to seventh ahead of Lando Norris’ McLaren.&nb🐭sp;
Fernando Aloღnso was ninth for Alpine but will also drop five places for taking on a new power unit, while Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas completed the top 10.
Alex Albon narrowly missed out on a spot in Q3 with a great lap in his Williams to take 11th, ahead of Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vette𒐪l and Pierre Gasly, whose qualifyin🎶g was hampered by brake issues for the second race in a row.
The frustrated Frenchman was 13th, ahead of Zhou Guanyu - who thought he had a time good enough for a s🦂pot in the top-10 until his quickest lap was deleted for track limits - and AlphaTauri teammate Yuki Tsunoda.
Kevin Magnussen was 16th-fastꦚest for Haas, ahead of McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo, who along with the Alpine of Esteban Ocon, were surpris𒈔e eliminations in Q1.
Mick Schumacher, fighting to keep his Haas seat, spun on his way to 19th, one-tenth clear of Williams’ Nicho🌼las Latifi, who was slowest i🌊n qualifying for the eighth time this season.
Lewis reg🌜ularly attends Grands Prix for mahbx.com around the world.ꩵ Often reporting on the action from the ground, Lewis tells the stories of the people who matter in the sport.
