Lando Norris took pole in the standings United States Grand Prix of Formula 1 thanks to an accident George Russelljust when Max Verstappen He achieved his second best lap, significantly better than that of the Briton. That of Red Bull will start second this Sunday and Carlos Sainz third after his superb sprint a few hours earlier.
Fernando Alonsowith a magic trick included in Q2, will start from eighth position, pending the investigation into Pierre Gasly (7th) for careless exit from the pit lane before a final attempt which never came to fruition. The rest of the top 10 is made up Charles Leclerc (4th), Oscar Piastri (5th), Russell (6th), Kevin Magnussen (9th) and Czech Pérez (10th).
The big surprise came from Lewis Hamilton (19th) in Q1, unable to overcome it due to a very bad lap and lacking time for a new attempt. Alex Albon (16th), Franco Colapinto (17th), Valtteri Bottas (18th) and Guan Yuzhou (20th) closed the gate on Sunday. Alonso managed to advance to the second round against all odds, unlike his teammate, who was among those eliminated who were excluded from the top ten positions.
They stayed on fire Yuki Tsunoda (11th), Nico Hulkenberg (12th), Esteban Ocon (13th), Lance’s Walk (14th) and Liam Lawson (15th), while the Asturian pulled another trick out of his hat that would allow him to score points in the race, and it would be the third in a row after Azerbaijan And Singapore. Already in Q3, Norris won the first lap against Verstappen, who had to counterattack to win pole in Austin.
Norris, the one who benefited the most from the accident
There was no time for that as Russell’s accident, accompanied by the double yellow flag, prevented the nine drivers who were going to make a final attempt – Alonso was the only one who did not make it and that was is well past – to realize another time. .
As it stands, Norris has taken pole and will be able to do so The Americas in Sunday’s race, although behind and hidden, he will have his nemesis Verstappen and Sainz who wants his last victory with Ferrariwhy can’t he make it to the first of the six final dates of the World?
