US Grand Prix Sprint qualifying result: Who took pole for Saturday's Austin F1 race

The United States Grand Prix is utilizing the F1 Sprint format for the 2nd twelvemonth successful a row, providing Lando Norris the accidental to instrumentality a further chunk retired of Max Verstappen's pb successful the rubric race

Max Verstappen has the accidental to widen his title pb implicit Lando Norris aft securing rod presumption for the United States Grand Prix Sprint race.

The Dutchman edged retired George Russell to get his Austin contention play disconnected to the cleanable start. In doing so, Verstappen made definite helium volition commencement an F1 contention - Sprint oregon afloat Grand Prix - astatine the beforehand of the grid for the archetypal clip since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix successful May.

Russell thought helium had done capable for rod but volition person to settee for the beforehand enactment alongside the Red Bull, having been conscionable 0.012 seconds slower connected his fastest lap. Norris, meanwhile, had to settee for 4th and volition person to enactment hard to get the amended of his title rival.

Verstappen smiled arsenic helium reflected connected his result: "We had a bully day. Sprint qualifying is ever precise hard you ne'er truly cognize however overmuch you tin push, but I americium blessed with today. The full day, the car was moving rather good and of people I americium precise blessed to beryllium first. It has been a while!

"It is ever precise hectic. This way is astonishing to thrust and now, with caller tarmac, a small spot of the precise aged tarmac, the bumpy stuff, it is not easy. It is the aforesaid for everyone, but to woody with it each implicit 1 thigh is not ever the easiest. But it is fun."

The Red Bull racer has been nether unit from Norris successful caller months with the Brit closing the title spread gradually, and is looking to the main Grand Prix arsenic his champion accidental to harm the McLaren driver's hopes. Verstappen added: "We volition bash the champion we tin successful the Sprint, but we cognize that the astir points are disposable connected Sunday truthful that is wherever we truly privation to bash well."

It was a mediocre time wide for McLaren, who not lone had Norris further down than they would person liked but besides suffered an unexpected Q1 exit for Oscar Piastri, who had his champion SQ1 thigh deleted for a way limits violation. Norris chopped a peculiarly frustrated fig aft the league arsenic helium said: "It was not precise good. P4, truthful not a large day.

"I person been struggling each time with the equilibrium and the set-up, truthful successful a mode I americium blessed with P4 due to the fact that it could person been a batch worse. But the thigh was shocking - not a unspeakable day, it could person been worse, could person been better, truthful I volition instrumentality it. I anticipation to spell forward... but connected gait we are wherever we merit to be."

Norris did negociate to divided the Ferrari cars which had gone quickest wide successful signifier earlier successful the day. Carlos Sainz topped the timesheets successful that archetypal league but had to settee for 5th connected the grid for the Sprint, 2 places down team-mate Charles Leclerc successful third.

Lewis Hamilton made a mistake connected his flying thigh successful SQ3 and truthful seventh spot was nary typical of his champion pace. He divided the 2 Haas cars with Nico Hulkenberg sixth, 2 places up of Kevin Magnussen, to further rise hopes of points connected location ungraded for the American team. Yuki Tsunoda and the awesome Williams rookie Franco Colapinto rounded disconnected the apical 10, portion Verstappen's team-mate Sergio Perez suffered different SQ2 exit.

Full US Grand Prix Sprint qualifying result

1. Max Verstappen - Red Bull
2. George Russell - Mercedes
3. Charles Leclerc - Ferrari
4. Lando Norris - McLaren
5. Carlos Sainz - Ferrari
6. Nico Hulkenberg - Haas
7. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes
8. Kevin Magnussen - Haas
9. Yuki Tsunoda - VCARB
10. Franco Colapinto - Williams
11. Sergio Perez - Red Bull
12. Pierre Gasly - Alpine
13. Lance Stroll - Aston Martin
14. Fernando Alonso - Aston Martin
15. Liam Lawson - VCARB
16. Oscar Piastri - McLaren
17. Esteban Ocon - Alpine
18. Alex Albon - Williams
19. Valtteri Bottas - Sauber
20. Zhou Guanyu - Sauber