Events are moving quickly in Austin, as, a few hours after the sprint race, qualifying for the US Grand Prix took place, won by Lando Norris.
In Q1, the trio of Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez dominated the field. A few minutes later, however, Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz took the lead, and in the end, in Q1, Verstappen, Leclerc and the returning Liam Lawson finished in the top 3. Among those eliminated, to great surprise, were Lewis Hamilton, the two Williams and the Stake Alfa Romeo cars.
In Q2, Norris, Verstappen and Piastri led the way, and in the end Verstappen, Sainz and Norris moved into the top three. Track conditions steadily improved and the battle intensified, at this stage, the qualifying session for the US Grand Prix looked practically a three-way competition. The two VISA RBs, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon and Nico Hülkenberg, however, did not continue, they withdrew from the fight.
After that came Q3, which decided everything, and before that it was almost impossible to predict who would be the winner! As a result, at the end of the first attempts, the order was Norris, Verstappen, Sainz, but the time difference between the two leaders was practically negligible. Verstappen started his last fast lap in a spectacular way, but was unable to convert his speed into a result, as qualifying was "suspended" due to George Russell's accident.
All of this meant that Lando Norris took pole position ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz!
