Charles Leclerc takes Ferrari to pole in Austin. Hoax for Verstappen

Pole position for Charles Leclerc in Texas

Charles Leclerc will start from pole position in the U.S. Grand Prix scheduled for Sunday. The Ferrari driver stopped the stopwatch at 1:34.723 in Q3, being the fastest of the session despite a thrill in the final, when Max Verstappen did better than him by 5 thousandths, only to have his lap cancelled for crossing the track limits.

The Dutchman will even start sixth: ahead of him, in addition to Leclerc, will start Lando Norris (McLaren, 2°), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 3°), the other Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz (4°) and Hamilton’s teammate George Russell (5°).

United States GP, Q3 results:

    1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:34.723 6
    2 Lando Norris McLaren +0.130 6
    3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +0.139 6
    4 Carlos Sainz Ferrari +0.222 6
    5 George Russell Mercedes +0.356 6
    6 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing +0.358 6
    7 Pierre Gasly Alpine +0.366 7
    8 Esteban Ocon Alpine +0.431 7
    9 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing +0.450 6
    10 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.744 6

Deleted after Q2:
    11 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri – – 4
    12 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo – – 4
    13 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo – – 4
    14 Kevin Magnussen Haas F1 Team – – 4
    15 Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri – – 4

Deleted after Q1:
    16 Nico Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team – – 2
    17 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin – – 2
    18 Alexander Albon Williams – – 2
    19 Lance Stroll Aston Martin – – 3
    20 Logan Sargeant Williams – – 3