Qualifying for the US GP starting grid will be led by the two title candidates. Max Verstappen will start in Austin from pole and Lewis Hamilton will start from second position. Thanks to the penalty of five places that Valtteri Bottas dragged, Carlos Sainz will face the race fifth despite having qualified sixth. For his part, Fernando Alonso, despite having classified fourteenth, will come out last for having changed the engine of his car and several other elements.
Sergio Pérez and Charles Leclerc will be located on the second row of the starting grid of the United States GP. Valtteri Bottas, who finished the qualifying session fourth, will start ninth due to his suspension. After Carlos Sainz , Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norri s will be on the starting grid. This indicates that in Austin there will be a tough battle between Ferrari, which comes into this race 7.5 points behind McLaren, and the British team. The Top-10 will be closed by Pierre Gasly , who will start eighth, and his teammate Yuki Tsunoda , who will come tenth.
Eleventh on the starting grid of the United States GP will be Fernando Alonso’s teammate at Alpine. Esteban Ocon will face the race in Austin ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi and Lance Stroll . Nicholas Latifi , Kimi Raikkonen , Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin will start ahead of Sebastian Vettel , Fernando Alonso and George Russell , who will start eighteenth, nineteenth and twenty despite having qualified twelfth, fifteenth and fourteenth respectively, also by suspension.
In the case of Fernando Alonso, because he has changed the engine and several other elements of his car. “ We can confirm that Fernando will receive a new engine for the remainder of the United States Grand Prix after the installation of a fourth power unit. All components of the power unit will be new for qualifying and the race, ”reported the Alpine team.
This is the starting grid of the United States Grand Prix
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This is how the qualifying session for the United States Grand Prix ended
1. Max Verstappen (1’32.910)
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sergio Pérez
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Charles Leclerc
6. Carlos Sainz
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Lando Norris
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Yuki Tsunoda
11. Esteban Ocon
12. Sebastian Vettel
13. Antonio Giovinazzi
14. Fernando Alonso
15. George Russell
16. Lance Stroll
17. Nicholas Latifi
18. Kimi Räikkönen
19. Mick Schumacher
20. Nikita Mazepin
