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More than 120,000 spectators attended the Circuit of The Americas and two of them had a very special seat to watch qualifying as you can see in the images above.
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On the track itself it was immediately quite busy but we didn’t get to see much spectacle during the first qualifying part. Both Haas F1 drivers were immediately out, a shame for the American team but the Haas F1 car has been the slowest on the grid all season.
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In Q2 we saw Sergio Perez cut his lap time for not respecting the track limits. The Mexican was certainly not the only rider to have a lap time cut.
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In the end, Max Verstappen was fastest in Q2, Lewis Hamilton was even more than three tenths behind the Dutchman, leaving Verstappen clearly the favorite for pole into the final qualifying section.
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In Q3 we saw Lewis Hamilton set a fast lap time as the first of the favorites but his time was soon improved by teammate Valtteri Bottas.
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Max Verstappen went even faster than Bottas and that caused loud cheers in the stands, cheers that only became more deafening when Sergio Perez was a handful of a thousandths faster than Max Verstappen. The many Mexican fans present cried out.
However, there was a second and ultimate attempt in the battle for pole. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time but Max Verstappen countered and took pole position for the US GP. Lewis Hamilton will start next to Max Verstappen on the front row while Sergio Perez will start the race in third.
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:34.352s 1:33.464s 1:32.910s
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:34.579s 1:33.797s 1:33.119s
3 Sergio Pérez Red Bull 1: 34.369s 1: 34.178s 1: 33.134s
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:34.590s 1:33.959s 1:33.475s
5 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:34.153s 1:33.928s 1:33.606s
6 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 1:34.558s 1:34.126s 1:33.792s
7 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 1:34.407s 1:34.643s 1:33.808s
8 Lando Norris McLaren 1: 34.551s 1: 33.880s 1: 33.887s
9 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 1:34.567s 1:34.583s 1:34.118s
10 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1: 35.360s 1: 35.137s 1: 34.918s
11 Esteban Ocon Alpine 1:35.747s 1:35.377s
12 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 1:35.281s 1:35.500s
13 Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo 1: 35.920s 1: 35.794s
14 Fernando Alonso Alpine 1:35.756s 1:44.549s
15 George Russell Williams 1:35.746s
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 1:35.983s
17 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1:35.995s
18 Kimi Räikkönen Alfa Romeo 1: 36.311s
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 1:36.499s
20 Nikita Mazepin Haas 1:36.796s
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(F1journaal.be)
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