It was the first time in 12 events since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in May that Max Verstappen had secured any kind of pole position.
Red Bull ’s Max Verstappen pictured during the qualifying session at the . Max Verstappen swept to a convincing pole position for Saturday's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix in a fast and frantic qualifying session on Friday.
McLaren's Lando Norris, who trails Verstappen by 52 points in the championship with six Grands Prix including three sprints remaining, was fourth ahead of Carlos Sainz of Ferrari and Nico Hulkenberg of Haas."That was good," said Verstappen."We had a good day. Sprint qualifying is always difficult. You never know how much you can push, but the car was working well.The Dutchman added:"It's always very hectic and you know this track is amazing to drive.
Both Sergio Perez of Red Bull and Oscar Piastri of McLaren failed to progress to the top ten shootout. Red Bull delayed their runs, but Verstappen swept to second in 1:33.290 on his opening lap with Perez struggling into 10th.
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