Mercedes’ Russell lays down dominant late lap for pole in Vegas while Hamilton struggles in P10; Ferrari’s Sainz P2, Gasly pulls P3 out of the bag for Alpine; Red Bull’s Verstappen only P5 as he closes in on fourth championship
Las Vegas Strip Circuit
Top 10 qualifiers for the Las Vegas GP:
|
POS |
NO |
DRIVER |
CAR |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
LAPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
63 |
George Russell |
Mercedes |
1:33.186 |
1:32.779 |
1:32.312 |
25 |
|
2 |
55 |
Carlos Sainz |
Ferrari |
1:33.484 |
1:32.711 |
1:32.410 |
24 |
|
3 |
10 |
Pierre Gasly |
Alpine Renault |
1:33.691 |
1:32.879 |
1:32.664 |
25 |
|
4 |
16 |
Charles Leclerc |
Ferrari |
1:33.446 |
1:33.016 |
1:32.783 |
23 |
|
5 |
1 |
Max Verstappen |
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT |
1:33.299 |
1:33.085 |
1:32.797 |
21 |
|
6 |
4 |
Lando Norris |
McLaren Mercedes |
1:33.592 |
1:33.099 |
1:33.008 |
20 |
|
7 |
22 |
Yuki Tsunoda |
RB Honda RBPT |
1:33.789 |
1:33.089 |
1:33.029 |
25 |
|
8 |
81 |
Oscar Piastri |
McLaren Mercedes |
1:33.450 |
1:33.024 |
1:33.033 |
21 |
|
9 |
27 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Haas Ferrari |
1:33.920 |
1:33.114 |
1:33.062 |
17 |
|
10 |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:33.225 |
1:32.567 |
1:48.106 |
24 |
Complete qualifying results available via Formula1.com.
Sunday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix starts bright and early beginning at 1 am Eastern on ESPN here in the States. Hope to see you then to find out if Verstappen can clinch or Norris can live to fight another day!