Max Verstappen and Red Bull did their talking on the track.
Amid the off-track bib saga, Red Bull delivered on the track as Max Verstappen took F1 Sprint pole at the US GP.RB20 on Sprint pole in Austin, while Mercedes’ George Russell, who went early and was looking set to withstand the late runners, was forced to settle for a spot on the front row.Armed with just one hours’ worth of free practice knowledge, it was time for the drivers to tackle qualifying for the US Grand Prix F1 Sprint in Austin.
The drama started early as Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas was released into the path of Sergio Perez in the Red Bull, a very near miss in the pit lane, while Perez’s team-mate Verstappen wasted no time in going P1, though he was quickly displaced by Haas’ Kevin Magnussen on a 1:34.4. Alex Albon miraculously came out of a spin at the penultimate turn still moving in the right direction, but that was his SQ1 exit confirmed, as he dropped out with Zhou, Bottas, Ocon and, in a major shock, Piastri after a costly track limits breach saw his final attempt deleted. Leclerc topped the session from Hamilton.Onto SQ2 and a 1:33.274 from Sainz was the time to beat as Verstappen set off on his first flying lap and push for a spot in the Sprint pole shootout.
Kevin Magnussen was complaining of a “dangerous” VCARB exiting the garage, while Verstappen was not happy with the RB20 ride as the final laps came in.
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