Red Bull’s Max Verstappen wasn’t able to put it on pole Friday, but he made up for it on Saturday.
Verstappen clinched pole position for the sprint race at the United States Grand Prix during Saturday’s sprint shootout, but it wasn’t easy. Verstappen only managed to beat Sunday pole sitter Charles Leclerc by less than a hundredth of a second, and McLaren’s Lando Norris in fourth was only 0.101 seconds back from him. Mercedes’ George Russell was sent to the stewards for a possible blocking penalty on Ferrari’s Leclerc, but as of writing that situation has yet to be resolved.
Here is how the sprint shootout went on Saturday:
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Lewis Hamilton (Merccedes)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
- George Russell (Mercedes)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Daniel Ricciardo (AlphaTauri)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
- Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
- Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams)
The sprint will take place on Saturday at 6 p.m. EST.