Events in Austin are unfolding quickly as the sprint was followed by qualifying for the US Grand Prix, which was won by Lando Norris.
The trio of Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Sergio Perez dominated Q1. However, a few minutes later Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz took the lead, and eventually Verstappen, Leclerc and the returning Liam Lawson finished in the top 3 in Q1. Among the big surprises were Lewis Hamilton, both Williams cars and the Stake Alfa Romeo cars.
In Q2, Norris, Verstappen and Piastri showed the way, and in the end, Verstappen, Sainz and Norris made it to the top three. The track conditions were constantly improving, the battles were getting tougher, and at this stage it looked like qualifying for the US Grand Prix was practically a three-way battle. However, for the two VISA RB cars, Lance Stroll, Esteban Ocon and Nico Hülkenberg, there was no more to continue, and they said goodbye to further battles.
Then came the decisive Q3, where it was almost impossible to guess who would win! According to this, at the end of the first attempts, the order was Norris, Verstappen, Sainz, but the difference between the leading pair was almost imperceptible. The last fast lap then started Verstappen's stunt, but he could no longer convert his speed into a good result, because the qualification was "interrupted" due to George Russell's accident.
All of this meant that pole position was taken by Lando Norris ahead of Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz!
