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Formula 1 United States GP

F1 US GP: Norris beats Verstappen to pole as Russell crash curtails qualifying

Norris edged Verstappen out in Austin, with the end of qualifying disrupted by Russell's off

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Edited: Oct 20, 2024, 9:13 AM

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Top three qualifiers Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, pole man Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

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Pierre Gasly, Alpine F1 Team

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George Russell, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team

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Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Tiffany Cromwell and Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Andrea Stella, Team Principal, McLaren F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Liam Lawson, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team

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Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

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Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team

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Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team Sergio Perez, Red Bull Racing

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Jock Clear, Senior Performance Engineer, Scuderia Ferrari with Mattia Binotto, CEO and CTO, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team

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Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber

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Andy Cowell, Group CEO, Aston Martin F1 Team, on the grid

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McLaren MCL38 front wing detail

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Alpine A524 chassis detail

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Red Bull Racing RB20 steering wheel of Sergio Perez

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Haas VF-24 nose detail

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Alpine A524 front bib detail

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Mercedes F1 W15 front bib detail

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Haas VF-24 front bib detail

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McLaren MCL38 front bib detail

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Mercedes F1 W15 front wing detail

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The grid with a view of Turn 1 ahead of the Sprint

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Nico Hulkenberg, Haas F1 Team, gets out of the car on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, removes his helmet on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin F1 Team, on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

McLaren pit stop wheel gun

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team, on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Shaboozey and Gordon Ramsey pose in front of the car of Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, removes his helmet on the grid

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint race

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint race

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint race

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint race

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, the rest of the field away

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Race start, as drivers race into the first corner

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the remainder of the field at the start of the Sprint

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, the rest of the field at the start of the Sprint race

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44 battles with Zhou Guanyu, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20, 1st position, in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1st position, Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, 2nd position, congratulate each other in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1st position, Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, 2nd position, chat in Parc Ferme

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Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1st position, Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, 3rd position, chat in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, 2nd position, celebrates in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Sting with the Sprint top 3: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1st position, Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari, 2nd position, Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, 3rd position

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Marshals clear away the car of Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

The car of Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44, is moved away on a flatbed truck

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Haas VF-24 technical detail

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Ferrari SF-24 front wing detail

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Red Bull Racing RB20 technical detail

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44 wooden plank detail

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Alpine A524 front wing detail

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Mercedes F1 W15 technical detail

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Zak Brown, CEO, McLaren Racing, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, FIA

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Mattia Binotto, CEO and CTO, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber, watches down the pit lane

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Ferrari SF-24 technical detail

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Haas F1 Team pitstop wheel guns

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Mondo Duplantis and his fiancée Desiré Inglander

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Pato O'Ward, Reserve Driver, McLaren F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W15

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Esteban Ocon, Alpine A524

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Valtteri Bottas, Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber C44

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

George Russell, Mercedes F1 W15

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL38

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB20

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF-24

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Carlos Sainz, Ferrari SF-24

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Pole man Lando Norris, McLaren MCL38, parks his car in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Pole man Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, celebrates in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Liam Lawson, Visa Cash App RB F1 Team, and Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Charles Leclerc, Scuderia Ferrari

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes-AMG F1 Team for Sky Sports F1

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Oscar Piastri, McLaren F1 Team, chats with Pole man Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, in Parc Ferme

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, receives his Pirelli Pole Position Award from Pole Vaulter Armand Duplantis

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Top three qualifiers Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, pole man Lando Norris, McLaren F1 Team, Carlos Sainz, Scuderia Ferrari

2024 United States Grand Prix - Saturday

Lando Norris, McLaren

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Lando Norris scored pole position for Formula 1’s 2024 United States Grand Prix as a George Russell crash prevented Max Verstappen and others from completing their final Q3 fliers.

The session was already a shocker for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton having been eliminated in Q1.

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Norris and McLaren will head the grid at Austin in a stunning turnaround from the sprint race, where Verstappen and the Ferrari drivers seemed to have a clear edge.

After the first runs in Q3, Norris lead Verstappen by 0.031s – staying ahead despite a massive snap through the penultimate corner largely thanks to a strong middle sector.

On the second attempt on new softs late in the final segment, Verstappen ran ahead of his title rival, having only just avoided a pitlane collision with Pierre Gasly exiting his Alpine garage.

But Verstappen’s attempt to topple Norris was thwarted when Russell crashed at the penultimate corner – the Mercedes heading the pack for the final tours.

Russell lost the rear of his W15 through the rapid, plunging left-hander and spun off through the gravel trap on the outside to hit the barriers hard, with the resulting double yellow flags meaning no drivers were able to complete their laps.

Verstappen and Norris had finished the first sector of their final fliers and the world champion had edged a near 0.2s advantage – albeit without getting to the sector where the McLaren had been faster on the first Q3 runs.

The order behind was preserved with Carlos Sainz third for Ferrari, ahead of his team-mate Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri in the other McLaren and Russell.

Gasly, who faces a post-qualifying investigation for the pitlane incident with Verstappen, took seventh ahead of Fernando Alonso and Kevin Magnussen, while Sergio Perez was only 10th after losing his first time for running too wide out of Turn 9.

In Q2, Yuki Tsunoda could not progress even with the penalty-addled Liam Lawson giving him a tow down the main straight on both his runs.

Liam Lawson, RB F1 Team VCARB 01

Liam Lawson, RB F1 Team VCARB 01

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Lawson, who was third-fastest in Q1, was never going to compete in the middle segment given his grid penalty for another change on the car Daniel Ricciardo had previously been racing.

The other fallers were Nico Hulkenberg in 12th after a Turn 1 lock-up and exit oversteer snap, plus Alpine’s Esteban Ocon and Lance Stroll, who could not match Alonso’s jump from the drop zone and into Q3 on their final Q2 fliers for Aston Martin.

In Q1, Hamilton was the shock faller – not gaining time as Russell, who progressed in fourth, did when Mercedes went with the rest of the frontrunners and switched from used to new softs.

Hamilton ended up being shuffled down to 19th, with his main time loss coming in an oversteer snap exiting Turn 12, and shipping 0.5s compared to Russell.

Magnussen and Stroll jumped from the drop zone with their final laps right at Q1’s end, which shuffled down Alex Albon and Franco Colapinto for Williams, while the Sauber pair also exited despite personal bests on their final tours – Valtteri Bottas taking 18th ahead of his former team-mate and Zhou Guanyu 20th.

F1 United States Grand Prix - Qualifying results

Main Information Additional Data Driver Info

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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Time km/h 1 United Kingdom L. Norris McLaren 4 McLaren-Mercedes McLaren Mercedes

1'32.330

214.955 2 Netherlands M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT RB20 Red Bull Red Bull

+0.031

1'32.361

214.882 3 Spain C. Sainz Ferrari 55 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari

+0.322

1'32.652

214.208 4 Monaco C. Leclerc Ferrari 16 Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari

+0.410

1'32.740

214.004 5 Australia O. Piastri McLaren 81 McLaren-Mercedes McLaren Mercedes

+0.620

1'32.950

213.521 6 United Kingdom G. Russell Mercedes 63 Mercedes W15 Mercedes Mercedes

+0.644

1'32.974

213.466 7 France P. Gasly Alpine 10 Alpine A524 Alpine Renault

+0.688

1'33.018

213.365 8 Spain F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14 Aston Martin AMR24 Aston Martin Mercedes

+0.979

1'33.309

212.699 9 Denmark K. Magnussen Haas F1 Team 20 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 Haas Ferrari

+1.151

1'33.481

212.308 10 Mexico S. Perez Red Bull Racing 11 Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT RB20 Red Bull Red Bull

11 Japan Y. Tsunoda RB 22 RB-Honda RBPT RB Red Bull

+1.176

1'33.506

212.251 12 Germany N. Hulkenberg Haas F1 Team 27 Haas-Ferrari VF-24 Haas Ferrari

+1.214

1'33.544

212.165 13 France E. Ocon Alpine 31 Alpine A524 Alpine Renault

+1.267

1'33.597

212.045 14 Canada L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18 Aston Martin AMR24 Aston Martin Mercedes

+1.429

1'33.759

211.678 15 Thailand A. Albon Williams 23 Williams FW46 Williams Mercedes

+1.721

1'34.051

211.021 16 Argentina F. Colapinto Williams 43 Williams FW46 Williams Mercedes

+1.732

1'34.062

210.997 17 Finland V. Bottas Sauber 77 Kick Sauber-Ferrari C44 Sauber Ferrari

+1.822

1'34.152

210.795 18 United Kingdom L. Hamilton Mercedes 44 Mercedes W15 Mercedes Mercedes

+1.824

1'34.154

210.790 19 China Z. Guanyu Sauber 24 Kick Sauber-Ferrari C44 Sauber Ferrari

+1.898

1'34.228

210.625 20 New Zealand L. Lawson RB 30 RB-Honda RBPT RB Red Bull

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