Q3 was “easily” possible but race is key test of Haas upgrade – Magnussen
Kevin Magnussen says he could have easily made it into the final round of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix after missing the cut by two tenths of a second yesterday.
Verstappen rebounds from spin to claim pole position for sprint race
Max Verstappen overcame a spin in SQ2 to secure pole position for the sprint race at Circuit of the Americas ahead of Charles Leclerc.
United States GP
Sprint ShootOut
Pos No. Driver Team Model Time Gap Laps
1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19 1:34.538s - 11
2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 1:34.593s 0.055s 14
3 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W14 1:34.607s 0.069s 12
4 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 1:34.639s 0.101s 15
5 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 1:34.894s 0.356s 15
6 55 Carlos Sainz Jnr Ferrari SF-23 1:34.939s 0.401s 14
7 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull RB19 1:35.041s 0.503s 14
8 63 George Russell Mercedes W14 1:35.199s 0.661s 12
9 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW45 1:35.366s 0.828s 12
10 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A523 1:35.897s 1.359s 12
11 3 Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri-RedBull AT04 1:35.978s 0.797s 9
12 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 1:36.087s 0.906s 9
13 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault A523 1:36.137s 0.956s 9
14 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 1:36.181s 1.000s 11
15 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 1:36.182s 1.001s 11
16 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas-Ferrari VF-23 1:36.749s 0.752s 6
17 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari VF-23 1:36.922s 0.925s 6
18 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 1:36.922s 0.925s 6
19 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RedBull AT04 1:36.945s 0.948s 5
20 2 Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes FW45 1:37.186s 1.189s 6
Sprint race pole lap “wasn’t particularly great” – Verstappen
Max Verstappen said the lap which gave him pole position for the sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas “wasn’t particularly great.”
Track limits eased at corner where Verstappen collected penalty
The FIA has eased track limits at the exit of three corners at the Circuit of the Americas, including one where Max Verstappen incurred a penalty which cost him pole position for the grand prix.
Leclerc’s penalty prediction comes true as Russell gets three-place grid drop
George Russell has been given a three place grid penalty for the United States Grand Prix sprint race after the stewards ruled he impeded Charles Leclerc during today’s qualifying session.
Verstappen cruises to straightforward sprint race win ahead of Hamilton
Max Verstappen led every lap from pole position to win the sprint race of the United States Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
United States GP
Sprint Session
Pos No. Driver Team Model Laps Time Gap PTS
1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull RB19 19 31:30.849s - 8
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W14 19 31:40.314s 9.465s 7
3 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari SF-23 19 31:48.836s 17.987s 6
4 4 Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 19 31:49.712s 18.863s 5
5 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull RB19 19 31:53.777s 22.928s 4
6 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari SF-23 19 31:59.156s 28.307s 3
7 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault A523 19 32:03.352s 32.403s 2
8 63 George Russell Mercedes W14 19 32:05.099s 34.250s 1
9 23 Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes FW45 19 32:05.416s 34.567s
10 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 19 32:13.252s 42.403s
11 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault A523 19 32:15.835s 44.986s
12 3 Daniel Ricciardo AlphaTauri-RedBull AT04 19 32:16.358s 45.509s
13 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 19 32:19.935s 49.086s
14 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri-RedBull AT04 19 32:20.582s 49.733s
15 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas-Ferrari VF-23 19 32:27.499s 56.650s
16 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 19 32:35.250s 64.401s
17 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 19 32:38.821s 67.972s
18 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari VF-23 19 32:41.971s 71.122s
19 2 Logan Sargeant Williams-Mercedes FW45 19 32:42.298s 71.449s
NC 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 16 DNF
Here is the World Standings after the United States GP Sprint Session:
World Championships Standings
Driver Standings
Pos Driver Pts
1 Max Verstappen 441
2 Sergio Perez 228
3 Lewis Hamilton 201
4 Fernando Alonso 183
5 Carlos Sainz Jnr 156
6 Charles Leclerc 151
7 Lando Norris 141
8 George Russell 133
9 Oscar Piastri 83
10 Pierre Gasly 48
11 Lance Stroll 47
12 Esteban Ocon 44
13 Alexander Albon 23
14 Valtteri Bottas 10
15 Nico Hulkenberg 9
16 Zhou Guanyu 6
17 Yuki Tsunoda 3
18 Kevin Magnussen 3
19 Liam Lawson 2
20 Logan Sargeant 0
21 Nyck de Vries 0
22 Daniel Ricciardo 0
Constructor Standings
Pos Team Pts
1 Red Bull 669
2 Mercedes 334
3 Ferrari 307
4 Aston Martin 230
5 McLaren 224
6 Alpine 92
7 Williams 23
8 Alfa Romeo 16
9 Haas 12
10 AlphaTauri 5
Sprint races ‘take away the magic’ of grand prix weekends – Verstappen
Max Verstappen’s latest sprint race victory hasn’t changed his dislike of the format, which he believes takes away the “magic” of a grand prix weekend.
Leclerc has no complaints over Verstappen’s defending: ‘That’s how I like to fight’
Charles Leclerc said he “would have done the exactly the same” as Max Verstappen’s aggressive defending at the start of the US Grand Prix sprint race.
Hamilton used sprint race as opportunity to study how Verstappen’s car performs
Lewis Hamilton said running second in the sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas put him in a “good position” to observe how Max Verstappen’s Red Bull performs.
Both my penalties were “fair”, admits Russell
George Russell accepted both penalties he picked up during Saturday’s action at the Circuit of the Americas, one of which cost him a place in the sprint race.
Albon says “silly penalty” was worth the risk as stewards clear him
Alexander Albon said it was worth risking a penalty going off-track while racing Oscar Piastri because any sanction was likely to be lenient.
Sainz feared he would “just go backwards” on soft tyres as rivals all chose mediums
Carlos Sainz Jnr says Ferrari’s decision to run him on soft tyres in the sprint race for the United States Grand Prix was based on their tyre modelling data.
Ricciardo admits he was “rusty” in sprint race comeback
Daniel Ricciardo admitted he suffered from “a bit of race rust” in his return to competition yesterday.
Sprint format needs further ‘tuning’ with more points or reverse grid – Horner
Formula 1’s sprint races need further changes, said team principal Christian Horner, after the series’ 11th running of the format yesterday proved an undramatic affair.
Verstappen praises his “start guy” Manning after sprint race victory
Max Verstappen praised the Red Bull’s control engineer Michael Manning who worked on improving his starts after claiming victory in yesterday’s sprint race.