F1 Sprint Qualifying Results: McLaren BEATEN as Max Verstappen launches comeback at United States Grand Prix

Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri, Red Bull, McLaren, Singapore, 2025 — Photo: © IMAGO

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F1 Sprint Qualifying Results: McLaren BEATEN as Max Verstappen launches comeback at United States Grand Prix

All the times from United States Grand Prix sprint qualifying

Chris Deeley

Saturday 18 October 2025 00:21 Updated: 11:43

Max Verstappen threw down a brilliant final lap in sprint qualifying at the United States Grand Prix to take sprint pole for the third year in a row.

The Dutchman will be chased down from the start by Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, starting in second and third, with Nico Hulkenberg taking a surprise fourth place on the grid after strong showings throughout the day.

Meanwhile, Yuki Tsunoda's Red Bull annus horribilis continued in Austin, getting eliminated from sprint qualifying in the first part of the session.

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A horrible pit lane traffic jam saw three drivers sent out too late to make it around to the start-finish line to start their final flying laps, with Tsunoda among them as he locked himself into 18th for Saturday's sprint race.

The title-challenging trio of Norris, Verstappen and Piastri dominated the entire session, setting the first, second and third best times respectively in both SQ1 and SQ2 to lay down an early marker.

Ferrari stars Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both struggled mightily for pace, squeezing through SQ2 in P8 and P10 respectively after the former was 13th fastest in SQ1 – finishing SQ3 in exactly the same order they finished the previous outing.

F1 Qualifying Results: United States Grand Prix 2025

Position	Driver	Team	Time/Status
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	1:32.143
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+0.071s
3	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+0.380s
4	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	+0.502s
5	George Russell	Mercedes	+0.745s
6	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+0.767s
7	Carlos Sainz	Williams	+0.768s
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+0.892s
9	Alex Albon	Williams	+0.956s
10	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+0.961s
11	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	OUT IN SQ2
12	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	OUT IN SQ2
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	OUT IN SQ2
14	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	OUT IN SQ2
15	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	OUT IN SQ2
16	Ollie Bearman	Haas	OUT IN SQ1
17	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	OUT IN SQ1
18	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	OUT IN SQ1
19	Esteban Ocon	Haas	OUT IN SQ1
*20	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	OUT IN SQ1

*Despite not setting a lap time in SQ1, the FIA have determined that car 5 (Bortoleto) is allowed to start the US GP sprint race having set 'satisfactory times in practice' on Friday.