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Max Verstappen, 2025, USGP, generic

F1 Qualifying Results: Max Verstappen dominates McLarens to wrench title race wide open

F1 Qualifying Results: Max Verstappen dominates McLarens to wrench title race wide open

Chris Deeley
Max Verstappen, 2025, USGP, generic

Max Verstappen rounded off a dominant Saturday at the US Grand Prix with pole position for Sunday's race, setting the fastest lap in every section of qualifying after winning the sprint race earlier in the day.

Lando Norris will start alongside him in second, having started slowly in the late session after he and team-mate Oscar Piastri were part of a multi-car crash in the sprint.

The McLaren pair looked a little ragged in Q1, setting the 11th and 12th best times of the first period of qualifying to leave themselves with a nailbiting last couple of minutes – and while Norris improved to second by the end of Q3, championship leader Piastri could only put his papaya machine sixth on the grid.

The session was paused in the early stages when Isack Hadjar smashed into the barrier before anyone had set a time, bringing out a red flag as marshals removed the stricken Racing Bull.

READ MORE: F1 Sprint Results: Verstappen profits as Piastri and Norris collide at US Grand Prix

F1 Qualifying Results: US Grand Prix 2025

Position Driver Team Time/Status
1Max VerstappenRed Bull1:32.510
2Lando NorrisMcLaren+0.291s
3Charles LeclercFerrari+0.297s
4George RussellMercedes+0.316s
5Lewis HamiltonFerrari+0.402s
6Oscar PiastriMcLaren+0.574s
7Kimi AntonelliMercedes+0.604s
8Ollie BearmanHaas+0.629s
9Carlos SainzWilliams+0.640s
10Fernando AlonsoAston Martin+0.650s
11Nico HulkenbergSauberOUT IN Q2
12Liam LawsonRacing BullsOUT IN Q2
13Yuki TsunodaRed BullOUT IN Q2
14Pierre GaslyAlpineOUT IN Q2
15Franco ColapintoAlpineOUT IN Q2
16Gabriel BortoletoSauberOUT IN Q1
17Esteban OconHaasOUT IN Q1
18Lance StrollAston MartinOUT IN Q1
19Alex AlbonWilliamsOUT IN Q1
20Isack HadjarRacing BullsOUT IN Q1

How does F1 Qualifying work?

The qualifying session is split into three finite windows, which provide a dramatic prelude to Sunday's race.

The bottom five drivers are eliminated at the end of Q1, with a further five eliminated after Q2.

Then, Q3 gives us a shootout between the remaining 10 drivers in the battle for positions at the front of the grid.

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