Valtteri Bottas got to the seventh box.
Carlos Sainz drove to the pole in Austin. PDO
Qualifying races for the US race of Formula 1 were held in Austin on the night before Sunday Finnish time.
He drove a Ferrari to the pole position Carlos Sainz. This is Sainz’s third pole of the season.
Second fastest was Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, but due to a grid penalty he dropped to 12th place. Thus, the third fastest driver, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, pops up in the second box. A Mercedes leaves from the square Lewis Hamilton.
Alfa Romeo Valtteri Bottas starts from the seventh grid in Sunday’s race.
Red Bull founder dead
The time trials were overshadowed by sad news: the Red Bull team was told by the founder by Dietrich Mateschitz of death just moments before departure. Mateschitz died at the age of 78 after a long illness. This is the news Sky News.
– Today has been a really tough day. Of course we tried to give our all in qualifying, commented Max Verstappen For Sky News referring to the demise of Mateschitz.
– There is still a race left. Hope we make him proud tomorrow.
Starting order in the Austin race
1. Carlos Sainz, Ferrari
2. Max Verstappen, Red Bull
3. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
4. George Russell, Mercedes
5. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin
6. Lando Norris, McLaren
7. Valtteri Bottas, Alfa Romeo
8. Alex Albon, Williams
9. Sergio Perez, Red Bull
10. Sebastian Vettel, Aston Martin
11. Pierre Gasly, Alpha Tauri
12. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
13. Yuki Tsunoda, Alpha Tauri
14. Fernando Alonso, Alpine
15. Kevin Magnussen, Haas
16. Daniel Ricciardo, McLaren
17. Esteban Ocon, Alpine
18. Mick Schumacher, Haas
19. Guanyu Zhou, Alfa Romeo
20. Nicholas Latifi, Williams