Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen beat McLaren’s Lando Norris to pole place at the USA Grand Prix with championship chief Oscar Piastri down in sixth.
After the McLaren drivers crashed out of the dash earlier on Saturday, neither was capable of problem Verstappen despite the fact that the world champion failed to finish a closing run in qualifying.
Verstappen was despatched out too late to get round in time to begin a final lap earlier than the chequered flag however nonetheless beat Norris by 0.291 seconds.
It was an imperious efficiency that underlined why McLaren are involved about his risk within the drivers’ championship.
Norris saved his finest for final in a troublesome session to pip Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc to second on the grid by simply 0.006secs.
However Piastri, who has seemed out of types all weekend, was not fast and he ended up 0.574secs off the tempo, and behind Mercedes’ George Russell and the second Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton.
