F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Sprint qualifying schedule, results and times in Austin
F1 live updates from the Circuit of the Americas as Lando Norris looks to close the gap to Max Verstappen
F1 returns after a four-week break with the US Grand Prix in Austin and the fourth sprint weekend of the 2024 season.
Lando Norris won last time out in Singapore to cut Max Verstappen’s lead in the drivers’ championship to 52 points with six rounds to go.
Oscar Piastri, Norris’ teammate at McLaren, finished third in the city-state while the Mercedes duo of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will be looking to finish their time together on a high before Hamilton heads to Ferrari next year.
Verstappen has won the last three editions of the US Grand Prix and was also victorious in the Austin sprint race last year. It will also be the first race for Liam Lawson this year, with the New Zealander replacing Daniel Ricciardo for the remainder of the season.
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F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Max Verstappen on pole for the sprint!
Super lap from Max Verstappen! He takes pole position, 0.012 secs quicker than George Russell in second!
Charles Leclerc comes home third, with Lando Norris two-tenths off in fourth - a blow for his title hopes!
5-10: Sainz, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Magnussen, Tsunoda, Colapinto
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Russell top early on!
Only three cars out to set laps at the start - and Russell goes quickest, half-a-second faster than his team-mate Lewis Hamilton!
Hamilton: “Come on guys, that was not good.” Don’t think he’s happy about coming out so early!
Franco Colapinto, however, spins off - and he’ll do well to start higher than P10!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: SQ3 underway!
Here we go then! Soft tyres, eight minutes... who will be on pole for tomorrow’s sprint?!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Sergio Perez out in SQ2!
He only did one lap and it wasn’t enough for the Mexican!
Bottom-five and out in SQ2: Perez, Lawson, Gasly, Stroll, Alonso
Top-3: Sainz, Verstappen, Hamilton
Time for the top-10, eight minute shootout!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Max Verstappen...
“I’m struggling with the ride.”
Well, use the cockpit device!
Just joking. Final laps coming in now in SQ2...
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Carlos Sainz in P1!
Sainz quickest, just 0.016 secs ahead of Verstappen, with Hamilton in third - Norris down in sixth.
Bottom-five (11-15): Stroll, Alonso, Lawson, Tsunoda, Gasly
Perez in trouble in P10. Four minutes to go...
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: SQ2 underway!
SQ2 now - 10 minutes where again the medium compound is the mandatory tyre!
And just one McLaren left in contention!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Alex Albon has a spin and is out - as is Oscar Piastri!
Woah that was dramatic! Alex Albon had a massive spin at the penultimate turn - he kept his Williams car on track - but it ruined his lap!
But Oscar Piastri has also lost his lap-time and so he’s out in P16! He had his lap time deleted!
Bottom-five and out in SQ1 (16-20): Piastri, Ocon, Albon, Bottas, Zhou
That was eventful!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Oscar Piastri on the edge!
Piastri in P14 with two minutes to go as Sergio Perez puts it together to go P7!
Current bottom-five (16-20): Colapinto, Ocon, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Zhou
2:00 to go!
F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton quickest early in SQ1!
This is a quickfire session!
Times tumbling all the time and it’s Lewis Hamilton top, less than a tenth clear of Charles Leclerc in second and Lando Norris in third.
More importantly, the bottom-five (16-20) and heading out as it stands: Ocon, Hulkenberg, Bottas, Zhou, Perez
5 minutes remaining...
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