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Verstappen Snatches Pole for United States Sprint Race

  • On Saturday, Max Verstappen took pole position for the sprint race at the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, beating McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in SQ3.
  • Following their clash two weeks ago at the Singapore Grand Prix, Lando Norris trails teammate Oscar Piastri by 22 points while Max Verstappen sits 63 points behind Piastri.
  • With a late lap, Verstappen's final effort in SQ3 was 0.071 seconds quicker than Norris, securing sprint pole in Austin.
  • On the back rows, Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg will start fourth after a strong run earlier this year, while Yuki Tsunoda, Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortoleto, Oliver Bearman, and Esteban Ocon face poor starts.
  • Mid-Field results show that Williams' Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon advanced to SQ3, while Ferrari's underwhelming qualifying kept Leclerc and Hamilton eighth and tenth, highlighting mixed fortunes.
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He won everything he could win in Austin on Friday and Saturday. Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen gave no choice: he triumphed in the sprint race from the pole and overwhelmed in the subsequent qualifying test for the US Grand Prix main race, with another pole position, leaving 291/1000 to the best McLaren, that of Lando Norris. McLaren, Norris and the championship pointer Oscar Piastri, feel the pressure and they get anxiety. Verstappen is lik…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Pole for the sprint, victory in the sprint, pole for the main race: Max Verstappen is in the title form. Not so the McLaren duo.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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Pole for the sprint, victory in the sprint, pole for the main race: Max Verstappen is in the title form. Not so the McLaren duo.

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After the sprint qualifying in Austin, Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko Yuki Tsunoda counts. "That's sad, of course, if one is standing on the pole and Yuki doesn't even get into the Q2, said the 82-year-old, and thus practiced clear criticism. Freud and Leid lie close together at Red Bull in Austin. While Max Verstappen secured the pole position for the sprint race for the sprint, Yuki Tsunoda experienced a bitter afternoon. The Japa…

·Vienna, Austria
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atraccion360.com broke the news in on Friday, October 17, 2025.
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