A day that doesn’t start well can always be straightened out. You just have to believe and keep fighting. Let them say it Lando Norriswho suffered from suffering in the sprint race and saw how Max Verstappen move two more points away to worldto see as an accident George Russell In the decisive moment of Q3 he gave him the pole for F1 United States GP 2024.
Lando Norris will start in the first position this Sunday against Max Verstappen (2nd) and Carlos Sainz (3rd) that after the exhibition he gave in the sprint race, with great race speed and impressive tire management with his Ferrari, he can dream of something big in this event on Sunday: with the podium or even the success.
Ahead of them, the battle for the title will take all the initial tension. Max Verstappen has a 54-point advantage over Lando Norris and the Briton needs to take advantage of that first starting place to continue attacking and take the points from Max, because after this Sunday there are only 5 Grand Prix left until the end of the year and his time is running out.
Lando usually has a hard time starting from pole, especially against Verstappen who almost always beats him in those conditions from second place (except in Singapore). The Englishman cannot afford another mistake at the start and in the race, although there are doubts about his McLaren’s long run after a sprint race in which Verstappen and Sainz were faster than Lando.
Verstappen is flying, but…
Right now, in ‘qual’ a Landau Luck smiled at him. The Briton made a superb first attempt in Q3 to take first place by just 31 thousandths of a second. Max he can’t get over that. But the Dutchman still has ammunition left and when he feels comfortable in his car, as was the case this weekend, he doesn’t usually fail twice. And indeed, it seemed that he had everything to achieve the pole in the final and decisive attempt.
Verstappen He improved Norris’ time by 0.172 in the first sector Meanwhile, Lando was unable to improve his time at that point on his final lap. Lando was flying and put a tenth and a half on the Briton at the start of the lap. But at that moment, as the Dutchman headed for the post to deliver another crushing blow to his rival for the crown, Russell ran off the track in Turn 19, bringing out a yellow flag. Max will face that accident because he is on turn 15. That’s where F1’s current king of options disappears.
Sainz passed Leclerc and had good options
Behind the two title candidates finished the two Ferraris. Sainz was 3rd again, beating Leclerc, as he had done in the previous sprint. Carlos was 0.322 behind the best with a car that still didn’t qualify well but was a hammer in the race. He was able to maximize his results and Starting from a distance, it is possible to dream big unlike other races where he has good speed but is damaged by starting beyond the first two lines. There, it’s too far to go back. This time, he was in a perfect position for everyone.
In its part, Leclerc was 4th at 0.410 and Piastri, with his McLaren, was 5th at 0.620, ahead of Russell. Gasly was 7th ahead of a great Alonso (8th at 0″979) and a ‘Checo’ Pérez which did not set a time for exceeding track limits.
Alonso does it again!
Fernando Alonso he did it again. The two-time F1 world champion finished 8th in the qualifying session of F1 United States GP and can get a position if Gasly was allowed a very clear ‘unsafe release’ due to which Verstappen could have hit the pit wall in Q3.
I warned a few weeks ago that, leave the urban tracks, where it is more possible to look for surprises, and when it comes to Austin, a more representative track, which will enter Q3 with what is the 7th, the 8, even the 9th best car on the grid (out of 10) will be more complicated. They all come with improvements on Austin and Aston Martin presented 6 important news. And things did not start well. Alonso He was 14th in sprint qualifying on Friday and 18th in the sprint race. He said then that he used the short-sleeved Saturday afternoon to study the new package and understand it, as in “a free training session.”
Nobody put him in the Top-10. But again, Fernando Alonso did the miracle. As happened in Singaporewhere he was 7th in qualifying and 8th in the race. Or before entering monzaclose to that Top-10 he achieved against all odds Baku and Zandvoort. He has 5 classifications that put his car above its true potential. He did it again in Austin, where his partner take a walk He can only be the 14th.
Source: La Verdad
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