Norris surprises and defeats Verstappen and will start from the front in the American Grand Prix

Hamilton was among the Sauber duo in qualifying, and Franco Colapinto made a mistake in his final attempt, failing to repeat his surprise qualifying performance. The two Williams teams, the only team besides Ferrari not to receive any updates in this race, have fallen by the wayside in Q1.

Question 2: RB strategy does not work

Leclerc once again started the second part of qualifying with difficulty, as he made a mistake on his first attempt. At the front, for the first time, Lando Norris and McLaren appeared in first place, but using new tires, while his rival Max Verstappen made the first attempt using used tires.

Leclerc managed to enter the top ten, while the right-back’s tactic of using Lawson, due to the penalty, to give his teammate Tsunoda space was not enough for the Japanese to move into the third division. He was eliminated with Hulkenberg who fouled his final attempt, Stroll, Ocon and Lawson.

This meant Magnussen entered the top ten, benefiting from Haas’ update, which had only been present in Hulkenberg’s car until then. Fernando Alonso, after major changes in settings, also went to Q3.

Q3: Details decide the pole and Russell ends up in the wall

Before the final attempts, an engineer told Norris not to try to drive more than the car could handle, especially in sets of corners. He was able to achieve a lap 31 thousandths faster than Verstappen, who lost time in the final turn. Before that, he was performing a better lap than Norris, unlike what happened in the sprint classification, when Norris was faster than Verstappen until he made a mistake in the last sector.