Verstappen does magic and will start first in the Austin sprint, with Sainz in fifth place

The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), absolute king of the three sprint races held in 2024, will leave from the pole position at the Austin circuit this Saturday by taking a step forward in the fight for the drivers’ World Championship and beating the British time by twelve thousandths George Russell (Mercedes) in the United States GP

The eyes were on the Dutchman for his bitter fight with the British Lando Norris (McLaren) and far from hiding or making excuses for the problems that the Red Bull team has had upon its arrival in Austin, having to completely change the front part of its floor, He clocked a great time of 1 minute, 32 seconds and 833 thousandths to finish the classification first.

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His greatest rival, the British Lando Norrisfinished more than two tenths behind and in fourth position, one place ahead of the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), who despite having been the fastest in the afternoon free practice, could not get any closer to the first positions.

For his part, the Argentine Franco Colapinto (Williams), very consistent in the first two rounds but who made an off-track excursion when he went off the American track in the last one, finished tenthwhile the Mexican Czech Pérez (Red Bull) finished eleventh and the Asturian Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin), fourteenth.

He never left, but how good it is to say that HE IS BACK 😏 🙌

Max Verstappen lets out a BESTIAL roar to take the Sprint pole by TWELVE thousandths 🔥 #USADAZNF1 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/pGWY2tK9fO

— DAZN Spain (@DAZN_ES) October 18, 2024

Neither of the two Spaniards had the best possible day. In the case of Sainz, because He had just set the best time in the free practice and because he also did the same in Q2 and, for the Asturian, because See how the AMR23 continues in free fallvery far from the top positions and losing competitiveness by leaps and bounds.

Thus, this Saturday, the two will leave with very different objectives: Sainz will try to improve his race pace to try to get on the podium, while Alonso will seek to minimize damagebecause the sprint races are being choked this season. The opposite of Verstappen, who will try to increase his advantage in the World Cup with respect to a Norris strangely far from the leading positions.

The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), absolute king of the three sprint races held in 2024, will leave from the pole position at the Austin circuit this Saturday by taking a step forward in the fight for the drivers’ World Championship and beating the British time by twelve thousandths George Russell (Mercedes) in the United States GP

The eyes were on the Dutchman for his bitter fight with the British Lando Norris (McLaren) and far from hiding or making excuses for the problems that the Red Bull team has had upon its arrival in Austin, having to completely change the front part of its floor, He clocked a great time of 1 minute, 32 seconds and 833 thousandths to finish the classification first.