George Russell grabbed a sensational pole position in Las Vegas, the Mercedes seemingly coming alive in the cooler evening conditions. But there were plenty of squabbles behind, with Ferrari managing to out-qualify their McLaren rivals, while Max Verstappen starts ahead of Lando Norris. Here are the best facts and stats from the Vegas Strip…
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Russell has three poles this year – Canada, Britan and now Las Vegas. This was his fourth career pole position.
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Carlos Sainz qualified second for the second year in a row here, although last year he did serve a 10-place grid drop. He’s missed out on pole here twice by a combined total of 0.142s.
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This is the Spaniard’s second front row start in the last three races, after he won from pole in Mexico City.
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Pierre Gasly was third, after Esteban Ocon started fourth in Sao Paulo. Gasly only has one other career top-three start, back at Qatar in 2021 but he did start fourth here last year.
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Charles Leclerc was fourth, but his last two race victories came from P4 on the grid in both Monza and Austin.
