It’s already time for the first race of the weekend, the F1 United States Grand Prix Sprint. Max Verstappen starts in pole position for this 100 km race ahead of George Russell, then Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris. There are therefore four teams on the first two rows of the grid.
Carlos Sainz is five ahead of Nico Hülkenberg, Lewis Hamilton and Kevin Magnussen. Yuki Tsunoda and Franco Colapinto complete the top 10 of the grille devant Sergio Pérez and Pierre Gasly, then Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso. Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri followed by Esteban Ocon, Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou and Alex Albon.
In fact, the latter decided to make adjustment changes to validate them before the race. The Williams driver was not satisfied with his settings yesterday during Sprint Qualifying. Eliminated in SQ1, he has every interest in making the Sprint a life-size laboratory.
The weather is mild this Saturday and the sun is out for the Sprint, with high temperatures. The asphalt climbs to 44 degrees, while the mercury in the air is 27 degrees for this Sprint.
19h57: The entire grid starts with medium tires for these 100 kilometers.
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