Las Vegas – George Russell on pole and untouchable, Pierre Gasly exceptional

And three this season for George Russell! After Canada and Great Britain, the Englishman took another deserved pole position this Friday evening in Las Vegas, cementing a clear domination of Mercedes since the beginning of the weekend. The difficulty for all the big guns to get the tires up to temperature seems to have allowed the brand with the star to make the difference and go for pole position. Disappointment on the other hand for Lewis Hamilton (10th), in the running all weekend and who was not able to set a single fast lap in Q3.

But the feeling of the day is elsewhere, it is French and it came from Pierre Gasly (3rd)! Already 5th on the grid here last year, the Norman signed the best performance of his career in qualifying by taking third place on the grid, sandwiched between the two Ferrari de Carlos Sainz (2th) and Charles Leclerc (4th). The momentum is enormous for the Norman and for Alpine, after the double podium in Sao Paulo. Here is the A arrow in a good position to score big points on Saturday evening.

The Frenchman also dominated the last two contenders for the world crown Max Verstappen (5e) and Lando Norris (6th). The Dutchman managed to qualify ahead of his British teammate, and maximized his chances of being crowned on Saturday evening. This will be the case if the positions remain there! We will also note the very nice 7th place of Yuki tsunoda, who largely dominated his teammate Liam Lawson. Oscar piastri finished 8th in front Nico Hulkenberg (9e).

Sergio Perez eliminated in Q1

Dead last in the last eight qualifiers in F1, Guanyu-Zhou managed the feat of getting out of Q1, and even qualifying in 13th place. The Chinese will have this Saturday evening (local time) Kevin Magnussen (12e) and Esteban Ocon (11th) ahead of him on the starting grid. Fourteenth on the grid, Franco Colapinto had a serious accident car in qualifying and has not made a great publicity for himself two weeks after his double crash in Sao Paulo. Will he even be able to start? Liam Lawson is ranked 15th.

Things are not getting any better for Checo Perez, who was eliminated in the first section of qualifying. The Mexican, who never managed to find the necessary grip, will start 16th ahead of Fernando Alonso (17th) and Alex Albon (18th). The Thai saw his time deleted, precipitating his elimination from Q1. Valtteri Bottas, 19th time in qualifying, will start last due to his engine penalty. Lance stroll could not pull off a miracle, having been released just three minutes before the end of Q1 by his team, due to a change in his ERS. See you this Sunday morning at 7am French time for the Grand Prix.

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