Bottas with track record in the thousandth fight chased Vettl, Hamilton only fifth

Valtteri Bottas [Mercedes] was the fastest in pre-US qualifying and will start Sunday's race at the Austin startup race. The Finnish was for everyone (******************************************************************************************************) is a thousandth of a second faster than Sebastian Vettl [Ferrari], and Max Verstappen [Red Bull] will start racing from the third starting place.

Valtteri Bottas set time 1 in his first quick attempt: 20. 19, which was for 10 a thousandth of a second faster than Sebastian Vettl, with Max Verstappen in third place 041 thousandths of a second.

At Ferrari, Leclerc was replaced before the qualifications by a drive train for a unit that Monacan had already used this season. Leclerc will thus avoid the penalty of starting points. # F1 # f1si pic.twitter.com/bLCXDSKivZ

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Charles Leclerc [Ferrari] finished in the top three, with Lewis Hamilton finishing in fifth place after a series of qualifying errors.

Sixth place went to Alexander Albon [Red Bull], followed by both Mclaren race drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris.

Q2 failed (*****************************************************************************************************) Kvyat, 10 Hulkenberg, Magnussen, 12 Stroll, 13 Grosjean.

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Daniel Ricciardo [Renault] will start from the ninth starting spot, while the top ten will be supplemented by Pierre Gasly [Toro Rosso.]

The race will be Sunday at 18: (******************************************************************************************************).

QUALIFYING CLASSIFICATION:

@ ValtteriBottas takes his fifth pole of ? # USGP ?? # F1 pic.twitter.com/6MnREGXHif

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RESULTS

		1. Valtteri Bottas 1 '20. 19 Mercedes
	2. Sebastian Vettel 1 '20. 34 Ferrari
		3. Max Verstappen 1 '20. 096 Red Bull
	4. Charles Leclerc 1 '20. 137 Ferrari
		5. Lewis Hamilton 1 '20. 321 Mercedes
	6. Alexander Albon 1 '20. 548 Red Bull
		7. Carlos Sainz Jnr 1 '20. 847 McLaren
	8. Lando Norris 1 '029. 175 McLaren
		9. Daniel Ricciardo 1 '029. 488 Renault
	(******************************************************************************************************). Pierre Gasly 1 '029. 601 Toro Rosso
		(*****************************************************************************************************). Nico Hulkenberg 1 '029. 815 Renault
	10. Kevin Magnussen 1 '029. 979 Haas
		11. Daniil Kvyat 1 '029. 989 Toro Rosso
	12. Lance Stroll 1 '32. 100 Racing Point
		13. Romain Grosjean 1 '32. 158 Haas
	14. Antonio Giovinazzi 1 '32. 226 Alfa Romeo
		15. Kimi Raikkonen 1 '32. 369 Alfa Romeo
	16. George Russell 1 '33. 372 Williams
		17. Robert Kubica 1 '33. 889 Williams
	18. Sergio Perez 1 '33. 808 Racing Point

Q1 dropped 14 Giovinazzi, 15 Raikkonen, 16 Russell, 17 Perez, and 18 Kubica.

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