Leclerc pole, Verstappen 6th after penalty at U.S. GP

Charles Leclerc will start a race for a 3^rd time this campaign from the pole position at the U.S. Grand Prix in Austin after Max Verstappen finished with the best time, but it got deleted because the Dutch pilot exceeded the track limits.

Max beat Charles with 0.005s in his last attempt in the qualification, but his lap was deleted after the Red Bull pilot had all 4 wheels on the track.

CHARLES LECLERC ON POLE!!! 👊

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Because of that, Verstappen will start the upcoming race from the 6^th position, but that doesn’t mean he is not the favorite to triumph in Austin because his pace is still better than all the other pilots.

Lando Norris will start from the 2^nd place while Lewis Hamilton will be 3^rd.

The next thing that will happen at Circuit of the Americas will be the sprint race, which will begin in a few hours.