Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 Pole: Ferrari drivers take front row at most hyped race in Formula 1 history

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Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 Pole: Ferrari drivers take front row at most hyped race in Formula 1 history


Image Source : GETTY Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen at Mexico Grand Prix 2023

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has taken the pole at the much-hyped Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 race after topping the qualifying rounds on Saturday morning. Leclerc produced a stellar efficiency at the all-new Strip Circuit to beat his teammate Carlos Sainz and rival Max Verstappen.

Formula 1 has returned to Las Vegas for the primary time since 1982 and it began with huge controversy throughout FP1. Sainz’s automobile crashed with a water valve cowl which led to the cancellation of the primary follow session on Friday night. Then followers have been pressured to depart the grandstand simply minutes earlier than the FP2 inflicting robust reactions from the group throughout the globe.

But the remaining two follow classes adopted with no controversy the place Leclerc stored boosting his Ferrari to win FP2. Leclerc adopted the momentum in the qualifying on Saturday morning as he recorded a 1:32.726 end to take the pole. Sainz and Verstappen completed behind Leclerc with the latter making a wonderful comeback after a mean racing in follow classes.

It additionally turned out a sensational qualifying session for Williams’ drivers Alexander Albon and Logan Sargeant who took P6 and P7 on the grid. Alpine’s French driver Pierre Gasly had a memorable weekend at a brand new circuit the place he managed to take fourth place. 

Meanwhile, seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton needed to accept eleventh place as he dropped out of Q2. In-form MacLaren’s Lando Norris narrowly missed out on the Q2 session to take the sixteenth place whereas his teammate Oscar Piastri can be beginning the primary race from the nineteenth.

Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 Qualifying Results:

  1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 1:32.726

  2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) – 1:32.770

  3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) – 1:33.104

  4. George Russell (Mercedez) – 1:33.112 

  5. Pierre Gasly (Alpine Renault) – 1:33.239 

  6. Alexander Albon (Williams) – 1:33.323 

  7. Logan Sargeant (Williams) – 1:33.513 

  8. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) – 1:33.525 

  9. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) – 1:33.537 

  10. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 1:33.555 

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