US GP: Qualifying - Re-Cap & Results

US GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton soared to Pole Position for the 72nd time in his F1 career. Hamilton is hoping to clinch the drivers championship title in Texas. If he wins the race and Vettel finished lower than 6th place, Hamilton will officially be the 2017 F1 World Champion.

    Lance Stroll and Magnussen were guilty of impeding drivers during Qualifying and both received grid penalties. Meanwhile, other drivers took penalties for engine component changes. This included: Hartley, Vandoorne, Hulkenberg and Verstappen.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP:

1. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

2. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Australia

5. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

6. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

7. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain

8. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Honda / Spain

9. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

10. Felipe Massa / Williams-Mercedes / Brazil

11. Daniil Kvyat / Toro Rosso-Renault / Russia

12. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

13. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

14. Pascal Wehrlein / Sauber-Ferrari / Germany

15. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada*

16. Max Verstappen / Red Bull-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands**

17. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark*

18. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany***

19. Brendon Hartley / Toro Rosso-Renault / New Zealand****

20. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Honda / Belgium*****

* - (Stroll & Magnussen) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty each for impeding other drivers during qualifying

** - (Verstappen) 15-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes

*** - (Hulkenberg) 20-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes

**** - (Hartley) 25-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes
***** - (Vandoorne) 30-Place-Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes

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Article Written By: Amy Hawk

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