US GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS

US GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Lewis Hamilton took pole position ahead of the US Grand Prix, while 4 other drivers picked up grid penalties.

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. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

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

5. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany*

6. Esteban Ocon / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / France

7. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany

8. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France

9. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

10. Sergio Perez / Racing Point Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

11. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain

12. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

13. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain

14. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

15. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

16. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

17. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

18. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands**

19. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France+

20. Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand**+

* - (Vettel) 3-Place-Grid-Penalty for failing to slow sufficiently under Red Flags during FP1

** - (Verstappen & Hartley) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox changes

+ - (Gasly & Hartley) Grid-Penalty for multiple engine component changes

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