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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole for the sprint race at the United States Grand Prix, with title rival Lando Norris fourth in his McLaren.
Verstappen, who heads Norris by 52 points with six races to go, pipped Mercedes driver George Russell to pole position by 0.012 seconds in Austin.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was third fastest, 0.226secs slower than Verstappen, and Norris was 0.250secs off the pace in fourth.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was seventh, splitting the Haas drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen.
Norris’ team-mate Oscar Piastri was knocked out in the first session because his lap time was deleted for exceeding track limits at the penultimate corner and will start the sprint 16th.
Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was knocked out in the second session and will start 11th.