JAKARTA - Ferrari racer Charles Leclerc won the pole position of Formula 1 (F1) of the United States Grand Prix (GP) at Circuit of The Americas, Saturday, October 21.

Leclerc became the fastest with a time of 1 minute 34.723 seconds. The racer from Monaco was 0.13 seconds ahead of Mclaren's champion, Lando Norris who was in second place.

While the third position is occupied by the Mercedes GP driver, Lewis Hamilton, with a difference of 1.39 seconds from Leclerc.

"I'm very happy, because I like racing on this track and the atmosphere in this city is amazing. Tomorrow, we start all over again, with the whole day being given to Sprint (Saturday local time), but for now we can enjoy this leading position for Sunday (local time race)," Leclerc said. quoted from the F1 page via Antara.

Meanwhile, the reigning champion who has locked the title this season, Max Verstappen lost his lead after his fastest lap was canceled for violating the track limit. He will start the race in sixth place after recording a time of 1 minute 35.081 seconds.

To note, the sprint race at the Circuit of The Americas will be held on Sunday, October 22, at 05.00 WIB. Meanwhile, the feature race will be held Monday, October 23 at 02.00 WIB.

The following is the starting grid of Formula 1 2023 in the United States series at Circuit of the Americas:

1. Charles Leclerc 1 minute 34.723 seconds

2. Lando Norris 1 minute 34.853 seconds

3. Lewis Hamilton 1 minute 34,862 seconds

4. Carlos Sainz Jr 1 minute 34.945 seconds

5. George Russel 1 minute 35.079 seconds

6. Max Verstappen 1 minute 35.081 seconds

7. Pierre Gasly 1 minute 35.089 seconds

8. Esteban Ocon 1 minute 35.154 seconds

9. Sergio Perez 1 minute 35.173 seconds

10. Oscar Piastri 1 minute 35.467 seconds

11. Yuki Tsunoda 1 minute 35.697 seconds

12. Zhou Guanyu 1 minute 35.698 seconds

13. Valterri Bottas 1 minute 35.858 seconds

14. Kevin Magnussen 1 minute 35.880 seconds

15. Daniel Ricciardo 1 minute 35.974 seconds

16. Nico Hulkenberg 1 minute 36,235 seconds

17. Fernando Alonso 1 minute 36,268 seconds

18. Alex Albon 1 minute 36.315 seconds

19. Lance Stroll 1 minute 36.589 seconds

20. Loganmant 1 minute 36,827 seconds.


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