Lando Norris dangers shedding floor to Max Verstappen in his bid to be topped world champion after seeing his rival take pole place for Saturday’s dash race in the USA.
Norris, who trails Verstappen by 52 factors heading into the concluding six rounds of the marketing campaign, will line up three locations behind Verstappen for the 19-lap sprint after he certified a disappointing fourth at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.
Verstappen has not received for the reason that Spanish Grand Prix, almost 4 months in the past, however he pulled out a powerful lap within the closing seconds to beat Mercedes’ George Russell to high spot by simply 0.012 seconds.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will line up from third, one place forward of Norris, with Lewis Hamilton seventh.
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Dash race schedule and begin time
The Dash race is the headline occasion of Saturday’s F1 classes in Austin for the US Grand Prix. Eight factors are on provide for the profitable driver although the ending order has no influence on Sunday’s Grand Prix grid.
After the race, qualifying will start to find out who sits on pole. Right here’s the schedule and the timings that you simply’ll to pay attention to:
Saturday: 7pm BST – Dash race (Prime-eight obtain factors, end order has no influence on grand prix grid); 11pm BST – Grand Prix qualifying
Sunday: 8pm BST – Grand Prix
What number of factors are on provide within the dash race?
Mike Jones19 October 2024 12:41
What’s the beginning grid for US Grand Prix dash race?
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 01:10
SPRINT QUALIFYING REPORT: Max Verstappen takes dash race pole in US Grand Prix to show up warmth on Lando Norris
Lando Norris dangers shedding floor to Max Verstappen in his bid to be topped world champion after seeing his rival take pole place for Saturday’s dash race in the USA.
Norris, who trails Verstappen by 52 factors heading into the concluding six rounds of the marketing campaign, will line up three locations behind Verstappen for the 19-lap sprint after he certified a disappointing fourth at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 15:30
What’s the beginning grid for US Grand Prix dash race?
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 14:30
F1 makes shock quickest lap rule change for 2025 season
The FIA, F1’s governing physique, have determined to take away the bonus level obtainable for setting the quickest lap for the 2025 season onwards.
The additional level, given to the motive force who units the quickest lap in Sunday’s grand prix (if he finishes within the top-10), was launched in 2019.
It typically leads to drivers pitting late within the race for an additional level, significantly if it doesn’t influence their place within the top-10.
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 13:30
A reminder of the beginning occasions this weekend in Austin:
All occasions BST
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 12:30
RACE PREVIEW: How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris revealed F1’s true worth as US presidential race nears end line
For a sport which struggled for the very best a part of 70 years to discover a dwelling throughout the Atlantic, Method One’s presence in the USA has reached unprecedented heights this 12 months. And that’s not only a nod to the three US races, in Miami, Austin and Las Vegas, nor to the increase in reputation stateside – a results of Liberty Media’s 2017 takeover and Netflix’s Drive to Survive fever.
Fairly it has been, forward of the extremely charged US presidential election on 5 November, the stunning enviornment for the 2 nominees to look, promote and current themselves in a singular and more and more engaging solution to the citizens.
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 11:30
Max Verstappen vs Lando Norris: predicting who will win the final six F1 races – and the 2024 title
This was only a little bit of enjoyable… so don’t take it too severely!
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 10:30
What’s the state of play within the drivers’ championship?
1. Max Verstappen – 331 factors
2. Lando Norris – 279 factors
3. Charles Leclerc – 245 factors
4. Oscar Piastri – 237 factors
5. Carlos Sainz – 190 factors
6. Lewis Hamilton – 174 factors
7. George Russell – 155 factors
8. Sergio Perez – 144 factors
9. Fernando Alonso – 62 factors
10. Nico Hulkenberg – 24 factors
11. Lance Stroll – 24 factors
12. Yuki Tsunoda – 22 factors
13. Alex Albon – 12 factors
14. Daniel Ricciardo – 12 factors
15. Pierre Gasly – 8 factors
16. Ollie Bearman – 7 factors
17. Kevin Magnussen – 6 factors
18. Esteban Ocon – 5 factors
19. Franco Colapinto – 4 factors
20. Zhou Guanyu – 0 factors
21. Logan Sargeant – 0 factors
22. Valtteri Bottas – 0 factors
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 09:30
Sebastian Vettel broadcasts racing return in ‘tremendous crew’ alongside axed F1 star
4-time F1 world champion Vettel retired in 2022 after 16 seasons within the sport, the place he raced for the likes of Crimson Bull, Ferrari and Aston Martin.
But subsequent March on the Accor Stadium in Sydney, Vettel will type a German ‘tremendous crew’ alongside Schumacher – son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher – within the ROC Nations Cup.
Kieran Jackson19 October 2024 08:30