Today's F1 starting grid for the 2025 US Grand Prix

Max Verstappen dominated again as he clinched pole position for the 2025 US Grand Prix, while championship leader Oscar Piastri was just sixth fastest. Here's the starting grid for Sunday's race at Circuit of the Americas

Max Verstappen will start on pole position for the 2025 US Grand Prix, alongside Lando Norris at the front of the starting grid.

But championship leader Oscar Piastri will only start sixth as his frustrating weekend continues, having failed to finish in Saturday’s sprint race where he crashed with McLaren team-mate Norris.

Scroll down or click to see how the grid will look when it lines up for the 19th race of the season, which starts at 8pm BST (2pm local time).

Qualifying saw Verstappen tighten his grip on this round at Circuit of the Americas. He had earlier won the sprint race, which he also started on pole.

The Red Bull driver was three-tenths of a second faster than Norris, even though he missing the chance to set a faster time: he crossed the start/finish line to start his final flying lap seconds after the session had ended.

As an indication of the size of his advantage, that same 0.3sec margin covered second to seventh places on the grid, with Charles Leclerc juts a few thousandths behind Norris, who said that McLaren was struggling for performance more than on Friday. He is followed by George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Piastri and Kimi Antonelli.

Max Verstappen shakes hands with Lando Norris after qualifying for the 2025 F1 US Grand Prix

Verstappen beat Norris to pole by almost 0.3sec

Simon Galloway/LAT via Red Bull

Ollie Bearman starts an impressive eighth for Haas, ahead of Carlos Sainz and Fernando Alonso.

Verstappen praised the strength of his car in every segment of the lap, despite higher wind speeds that appeared to catch out Isack Hadjar who crashed on his first flying lap during the first Q1 stage.

As he hammered the steering wheel of his Racing Bull in frustration, the red flag brought a pause to the session.

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He wasn’t the only one who failed to keep it on track. When the session restarted, Norris had a lap deleted for exceeding track limits and finished Q1 12th fastest.

Alex Albon fared worse: his lap time was also deleted for exceeding track limits and he was eliminated in 19th place, joining Hadjar, Esteban Ocon and Gabriel Bortoleto. Lance Stroll was also eliminated and is expected to start last as a result of a five-place grid penalty for hitting Ocon in the sprint race.

In Q2 Yuki Tsunoda was complaining that Liam Lawson, from sister team Racing Bulls, was deliberately hampering his flying laps; neither driver made it to the final stage and were joined by both Alpines, as well as Nico Hülkenberg.

Below is the provisional starting grid. This could change ahead of the race if further penalties are applied or a driver needs to start from the pitlane.

 

2025 US Grand Prix starting grid

1

Max Verstappen
Red Bull
1min 32.510sec
Q3
Max Verstappen 2025 headshot  

2


Lando Norris
McLaren
1min 32.801sec
Q3
 

Lando Norris 2025 headshot

3

Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1min 32.807sec
Q3
Charles Leclerc 2025 headshot  

4


George Russell
Mercedes
1min 32.826sec
Q3
 

George Russell 2025 headshot

5

Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
1min 32.912sec
Q3
Lewis Hamilton 2025 headshot  

6


Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1min 33.084sec
Q3
 

Oscar Piastri 2025 headshot

7

Kimi Antonelli
Mercedes
1min 33.114sec
Q3
Kimi Antonelli 2025 headshot  

8


Oliver Bearman
Haas
1min 33.139sec
Q3
 

Ollie Bearman 2025 headshot

9

Carlos Sainz
Williams
1min 33.150sec
Q3
Carlos Sainz 2025 headshot  

10


Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1min 33.160sec
Q3
 

Fernando Alonso 2025 headshot

11

Nico Hülkenberg
Sauber
1min 33.334sec
Q2
Nico Hulkenberg 2025 headshot  

12


Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
1min 33.360sec
Q2
 

Liam Lawson 2025 headshot

13

Yuki Tsunoda
Red Bull
1min 33.466sec
Q2
Yuki Tsunoda 2025 headshot  

14


Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1min 33.651sec
Q2
 

Pierre Gasly 2025 headshot

15

Franco Colapinto
Alpine
1min 34.044sec
Q2
Franco Colapinto 2025 headshot  

16


Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
1min 34.125sec
Q1
 

Gabriel Bortoleto 2025 headshot

17

Esteban Ocon
Haas
1min 34.135sec
Q1
Esteban Ocon 2025 headshot  

18

Alex Albon
Williams
1min 34.690sec
Q1
 

Alex Albon 2025 headshot

19

 

Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
No Q1 time set
Q1
Isack Hadjar 2025 headshot  

20

Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
Q1
*Five-place grid penalty for causing collision in Sprint
 

Lance Stroll 2025 headshot

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