United States Grand Prix: Kimi Antonelli secured pole position at the United States Grand Prix, edging out the Red Bull pair of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar to set the fastest time in qualifying.
On a weekend when the Italian could be crowned the World Champion, his first lap of 1m 34.035s in Q3 was enough to take pole, with no one able to find the improvements needed to challenge him in the final minutes, with the Italian sealing pole position for the seventh time in 2026, F1 reports.
"We got a pole, so we'll try to win tomorrow," said Antonelli. "Max has been very quick, and also Isack did an incredible job in qualifying. It’s not going to be easy, but we’ll try to get a good start and hopefully lead into Turn 1, and then we'll try to set the pace, even though it’s going to be very tight. I’m very happy with qualifying – Q3 was very tough with the wind, very gusty and unpredictable. I'm happy that we stuck it on the pole," he added.
