Sprint race and qualifying - Start time, how to watch & more
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Max Verstappen maintained his impressive run of form by snatching pole position away from McLaren for the United States Grand Prix Sprint race. The Red Bull ace will lead Saturday's shortened contest from the front after delivering a superb final lap to pip Lando Norris.
Max Verstappen has upstaged the McLaren drivers again. Lando Norris will sit alongside him on the front row, while Oscar Piastri will start from directly behind him in third. It’s precisely the order Verstappen needs the drivers to be in for every sprint and race for the rest of the year to pinch the championship.
Nico Hulkenberg was one of the stars of Spring Qualifying in Austin on Friday as he made it onto the second row of the grid in his Sauber and Max Verstappen took pole from Lando Norris
F1's sprint format returns this weekend for the 2025 United States Grand Prix. Here’s how and when to watch the sprint race and grand prix qualifying