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2023 United States Grand Prix qualifying: Charles Leclerc took pole

Charles Leclerc took pole for Ferrari ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton at Austin.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
Charles Leclerc
Pole team
Ferrari
Front row
Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris
Classified
Top 20
Round
19
Circuit
Austin
Qualifying date
October 20, 2023

The front of the grid

Charles Leclerc qualified first for Ferrari. Lando Norris secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, and Lewis Hamilton. P4 through P20 were Carlos Sainz Jr., George Russell, Max Verstappen, Pierre Gasly, Esteban Ocon, Sergio Pérez, Oscar Piastri, Yuki Tsunoda, Guanyu Zhou, Valtteri Bottas, Kevin Magnussen, Daniel Ricciardo, Nico Hülkenberg, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Albon, Lance Stroll, and Logan Sargeant.

Team representation

Alfa Romeo placed 2 cars, AlphaTauri placed 2 cars, Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jan 5, 2025.

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