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2025 United States Grand Prix qualifying: Max Verstappen took pole

Max Verstappen took pole for Red Bull ahead of Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc at Austin.

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

Race recap

Pole
Max Verstappen
Pole team
Red Bull
Front row
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Classified
Top 20
Round
19
Circuit
Austin
Qualifying date
October 18, 2025

The front of the grid

Max Verstappen qualified first for Red Bull. Lando Norris secured the other front-row place for McLaren, with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, and Charles Leclerc. P4 through P20 were George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli, Oliver Bearman, Carlos Sainz Jr., Fernando Alonso, Nico Hülkenberg, Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Franco Colapinto, Gabriel Bortoleto, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll, Alexander Albon, and Isack Hadjar.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls 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 Oct 27, 2025.

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