P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris deadlocked over critical US GP decision
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris are tied in strategy options for the United States Grand Prix from the front row. Verstappen’s impressive pole position puts him ahead of McLaren’s Norris, giving him an advantage despite Norris being on the front row and championship leader Oscar Piastri starting from sixth place. The higher temperatures during the race were expected to favour McLaren due to their strong tyre management, but lacking crucial data may pose a challenge. All leading contenders have new sets of the C1 hard tyres and the C3 medium compound, as well as two used C3s for the 56-lap race. Pirelli suggests a one-stop strategy, switching from mediums to hards around laps 20-26 or running mediums until laps 28-34 before switching to the soft C4 tyres. Starting on softs is an option with potential one or two-stop strategies, but given the contenders only have used soft tyres, they may be reserved for a late safety car scenario.
