P1racenews AI automatic summary:
Charles Leclerc will start from pole for the Las Vegas Grand Prix after shock early exits for Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez.
Charles Leclerc secured pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, beating out Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen. Leclerc set a faster lap time of 1:32.726 on his final attempt, finishing 0.044s ahead of Sainz. George Russell impressed with a late effort, starting in P4, followed by Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon. Both Williams drivers, Logan Sargent and Oscar Piastri, made it into the top ten, with Sargent starting from P7. Sadly, Fernando Alonso dropped down to 10th after failing to improve on his provisional fourth position. Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez were unexpected casualties in Q2, meaning they did not qualify for the final session. Hamilton fell just 0.028s short of making it into Q3. Nico Hulkenberg, Lance Stroll, and Daniel Ricciardo also missed out on progressing. Both McLaren drivers, Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda, faced difficulties on the evolving track and will be starting further back on the grid.
