By Gura Garcia
20 Oct 2024, 08:27 AM EDT
Sergio ‘Checo’ Pérez had the pace to start among the first positions on the drivers’ grid in the United States Grand Prixbut an accident by the Englishman George Russell of the Mercedes team left him without any possibility of setting time in qualify 3 and he will finally start from position number 10. Lando Norris of McLaren was the man who won first place in the Pole Position .
Good performance for the Mexican
The Aztec driver had a good first lap and everything looked like he would have no problem standing out in the qualifying session. on Saturday. But despite this, the tension reached the best men on the driver grid when Alpine’s Pierre Gasly surprised the world of Formula 1 engines and its fans with his performance. Pérez was placed in 13th position, just 3 places away from being out and was forced to get back on the track once again to improve his time to one of 1:33.611 and finish in 9th position.
The drivers Alex Albon, Franco Colapinto, Valtteri Bottas, Guanyu Zhou In addition to the seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton, they were eliminated from qualify 1 immediately.
With used soft tires, the Red Bull Racing men were the first to take to the track at the Circuit of the Americas. The Dutchman and 3-time world champion, Max Verstappen dominated without problems with 1:33.052 and “Checo” was able to place himself with a difference of +0.435 with respect to his teammate for 1-2 so far. After the first round, Lando Norris managed to drop a total of two tenths from the world champion and a new emergence from Gasly, in addition to Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz and George Russell, dropped the Mexican to seventh position.
Sergio Pérez came to position himself with a great time
With four minutes remaining, the Red Bulls returned to the track once again and Max Verstappen improved his time with 1:32.584 to lead the classification so far. Pérez did his job and was able to reach the fifth step with a difference of +0.436.
The drivers who were eliminated in qualifying number 2 were Yuki Tusnoda, Nico Hulkenberg, Esteban Ocon, Lance Stroll and Liam Lawson, the debutant driver who will start in last place in today’s race. Pérez went out for the last stage of qualifying with the used tires and could only set one time to reach eighth place on the qualifying grid. However, the FIA authorities took away his time when they considered that he exceeded the track limits at Turn 9.
Bad luck for “Checo”
Checo was ready to go out for his second attempt and improve the time and start higher on the gridbut to his bad luck, George Russell crashed in turn 19 and that caused a yellow flag that ended the session. The Mexican will finally be starting from tenth position, while Lando Norris took pole position followed by Max Verstappen and the Spanish Carlos Sainz.
Keep Reading:
Sergio “Checo” Pérez will start from 11th place in the United States GP Sprint – Real America News
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