Sprint Qualifying
F1 2024
Round 19
Verstappen takes pole position for the United States GP Sprint
Circuit Of The AmericasRound 19 of the season, United States Grand Prix took place at Circuit of The Americas. Max Verstappen of Oracle Red Bull Racing, supported by Honda as a Team Partner, took pole position. Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team's Yuki Tsunoda was P9.
Oracle Red Bull Racing ‘s Sergio Perez was P11 and Liam Lawson was P15.
Max Verstappen
1
Oracle Red Bull Racing It was a positive day. From lap one the car was in a decent window and I felt quite comfortable. I could attack the high speed corners and I think we were quite quick there. Going into a Sprint quali is always a tricky one as you do two mediums and then a soft tyre: with the mediums you get a bit of reference but then you go into SQ3 with the soft tyre which is only really one lap. You can’t really push to the limit and you have to leave a bit of a margin. Looking at the lap, there are a few little balance issues to sort out, but to be ahead of the others is really positive. I’m aware that there are a lot of fast cars around me but I’m happy and it’s definitely a positive return. Looking to the rest of the weekend, we just want to make the car a bit more driveable and that we are all good on the tyres in the race.
It was a positive day. From lap one the car was in a decent window and I felt quite comfortable. I could attack the high speed corners and I think we were quite quick there. Going into a Sprint quali is always a tricky one as you do two mediums and then a soft tyre: with the mediums you get a bit of reference but then you go into SQ3 with the soft tyre which is only really one lap. You can’t really push to the limit and you have to leave a bit of a margin. Looking at the lap, there are a few little balance issues to sort out, but to be ahead of the others is really positive. I’m aware that there are a lot of fast cars around me but I’m happy and it’s definitely a positive return. Looking to the rest of the weekend, we just want to make the car a bit more driveable and that we are all good on the tyres in the race.
Yuki Tsunoda
22
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team It was tricky today, but we managed to get into SQ3, which is good. There’s still a gap from Haas and Williams and it seems they have quite a lot of pace. We have to review what we could have done better today and probably improve our car, to try and get into Q3 tomorrow afternoon. Starting P9 we’ll do as much as we can to try and score points in the Sprint.
It was tricky today, but we managed to get into SQ3, which is good. There’s still a gap from Haas and Williams and it seems they have quite a lot of pace. We have to review what we could have done better today and probably improve our car, to try and get into Q3 tomorrow afternoon. Starting P9 we’ll do as much as we can to try and score points in the Sprint.
Sergio Perez
11
Oracle Red Bull Racing Today was very frustrating, especially from SQ1 to SQ2, we didn’t have any progression and if anything, we took a step back with the tyres - that made things a lot tricker. I am struggling too much early on in the lap, through sector one and we need to look at that. I think I am suffering quite a bit with ride issues in high speed and that’s something we also need to look into. Hopefully we can learn quite a bit today from the car and make sure in qualifying tomorrow that we are able to put it together. We still have some work to do for the rest of the weekend, the main target is to be strong in the race and our long run pace looked very promising this morning.
Today was very frustrating, especially from SQ1 to SQ2, we didn’t have any progression and if anything, we took a step back with the tyres - that made things a lot tricker. I am struggling too much early on in the lap, through sector one and we need to look at that. I think I am suffering quite a bit with ride issues in high speed and that’s something we also need to look into. Hopefully we can learn quite a bit today from the car and make sure in qualifying tomorrow that we are able to put it together. We still have some work to do for the rest of the weekend, the main target is to be strong in the race and our long run pace looked very promising this morning.
Liam Lawson
30
Visa Cash App RB Formula One Team It was good to be back in the seat today. We were up to speed pretty quickly and we were building and building, but then I think I found the limit a little bit, I went wide on the curb and got massive wheel spin and then obviously you’re trying to make up from the rest of the lap because you know you’re at a delta. It was a scrappy lap, which is a shame because the car is really fast and to be honest, I actually felt really good and comfortable, so we’ll learn from it to take into tomorrow.
It was good to be back in the seat today. We were up to speed pretty quickly and we were building and building, but then I think I found the limit a little bit, I went wide on the curb and got massive wheel spin and then obviously you’re trying to make up from the rest of the lap because you know you’re at a delta. It was a scrappy lap, which is a shame because the car is really fast and to be honest, I actually felt really good and comfortable, so we’ll learn from it to take into tomorrow.
