Qualifying
F1 2025
Round 19

Verstappen wins Sprint, takes pole in Austin

us Circuit Of The Americas

Max Verstappen started the sprint from pole position, and led every lap to secure victory. Yuki Tsunoda made a stunning charge from P18 on the grid to finish P7, earning two points after skillfully avoiding the first-lap chaos. Liam Lawson finished P9, and Isack Hadjar P12. In Qualifying, Verstappen claimed pole position again. Lawson took P12 and Tsunoda P13, whilst Hadjar crashed in Q1 and ended up with no time.

Verstappen wins Sprint, takes pole in Austin
Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen 1
Oracle Red Bull Racing
I think we had a very strong Saturday and it has been really positive. I was very happy with the Sprint win, it was an eventful race and it was great to get those points. We then made some final changes going into Qualifying to help out the balance a little bit and extract the best performance of the car. I was pleased with how the whole of Qualifying went and with the changes that we made that will hopefully make things easier tomorrow. We worked with the Team to understand what we needed to do with the car and extract performance. We unfortunately missed the final push run by a few seconds which wasn’t ideal but luckily the lap we had was enough. I hope that we will also be strong in the race tomorrow and we need to be good on the tyres. It is difficult to tell as a lot of things will change, it will be a lot cooler and the wind direction will change which usually has a lot of effect on the balance of the car and should help us in the right way. Overall it has been a really good day for us; everyone is pushing very hard bringing performance constantly and the last few races have been very strong so we are looking forward to tomorrow.

Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda 22
Oracle Red Bull Racing
I have had a mixed day. The Sprint was very good for me, a lot went on in the first lap, I tried to overtake and out brake the cars in front at turn one. Sending it down the inside was worth the risk; I jumped 11 places but also picked up debris and took another front wing almost half a lap. It was a good recovery and result for driving with two front wings! Going into Quali I felt good but my final lap in Q2 was complicated. It was feeling really good until I hit traffic, I was blocked by Liam and the Alpine, it felt like Pierre was in the way, so it could have been miscommunication on their side. Without that I think I would have been in Q3. It feels like I can’t have a normal Qualifying at the moment, which is really frustrating, as the car feels like it can perform. I felt something pretty good from the car, so it is a shame that last lap didn’t come together. The positive for tomorrow is that I had the race pace this morning in the Sprint and have shown I can jump up the field if I take the right risks.

Liam Lawson
Liam Lawson 30
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
We have a very fast car but unfortunately got hit by a big gust of wind at the start of the lap and from that point you're trying to make up lap time. We're all dealing with it at different points throughout Qualifying, but it obviously cost us today. We have a good package, so we'll be working hard to make something work to get into the points tomorrow.

Isack Hadjar
Isack Hadjar 6
Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 Team
I’m sorry to the team that the car isn’t coming back in one piece. I arrived at the corner with too much speed and I was definitely surprised by how suddenly the car snapped, but I knew I couldn’t catch it. I know there are things I could have done differently before the corner, it’s all about fine margins around here. The car is quick, but obviously starting from the back isn’t ideal. We’ve had good races coming from the back before, but it’ll be a challenge. We’ll hope for some overtaking opportunities and maybe a bit of magic tomorrow.


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