{"id":294637,"date":"2023-10-20T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=294637"},"modified":"2023-10-20T23:24:19","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:24:19","slug":"charles-leclerc-on-pole-for-us-grand-prix-after-verstappen-lap-deleted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/charles-leclerc-on-pole-for-us-grand-prix-after-verstappen-lap-deleted\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc on pole for US Grand Prix after Verstappen lap DELETED"},"content":{"rendered":"
Max Verstappen\u2019s quest for a potential 50th race win at the US Grand Prix was derailed when his pole lap was deleted for exceeding track limits.<\/p>\n
The Dutchman, who clinched his third successive title in Qatar a fortnight ago, is aiming to become the fifth driver ever to notch a half century, alongside Lewis Hamilton (103), Michael Schumacher (91), Sebastian Vettel (53) and Alain Prost (51)<\/p>\n
Verstappen led the field by five-thousandths of a second at the close of the nip-and-tuck session under scorching skies at the Circuit of the Americas outside Austin, before being plunged to sixth. He had run wide at Turn 19.<\/p>\n
Charles Leclerc, of Ferrari, was the beneficiary, inheriting pole ahead of British duo Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
\u2018I love this track,\u2019 declared Lelerc. \u2018I love the vibe in the city, everything about the place.\u2019 The Monegasque had yet to win in America.<\/p>\n
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Charles Leclerc celebrates taking pole position for this weekend’s US Grand Prix\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Leclerc took pole after Max Verstappen had his fastest time deleted for track limit violations<\/p>\n
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Joining Leclerc on the front row is Lando Norris (L) with Lewis Hamilton (R) finishing in P3<\/p>\n
Daniel Ricciardo qualified 15th for AlphaTauri on his return following surgery on the left hand he broke in Holland in August.<\/p>\n
Hamilton, meanwhile, has told his fellow drivers not to \u2018go soft\u2019, reminding them that Formula One is an \u2018extreme sport\u2019 for the \u2018elite\u2019.<\/p>\n
The seven-time world champion spoke out after several colleagues complained of physical problems in Qatar a fortnight ago, where cockpit temperatures exceeded an extremely humid 50C.<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m going to be controversial, as always,\u2019 said Hamilton, who crashed out at the first corner. \u2018I didn\u2019t do the race, so I didn\u2019t get to feel the pain the other drivers felt. But I have obviously been here a long time, and Malaysia was much hotter than that.<\/p>\n
\u2018This is an extreme sport, and we are paid very highly for what we do.<\/p>\n
\u2018I want to feel pain in my body. It makes it closer to what it was back in the day, when Nigel Mansell was passing out after a race.\u2019<\/p>\n