Max Verstappen continued to apply pressure on McLaren’s duelling title rivals on Saturday when, hours after winning the sprint race, he claimed pole position for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s four-time world champion was at his most authoritative as he clocked a best lap in one minute and 32.510 seconds to outpace McLaren’s Lando Norris by 0.291 seconds with Charles Leclerc taking third on the grid for Ferrari.

With his sprint win, Verstappen trimmed series leader Oscar Piastri’s lead in the title race to 55 points as the two McLarens collided and crashed out at the first corner. Norris remained 22 points adrift of Piastri.

Mercedes’ George Russell was fourth ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton in the second Ferrari, Piastri, Italian teenage rookie Kimi Antonelli

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