Ferrari drivers
Charles Leclerc and
Carlos Sainz scored a one-two in the 2023
Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualification.
The early morning Saturday qualifying session suited the most the Scuderia Ferrari F1 drivers who dominated qualification and finished three-tenths clear of third
Max Verstappen on
Red Bull.
While it wasn't the best qualifying result of the season for the Dutchman, he will be happier than his teammate
Sergio Perez, who
was confident going into the weekend but did not make it out of Q2.
Similarly to the Red Bull drivers,
Mercedes also had only one driver in the last part of qualifying.
Lewis Hamilton was the last driver to be pushed out of the top ten, finishing in P11.
George Russell showed better pace and scored a P4. The
Alpine team followed the trend of opposite emotions on two sides of the garage as well.
Esteban Ocon finished in P17 as he encountered a lot of traffic on his final lap of Q1. On the other hand,
Pierre Gasly will be satisfied with his amazing P5.
One of the biggest surprises of the session was
Alex Albon and
Logan Sargeant on Wiliams, who both got into Q3 and scored P6 and P7.
Alfa Romeo and
Haas, who fight for the ninth place in the Constructors' Championship, both got one driver in the top ten.
Kevin Magnussen finished ninth behind
Valtteri Bottas in P8.
Second Haas driver
Nico Hulkenberg,
who was running a different car to his teammate, finished in 13th position, and Bottas's teammate
Zhou Guanyu was only fast enough for P18.
Two teams that would hope for a better result after showing great pace in Sao Paulo are
McLaren and
AlphaTauri. Both McLaren drivers did not even get out of Q1.
Oscar Piastri finished nineteenth, and
Lando Norris in P16.
Daniel Ricciardo got into Q2, but he was only fast enough for P15, and
Yuki Tsunoda finished in P20.
2023 Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying Results:
Position | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:33.617 | 1:32.775 | 1:32.726 |
2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:33.851 | 1:33.338 | 1:32.770 |
3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:34.190 | 1:33.572 | 1:33.104 |
4 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1:34.137 | 1:33.351 | 1:33.112 |
5 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine | 1:34.272 | 1:33.494 | 1:33.239 |
6 | Alexander Albon | Williams | 1:34.634 | 1:33.588 | 1:33.323 |
7 | Logan Sargeant | Mercedes | 1:34.525 | 1:33.733 | 1:33.513 |
8 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.305 | 1:33.809 | 1:33.525 |
9 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas | 1:34.337 | 1:33.664 | 1:33.537 |
10 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 1:34.422 | 1:33.617 | 1:33.555 |
11 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:34.307 | 1:33.837 | |
12 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull | 1:34.574 | 1:33.855 | |
13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 1:34.265 | 1:33.979 | |
14 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:34.504 | 1:34.199 | |
15 | Daniel Ricciardo | AlphaTauri | 1:34.683 | 1:34.308 | |
16 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:34.703 | | |
17 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine | 1:34.834 | | |
18 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | 1:34.849 | | |
19 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 1:34.850 | | |
20 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 1:36.447 | | |