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Nico Rosberg Trumps Lewis Hamilton And Secures Pole For USGP
Nico Rosberg Trumps Lewis Hamilton And Secures Pole For USGP-August 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:49

Well, things just got a little more interesting at the U.S. Grand Prix. Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton during Friday's practices, but it's his teammate Nico Rosberg who will start on pole tomorrow afternoon.

Of course, Hamilton — winner of the inaugural race in 2012 — isn't far behind him. He'll start in second, followed by Valtteri Bottas in third.

"Great day, I'm very happy," Rosberg said at a post-qualifying press conference. "The balance was good. It was quite a challenge because the wind was changing." It's a breezy, cool and sunny day out at Circuit of the Americas, and while it's nowhere near as hot as last year's race, it has warmed up quite a bit throughout the day.

Hamilton experienced some issues with his brakes locking up during qualifying, the Mercedes cars have been having all season.

The official qualifying results are below . Should be a good race!

PosNoDriverTeamQ1Q2Q3Laps
16Nico RosbergMercedes1:38.3031:36.2901:36.06720
244Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:37.1961:37.2871:36.44316
377Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:38.2491:37.4991:36.90619
419Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:37.8771:37.3471:37.20520
53Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:38.8141:37.8731:37.24417
614Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.3491:38.0101:37.61016
722Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.5741:38.0241:37.65517
820Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.5571:38.0471:37.70616
97Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:38.6691:38.2631:37.80422
1099Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:38.8551:38.3781:38.81015
1113Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:38.6081:38.46716
1211Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:39.2001:38.55416
1327Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:38.9311:38.59816
1426Daniil KvyatSTR-Renault1:38.9361:38.69917
1525Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Renault1:39.25010
1621Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:39.55510
171Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:39.6213
188Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:39.6798

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