{"id":296571,"date":"2023-10-20T23:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296571"},"modified":"2023-10-20T23:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T23:24:15","slug":"charles-leclerc-on-pole-for-us-grand-prix-after-verstappen-lap-deleted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.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":"<h1>Charles Leclerc takes pole for US Grand Prix after Max Verstappen&#8217;s lap was DELETED for exceeding track limits &#8211; with Lando Norris second and Lewis Hamilton in third<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Verstappen went wide at turn 19 &#8211; taking what would be the quickest time off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That makes Leclerc the pole sitter in his 100th grand prix weekend for Ferrari\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Charles Leclerc, of Ferrari, was the beneficiary, inheriting pole ahead of British duo Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/23\/76823077-12655575-image-m-55_1697840932573.jpg\" height=\"731\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc celebrates taking pole position for this weekend&#8217;s US Grand Prix\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/23\/76822237-12655575-image-a-56_1697840950411.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leclerc took pole after Max Verstappen had his fastest time deleted for track limit violations<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/20\/23\/76823103-12655575-Joining_Leclerc_on_the_front_row_is_Lando_Norris_L_with_Lewis_Ha-m-58_1697841013070.jpg\" height=\"583\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Joining Leclerc on the front row is Lando Norris (L) with Lewis Hamilton (R) finishing in P3<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo qualified 15th for AlphaTauri on his return following surgery on the left hand he broke in Holland in August.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>\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<p>\u2018This is an extreme sport, and we are paid very highly for what we do.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12655575\/Charles-Leclerc-Grand-Prix-Max-Verstappens-lap-DELETED-Lando-Norris-second.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Leclerc takes pole for US Grand Prix after Max Verstappen&#8217;s lap was DELETED for exceeding track limits &#8211; with <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charles Leclerc on pole for US Grand Prix after Verstappen lap DELETED - Sportstons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/charles-leclerc-on-pole-for-us-grand-prix-after-verstappen-lap-deleted\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charles Leclerc on pole for US Grand Prix after Verstappen lap DELETED - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charles Leclerc takes pole for US Grand Prix after Max Verstappen&#8217;s lap was DELETED for exceeding track limits &#8211; 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