{"id":299714,"date":"2023-11-18T10:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299714"},"modified":"2023-11-18T10:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T10:24:07","slug":"charles-leclerc-takes-historic-pole-position-at-las-vegas-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/charles-leclerc-takes-historic-pole-position-at-las-vegas-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Leclerc takes historic pole position at Las Vegas Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Charles Leclerc takes historic pole position at Las Vegas GP as Ferrari shine in session littered with surprises&#8230; as Max Verstappen is only third quickest and Lewis Hamilton doesn&#8217;t even make Q3<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charles Leclerc stole the show in Las Vegas GP qualifying, taking pole position<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Perez were dumped out in the second session<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Re-live the action in qualifying ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix as it happened\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc took a historic pole position for the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>A day after the farce of practice being halted, the Ferrari man set the pace during the latest staged qualifying session in memory, which ran between midnight and 1am local time on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Although the evening\u2019s fare was bland, it did avoid the chaos of the previous night when fans were sent home having only watched eight minutes of action. Manhole covers needed to be mended and the first session was cancelled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The delayed second session ran from 2.30am to 4am \u2013 a ludicrous schedule that damaged Formula One\u2019s hopes of cracking the traditionally reluctant American market.<\/p>\n<p>In this weekend for the owls, Leclerc finished 0.44sec ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz, with world champion Max Verstappen third in front of an estimated 90,000 fans enjoying the action on Sin City\u2019s famous Strip with its famous hotel landmarks such as the Bellagio, Caesars Palace and MGM Grand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/09\/77959901-12764923-image-a-4_1700301385345.jpg\" height=\"424\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charles Leclerc finished in pole position, setting the fastest time on a crazy weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/09\/77959885-12764923-image-a-5_1700301387851.jpg\" height=\"477\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Carlos Sainz finished second in qualifying but will start 12th after his ten-place grid penalty<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/09\/77959559-12764923-image-a-19_1700299718677.jpg\" height=\"358\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in Q2 with the 11th-fastest time, though team-mate George Russell eventually recorded the fourth-best time<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton\u00a0suffered a bad evening, qualifying 11th, having finished a crushing eighth, 63 seconds off winner Verstappen, last time out in Brazil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Briton\u2019s Mercedes team-mate\u00a0George Russell\u00a0was fourth best over the 3.8-mile circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Sainz will start 12th after dropping 10 places for an engine change, brought about by his collision with a manhole in practice. Hamilton moves up a place, as does Russell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris was eliminated in Q1, only 16th fastest on a disappointing day for McLaren, who also saw their Australian rookie Oscar Piastri qualify last but one.<\/p>\n<p>The team in orange have been impressive over recent weeks but clearly the new street track, with its three long straights and slow corners not favouring the composition of their cars.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Very disappointed,\u2019 admitted McLaren team principal Zak Brown. \u2018We thought we\u2019d struggle this weekend but I didn\u2019t think either car would be out in Q1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not a good start to the weekend and now all we can do is focus on the race tomorrow.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>FULL QUALIFYING RESULTS<\/h3>\n<p><span>1 Charles Leclerc &#8211; Ferrari<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2 Carlos Sainz &#8211; Ferrari *<\/p>\n<p>3 &#8211; Max Verstappen &#8211; Red Bull<\/p>\n<p>4 George Russell &#8211; Mercedes<\/p>\n<p>5 Pierre Gasly &#8211; Alpine<\/p>\n<p>6 Alex Albon &#8211; Williams\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>7\u00a0 Logan Sargeant &#8211; Williams\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>8 Valtteri Bottas &#8211; Alfa Romeo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>9 Kevin Magnussen &#8211; Haas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>10 Fernando Alonso &#8211; Aston Martin\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>11 Lewis Hamilton &#8211; Mercedes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>12 Sergio Perez &#8211; Red Bull\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13 Nico Hulkenberg &#8211;\u00a0 Haas\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>14 Lance Stroll &#8211; Aston Martin **<\/p>\n<p>15 Daniel Ricciardo &#8211; AlphaTauri\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>16 Lando Norris &#8211; McLaren\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>17 Esteban Ocon &#8211; Alpine\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>18 Zhou Guanyu &#8211; Alfa Romeo\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>19 Oscar Piastri &#8211; McLaren\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>20 Yuki Tsunoda &#8211; AlphaTauri\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0* starts 12th after 10-place grid penalty<\/p>\n<p>** starts 19th after a five-place grid penalty\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/09\/77959581-12764923-image-a-20_1700299779536.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sergio Perez&#8217;s woes continued as he failed to reach Q3 for the ninth occasion this season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/18\/09\/77959643-12764923-image-a-23_1700300186204.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris was unhappy &#8211; he and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri were eliminated in Q2<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12764923\/Charles-Leclerc-takes-historic-pole-position-Las-Vegas-Grand-Prix-Lewis-Hamilton-Sergio-Perez-knocked-Q2-bag-surprises.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Leclerc takes historic pole position at Las Vegas GP as Ferrari shine in session littered with surprises&#8230; as Max <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299713,"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 takes historic pole position at Las Vegas Grand Prix - 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-takes-historic-pole-position-at-las-vegas-grand-prix\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Charles Leclerc takes historic pole position at Las Vegas Grand Prix - Sportstons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Charles Leclerc takes historic pole position at Las Vegas GP as Ferrari shine in session littered with surprises&#8230; 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