The 28-year-old rider from Madrid recorded a very fast last lap around the 5,513-meter rope course, with a time of 1m. 34s. 356/1000.
In this way, the Spaniard achieved his third pole position of the season, after having completed the best lap in qualifying in the previous Grand Prix of Great Britain and Belgium.
His teammate in the Italian team, charles leclerc got the second fastest time, with 1m. 34s. 421/1000. However, the Monegasque will penalize ten places on the starting grid, due to changes in the power unit of his Ferrari number 16. “I will give everything to try to be at the forefront, again,” promised the 24-year-old Monte Carlo native years.
The already consecrated world champion, the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), finished in third position in the Austin classification, in a complex day for the Austrian team, since the death of one of its founders, businessman Dietrich Mateschitz, at the age of 78.
The current two-time world champion completed a time of 1m. 34s. 448/1000 and will start in second place. Further back in the classification was the Mexican Sergio Perez (Red Bull), with 1m. 34s. 645/1000, although the driver from Guadalajara will also penalize five places on the grid and will start ninth.
Then the British lined up Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, both from Mercedes, at 591 and 632 thousandths, respectively.
Further behind were Canadian Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), 1s behind. 242/1000; the British Lando Norris (McLaren) at 1s. 334/1000; the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine) to 1s. 520/1000 and he will also be punished with a surcharge of five places; in addition to the Finn Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo), at 1s. 963/1000.
The classification was completed with the Thai Alexander Albon (Williams), the German Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), the Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), the Chinese Guanju Zhou (Alfa Romeo), the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri), the Denmark’s Kevin Magnussen (Haas), Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), France’s Esteban Ocon (Alpine), Germany’s Michael Schumacher (Haas) and Canada’s Nicholas Latifi (Williams).
The race will start on Sunday at 16 in Argentina (12 local time) and will include 56 laps.
Drivers’ World Championship standings: Verstappen (Red Bull) 366 points (champion); Perez (Red Bull) 253; Leclerc (Ferrari) 252; George Russell (Great Britain/Mercedes) 207; Sainz (Ferrari) 202; Hamilton (Mercedes) 180; Norris (McLaren) 101; Esteban Ocon (France/Alpine) 78; Fernando Alonso (Spain/Alpine) 65; Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 46.
Source: Ambito
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