Kimi Antonelli secured the top starting spot for the United States Grand Prix, delivering an outstanding performance for Mercedes at the Circuit of the Americas. By outpacing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who qualified second, Antonelli achieved exactly what was necessary to potentially wrap up his maiden world championship title this weekend.

Isack Hadjar impressed by taking third place for Red Bull, while Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and fifth respectively for Ferrari. Antonelli’s Mercedes colleague George Russell ended up in sixth.