Austin GP Qualifying Showdown: Twitter Reacts
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Lewis Hamilton nabbed a stunning pole position at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas. Championship rival, Sebastian Vettel will line up alongside the Englishman for the race. Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas lines up in 3rd with Daniel Ricciardo next to him. Kimi Raikkonen lines up 5th despite setting an identical time to Ricciardo. Esteban Ocon qualified 7th but moves up a place due to Max Verstappen’s penalty. Hamilton set a lap time of 1:33.108. Here’s is how Twitter reacted to the qualifying session as the championship contenders took the Austin GP front row.
Respect the classics. #USGP pic.twitter.com/vcYkonDUYG
— Circuit of The Americas (@COTA) October 21, 2017
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Day. Made! 💖🐱 @RenaultSportF1#DriveForTheCure #USGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/YFG0zNcisR
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) October 21, 2017
The #Aerocat came to visit us too – but with all this pink, it was quite hard to spot it as it chilled on a high perch! 😸 #USGP pic.twitter.com/hZmIXu6KyK
— SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team (@RacingPointF1) October 21, 2017
INITIAL CLASSIFICATION: END OF Q1
Hartley out 😢
Alonso in the top 10 👏
Don't miss Q2 – it's minutes away#USGP 🇺🇸 #Quali #F1 pic.twitter.com/9cQNbytKau
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 21, 2017
So @BrendonHartley was just 0.054 off making Q2 when he hadn't driven a single seater for five years until yesterday! #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/GWRtlberdk
— WTF1 (@wtf1official) October 21, 2017
"I think @alo_oficial should aim for a pole position…" 🤔#USGP #Quali pic.twitter.com/uC38mAewWC
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 21, 2017
Alonso made it to Q3 despite giving up 20km/h (12.4mph) in the speed trap. I mean he's basically Senna #USGP 🇺🇸
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) October 21, 2017
Keep it moving Seb! 😂 #USGP pic.twitter.com/ZmJoqzBIxL
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 21, 2017
A race away from glory?
Lewis Hamilton puts himself on pole for the #USGP
Report: https://t.co/xyTurG1o94 pic.twitter.com/XkDnhg3n55
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 21, 2017
Hamilton on pole as Vettel snatches second. Full report: https://t.co/v06UByM6Sf #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/Fz6gLYjEtj
— Motorsport.com (@Motorsport) October 21, 2017
Keep moving Seb, you left @redbullracing a couple of years ago 😂 #USGP 🇺🇸 #F1 pic.twitter.com/Xpxzu727ks
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 21, 2017
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Pole position = well worth a selfie#USGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/7EflzgJsMU
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/LewisHamilton/status/921869857020407808
"Are you not entertained…"#USGP 🇺🇸 @LewisHamilton pic.twitter.com/t9O2eY7el3
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) October 22, 2017
"What was that, mate?!?"
(Sound on) A near miss for @RGrosjean in qualifying at the #USGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uceojZZvuC
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 22, 2017
Magnussen handed grid penalty for blocking Perez: https://t.co/pYl76dVbTR #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/7cWhaKxebO
— Motorsport.com (@Motorsport) October 21, 2017
"My worst qualifying of the year"#F1 #USGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/PuUAHuJBPS
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 22, 2017
🗣 "Second row is good enough to fight tomorrow" @danielricciardo's #Quali reaction 🇺🇸👉 https://t.co/FJpoScfPLn #USGP pic.twitter.com/odYfTHxLsW
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 22, 2017
A super typhoon led to the cancellation of the Super Formula finale in Suzuka. #PierreGasly #ToroRosso #USGP #DaniilKvyat #F1 pic.twitter.com/yLCnQYmkHy
— F1 Admirers (@F1Admirers) October 22, 2017
Amanda Cerny x Lewis x King Bach #USGP #Quali (via kingbach's IG stories) pic.twitter.com/wa8OGUp6Ai
— Lewis Updates (@LH44updates) October 22, 2017
Steve: "Lewis Hamilton winning the title here in Austin is like ice cream in the morning. I want it – but it's too early!" 🍦 ##USGP pic.twitter.com/UnsY3A6dIM
— Channel 4 F1® (@C4F1) October 21, 2017
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Maybe indication to @ScuderiaFerrari if they don't fix reliability issue, he will join @redbullracing again 😂 #Seb5 #USGP #ForzaFerrari https://t.co/j2XvjcMFJW
— Harshvardhan zala (@iamhr23) October 22, 2017
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Hoping #Seb5 can have a strong start today at COTA. We need a win! #ScuderiaFerrari #USGP🇺🇸
— Lisa Ostroski (@lisaqo) October 22, 2017