Lewis Hamilton overpowered team mate Nico Rosberg at the track he last year won his championship to take his 9th pole position of the season. His final lap was 0.216s faster than his team mate’s and marks his first pole position here at the US Grand Prix.
Daniel Ricciardo was third while Max Verstappen fourth who very carefully followed Mercedes into setting their times on the soft compound in Q2 thus splitting the strategy with his team mate.
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Here check out the best of Twitter reactions summing up the qualifying:
PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION (#QUALI): HAM beats ROS to #USGP pole, the Red Bulls lead the two Ferraris #F1 pic.twitter.com/rlxA67VOsi
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 22, 2016
AND ITS POLE FOR @LewisHamilton!!!
YEEEEEHAAAAAAAA!!#F1 #USGP #Quali pic.twitter.com/58IeD9eHfC
— Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) October 22, 2016
A lap that says "Take that Nico Rosberg" @LewisHamilton now needs fast #USGP start to steer clear of trouble and head for victory
— Jonathan Legard (@legardj) October 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/EpsonF1/status/789905393413652480
While it's P4 for @Max33Verstappen to complete a second row lockout for the Bulls for the #USGP 🇺🇸👏 pic.twitter.com/ZYz6U47pQt
— Aston Martin Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) October 22, 2016
Well done, @LewisHamilton.
Christoph Waltz is impressed. #USGP pic.twitter.com/arlJJMyG0x
— Fake Charlie Whiting says ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@charlie_whiting) October 22, 2016
From your tweet to gods ears! #teamLH #USGP https://t.co/4Fy2Dqjegx
— Kristine Kirby (@kristinekirby) October 22, 2016
Lewis still has to nail the start tomorrow after a series of poor starts has had him drop down the order this year. Rosberg although has shown more pace on the softer tires will also be looking to outpace his team mate and gain the very crucial victory at this point in the championship.
The Ferraris were disappointing again with Kimi Raikkonen fifth and Sebastian Vettel sixth. Nico Hulkenberg was the best from the rest in seventh followed by the two Williams of Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa. 10th position wen to Carlos Sainz who got promoted to Q3 after a stunning lap deep into Q2 throwing Fernando Alonso out.
A full second down on Mercedes. that's shameful even by their standards#F1 #USGP
— Muhammad Usama (@muhammad91usama) October 22, 2016
Your #USGP #Quali top three = LewisHamilton, nico_rosberg, danielricciardo 🇺🇸 #F1 pic.twitter.com/mAeFZh3twi
Your #USGP #Quali top three = L…
— Scinto Official ™ (@MauroScinto) October 22, 2016
Third row for Ferrari.. Congratulations guys! @ScuderiaFerrari #USGP pic.twitter.com/sOh6IQTw9N
— Ⓤğⓤⓡ Ⓨ. 🔞 🐞 (@ChiefJustice_) October 22, 2016
#QUALI #USGP #F1 #TeamNR6 @MercedesAMGF1 📸 by Steve Etherington pic.twitter.com/mIAOlsmdd0
— Nico Rosberg (@nico_rosberg) October 22, 2016
Would love to know how much paint @circuitamericas has used for the circuit?! It looks stunning !! #F1 #USGP 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/sgL6evJFKY
— F1 GPGuide (@GPGuide) October 22, 2016
Pole position, that's my little fighter💪🏼💪🏼 @LewisHamilton P1 in Texas, going for the win tomorrow come on! @MercedesAMGF1 #USGP
— Natalie May (@NatalieMayyx) October 22, 2016
Lewis Hamilton takes pole for the #USGP ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg… pic.twitter.com/8QukSarD50
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) October 22, 2016
Great to see @HulkHulkenberg has out qualified both Williams cars in his @ForceIndiaF1 car… Hoping for a good race for SFI! #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/YKG2uUcp5n
— Phillippa (@pgillett2017) October 22, 2016
#Hammertime at the right moment. @LewisHamilton takes the pole position at @circuitamericas, starting the #USGP from P1. Nico P2, Max P4 pic.twitter.com/eN9GWFTIOF
— Mini3Ddrivers (@mini3ddrivers) October 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/DanielleLyyn/status/789906291808473088
"If @LewisHamilton had qualified in 2nd, it would have been a lot harder for him tomorrow." – Nicki Lauda. #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/c65fS74BgR
— Mobil 1 The Grid (@Mobil1TheGrid) October 22, 2016
I hope Daniel Ricciardo has spent simulator time practicing swerving out of the way of a very slow car in front of him on the grid 🙂 #USGP
— Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) October 22, 2016
F1: ROS: "It was a good lap I did. Annoyed when Lewis crossed the line and beat me to [pole]" #USGP 🇺🇸 #Quali pic.twitter.com/RY1XLl82y6
— Formula1.it WM (@Formula1WM) October 22, 2016
Ricciardo hopes his supersoft tyres will help him get "a friendly grip off the line" to overtake both Mercedes at the start. #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/AjcT4jdZTY
— Jayfreese Knight (@JayfreeseKnight) October 22, 2016
He deffo looks very happy & so he should too #smashedit #USGP well done Lewis
— Tim White (@TimmysTunes) October 22, 2016
HAM: "I feel amazing. It's my first pole here. I could hear the crowd cheering as I crossed the line" #USGP 🇺🇸… https://t.co/973wt6LdJB
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— Scinto Official ™ (@MauroScinto) October 22, 2016
