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.
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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.
Here check out the best of Twitter reactions summing up the qualifying:
AND ITS POLE FOR @LewisHamilton!!! YEEEEEHAAAAAAAA!! #F1 #USGP #Quali
A lap that says "Take that Nico Rosberg" @LewisHamilton now needs fast #USGP start to steer clear of trouble and head for victory
https://twitter.com/EpsonF1/status/789905393413652480
While it's P4 for @Max33Verstappen to complete a second row lockout for the Bulls for the #USGP 🇺🇸👏
Well done, @LewisHamilton. Christoph Waltz is impressed. #USGP
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.
#QUALI #USGP #F1 #TeamNR6 @MercedesAMGF1 📸 by Steve Etherington
Pole position, that's my little fighter💪🏼💪🏼 @LewisHamilton P1 in Texas, going for the win tomorrow come on! @MercedesAMGF1 #USGP
Lewis Hamilton takes pole for the #USGP ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg...
Great to see @HulkHulkenberg has out qualified both Williams cars in his @ForceIndiaF1 car... Hoping for a good race for SFI! #F1 #USGP
#Hammertime at the right moment. @LewisHamilton takes the pole position at @circuitamericas, starting the #USGP from P1. Nico P2, Max P4
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
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
He deffo looks very happy & so he should too #smashedit #USGP well done Lewis
HAM: "I feel amazing. It's my first pole here. I could hear the crowd cheering as I crossed the line" #USGP 🇺🇸… x.com/i/web/status/7… H…