With less than a minute on the clock, Lando Norris and Max Verstappen were two of the final cars putting in their second lap times when George Russell crashed off-circuit into the barriers; the two were left with what-ifs.

Lando Norris took pole position for Sunday’s United States Grand Prix ahead of championship leader Max Verstappen as Lewis Hamilton could only manage 19th. Heading into qualifying, Norris trailed his Red Bull rival by 54 points after Verstappen won the sprint race with the McLaren man in third.

Lando Norris scored pole position for Formula 1’s 2024 United States Grand Prix as a George Russell crash prevented Max Verstappen and co from completing their final Q3 fliers. The session was already a shocker for Mercedes with Lewis Hamilton having been eliminated in Q1.