Norris masters wet Las Vegas to claim pole ahead of Verstappen and Sainz.
Lando Norris mastered a treacherous qualifying session in Las Vegas to claim his third pole position in a row.
22nd November 2025
Keith Collantine
RaceFans

The McLaren driver captured pole position by three tenths of a second from Max Verstappen with a rapid final lap on a soaked track. Carlos Sainz Jnr took third place for Williams ahead of George Russell but both are under investigation. The stewards are looking into whether Sainz rejoined the track unsafely in Q1 and Mercedes failed to submit its set-up sheets in time for both its cars.

‘Treacherous qualifying session in Las Vegas’;

https://www.racefans.net/2025/11/22/...pen-and-sainz/


2025 F1 Las Vegas GP – Qualifying Results
Norris beats Verstappen to Las Vegas pole as Sainz shocks with P3
22 November 2025
John Smith
Total Motorsport

F1 Las Vegas GP 2025 Qualifying results
Check out the full Las Vegas GP 2025 Qualifying results from Nevada below.
Pos Driver Team Time
1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:47.934
2 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.323
3 Carlos Sainz Williams +0.362
4 George Russell Mercedes +0.869
5 Oscar Piastri McLaren +1.027
6 Liam Lawson Racing Bulls +1.128
7 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +1.532
8 Isack Hadjar Racing Bulls +1.620
9 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +1.938
10 Pierre Gasly Alpine +3.606

‘Qualifying Results’;

https://www.total-motorsport.com/202...fying-results/


Norris and Verstappen brawl incoming after front row lockout in Vegas GP
22 Nov 2025
Norberto Mujica
GPblog.com

Lando Norris got pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen in P2 and Carlos Sainz in P3.

Despite Verstappen and Russell showing pace earlier on, Norris and Piastri dominated the session as the circuit dried up. The British McLaren driver put in a lap ove five tenths quicker than Piastri and more than eight tenths faster than Verstappen in P3. Despite Sainz' late surge to the top, the Dutch driver retook the the lead, albeit briefly.

‘Front row lockout’;

https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/norri...ut-in-vegas-gp


Lewis Hamilton last at Las Vegas GP as Ferrari nightmare continues
Lewis Hamilton will start last at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
22 Nov 2025
Lewis Larkam
Crash.Net

Lewis Hamilton has qualified last in a wet and wild qualifying session at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion suffered a shock Q1 elimination in the wet in Las Vegas and ended up slowest of all in 20th. Hamilton was nearly three seconds slower than Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc, who safely progressed into the next part of qualifying.

There appeared to be some miscommunication as Hamilton looked to have aborted his final flying lap, having only just made the line in time. "Are we safe?" Hamilton asked, to which race engineer Riccardo Adami replied: "Keep pushing." Hamilton said "I got the light..." before Adami came back "No, push!".

Having been eliminated, Hamilton reported he "couldn't get the tyres to work". Hamilton has endured a torrid maiden campaign with Ferrari, branding his first season in red as a "nightmare" after retiring from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix last time out. It marks the first time in Hamilton's F1 career that he has qualified last on pure pace.

‘Ferrari nightmare continues’;

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/108721...mare-continues


Vegas Shock: Stewards Put Sainz’s P3 Under Threat
November 22, 2025
Alex Albuquerque
FastestLap.com

Las Vegas stewards probe puts Sainz’s hard won P3 under threat after near miss with Stroll. Carlos Sainz’s sharp, rain soaked qualifying lap around the Strip may not hold up under the floodlights for long. The Williams driver, who stuck his FW47 third on the grid for Sunday’s Las Vegas Grand Prix behind Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, has been summoned to the stewards over an alleged unsafe rejoin during Q1 after a close call with Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll.

The flashpoint came at Turn 5, the tight 90 degree right hander that caught out a handful of drivers in treacherous conditions. Sainz overshot and ducked down the escape road, then rejoined as Stroll arrived on the scene. The two came uncomfortably close to trading carbon, and that’s all it takes to trigger an investigation these days. Both drivers have been called to see the stewards at 21:25 local time.

It’s a gut punch moment for Sainz, whose late season form has been one of the year’s genuine bright spots. Since joining Williams, he’s helped drag the team back onto the podium for the first time since 2021 with a third place in Baku, then matched the result in the sprint at the United States Grand Prix. The Vegas lap — precise, patient, ruthless in the wet — looked like another well timed statement from a driver who’s rebuilt momentum in deep water. Whether he keeps that P3 is now in the hands of the officials…

‘It’s a gut punch moment for Sainz’;

https://fastestlap.com/news/vegas-sh...-under-threat/