F1 USA Grand Prix LIVE: Race schedule and times Lando Norris starts on pole after qualifying in Austin

• race: 8:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. local time)

“It was a really good lap until turn 12, I lost a bit in turn 12 and lost a lot of lap time. I went into the second to last corner, turned in and it went into me.

“Maybe I pushed too hard and was quite disappointed with the damage to the car. We weren’t anywhere today.

“It seems to be a theme at the moment, if we find a sweet spot we can get poles and wins, but if we don’t then we’re nowhere. For me the result is really disappointing.”

Russell will start in P6 tomorrow…

“The first round was pretty perfect. I saw that Verstappen was on a fast lap, it could have been a problem – the yellow flag might have helped us. Overall, it’s encouraging that we’ve improved the car and adjusted the setup a bit. Lando and Oscar managed to bring everything together.

“Hopefully we will be able to reduce tire wear.”

*Lawson starts at the back of the grid after receiving an engine penalty

“It was a beautiful lap, I couldn’t have driven much faster than I did. When you do one lap and think, ‘This is going to be hard to beat.’ We were on the defensive all weekend so I had to do something and today I did it – a cool lap and a nice way into the race tomorrow to start.

“It’s one of those tracks that makes you think, ‘Damn, this is fast.’ It puts a smile on your face. The quickest ending will put a smile on your face too. We’ve changed quite a bit, we’ve made the improvements. I was lucky and I’ll take it.

“I will do my homework, we have made some changes, time will tell. We will work hard, box number one is ticked, but tomorrow will be a tough race.”

“The goal was to make a step in qualifying, P5 yesterday and P3 today. The last lap was a bit disappointing, I was three tenths ahead. Now it’s easy to say some good progress.

“We should be in battle tomorrow.

“That’s right, we’re still in the front row.

“We made a few changes to the car, hopefully that will work tomorrow.”

Max Verstappen was also well ahead of Lando Norris’ time, but had to slow down in the last sector due to double-waved yellow flags!

Russell’s accident occurred in the second to last corner and he just lost the car and slid into the wall. Luckily everything is fine.

But Norris takes away the luck! Behind him are Verstappen and Carlos Sainz.

George Russell crashes in the third sector – with a violent hit into the wall! He says he’s fine.

So that’s it for qualifying, with Lando Norris on pole!