Max Verstappen is 63 points behind drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri with six races remaining this season
Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat McLaren's title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to take pole for the sprint race at the United States Grand Prix.
Verstappen, with the very last lap of the session, displaced Norris at the top of the timesheets by 0.071 seconds.
Piastri, leading Norris by 22 points in the championship with six races to go, was 0.309secs behind his team-mate.
Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg was a sensational fourth, ahead of the Mercedes of George Russell and Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin.













