FACTS AND STATS: Hamilton suffers Qualifying career low as Norris extends pole streak in Las Vegas

Lando Norris took a stunning pole position for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, mastering the treacherous wet conditions that threw up a significant challenge for the 20 drivers on the F1 grid. With title rivals Max Verstappen second and Oscar Piastri fifth, the championship leader is in prime position to extend his advantage. Here are some of the best facts and stats from Qualifying in Nevada…

• Norris' third pole in succession was also his seventh of the season, drawing him level with Verstappen's tally.
• The last seven Grands Prix have been won from pole. This is one short of the record set in 1976.
• Verstappen has still never taken a pole position in Las Vegas, but qualifying second means he shares the front row with Norris for the fifth time this season.

• Carlos Sainz qualified third in Las Vegas. His only other top-three start this season came in Azerbaijan, where he converted his position into a podium finish.
• Sainz's result was Williams' best in Las Vegas since the team locked out the front row at Caesars Palace in 1981.
• Russell will start from fourth for the third time in the last four Grands Prix.
• The Mercedes driver was fastest in both Q1 and Q2, before falling short in Q3.
• Piastri will start from outside the top three for the fourth consecutive race.
• In sixth, Liam Lawson secured Racing Bulls' best-ever Las Vegas starting position. It will be his third top-six start of the season.
• Seventh means Fernando Alonso will start from his highest position since Hungary, a race that took place before the summer break.

• Isack Hadjar starts from eighth for the fourth time in the last six Grands Prix.
• With Charles Leclerc in ninth and Lewis Hamilton 20th, this is the third time in 2025 that no Ferrari has featured in the top eight.
• Pierre Gasly featured in Q3 for the ninth time this season for Alpine.
• Nico Hulkenberg will start from 11th for the third time in the last five races.
• Lance Stroll recorded his best Las Vegas Qualifying position, putting his Aston Martin in 12th.
• Esteban Ocon outqualified Haas team mate Ollie Bearman for the first time in seven races.
• This was also the first time Bearman had missed out on Q3 in five races.
• Franco Colapinto reached Q2 for only the second time in the last eight races.

• Alex Albon's Q1 crash saw him strike the same wall as Colapinto did for Williams last year.
• Kimi Antonelli's Q1 elimination was his third of the season. Last year, Mercedes finished 1-2 with Russell and Hamilton.
• Gabriel Bortoleto lost his Qualifying lead over Sauber team mate Hulkenberg. The pair are now level for the season at 11-11.
• Yuki Tsunoda exited Qualifying in Q1 for the sixth time this season.
• Hamilton was slowest on outright pace for the first time in his F1 career.
• This was the first time a Ferrari was slowest in Qualifying since Giancarlo Fisichella at the 2009 Abi Dhabi Grand Prix.