Ferraris dominate qualifying; Leclerc takes pole position, Verstappen third

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Ferraris dominated the qualifying, with some surprising eliminations ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Leclerc takes pole, followed by Sainz and Red Bull's Verstappen. However, because of a grid penalty, Sainz will start in 12th place.

KTNV's Johnny Resendiz previously reported a breakdown of the practices, qualifying and race.

The practice rounds are over. Mercedes-AMB Petronas F1 Team George Russell earned the first position in FP3 in 1 minute and 34 seconds. McLaren F1 Team's Piastri earned second, and Williams Racing's Logan Sargeant placed third.

The final practice ended early. Teams completed about 54 minutes on the track and only had about six minutes left when Williams Racing's Alex Albon made contact with the barrier and lost a rear tire.

In the second practice, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc places first, following Carlos Sainz and Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso at 1 minute
and 35 seconds.

For the first practice, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc placed first. Haas/Ferrari's Nico Hülkenberg follows behind with Kevin Magnussen.

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Qualifying is scheduled for midnight. It aims to determine where each driver will start during the main event.

Each driver, one at a time, will go one lap around the track as fast as possible, and the fastest one will get the coveted "pole position," or the car that sits in the first position on the grid.

Qualifying is broken up into three sessions. During which, the slowest drivers from the first session will make up the back of the grid in positions 16 through 20, while the fastest drivers in the third session will make up positions 1 through 10 on the grid.

In Q1, Leclerc stays in the first position with a posted 1:33.617. Who's out? Norris is in 16th place, following Ocon, Zhou, Piastri and Tsunoda.

Both McLarens are out.

Q2 starts at around 00:25. 15 drivers in 15 minutes.

Q2 shows just how fast those Ferraris are. Leclerc and Sainz take first and second positions. The elimination zone starts with Hamilton in 11th place, following Perez, Hulkenberg, Stroll and Ricciardo.

Hamilton finished in 1:33.837. Leclerc finished at 1:32.775.

Charles Leclerc dominates qualifying. He has had 22 career pole positions, according to ESPN. He finished Q3 in 1:33.021. He's followed by Sainz with 1:33.043 and Verstappen at 1:33.104.

Top 10 are as follows: Leclerc, Sainz, Verstappen, Gasly, Russell, Albon, Sargeant, Bottas, Magnussen and Alonso.