Las Vegas Grand Prix Qualifying

Date & Time
Fri 21st November 2025 8:00pm Local
Sat 22nd November 2025 4:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2025

Round
22

Status
FT

Location
Las Vegas Strip Circuit

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Description

Qualifying was held on November 21, 2025, at 20:00 local time (UTC−8), and determined the starting grid order for the race.

Qualifying report
Heavy rain was observed during the F1 Academy race earlier in the night, so the qualification was held on a wet track. Teams utilised both wet compounds, which consisted of the intermediates and the full wet tyre; both were in use throughout the session, but the track began to dry during the third session, so all teams switched to intermediates.

The first session saw Alexander Albon (Williams), Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber), Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull), and Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) all eliminated from the top-15 shootout. Of note, Albon hit the wall at turn 16 in a similar fashion to Franco Colapinto's qualifying incident the previous year, and Hamillton's last-place qualification makes this the first time, disregarding penalties and accidents, that he has qualified last on pure pace, and Ferrari's first last-place qualification since the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, where Giancarlo Fisichella qualified twentieth. Carlos Sainz Jr. (Williams) rejoined the track unsafely against Lance Stroll (Aston Martin), for which the Williams driver was summoned to the stewards; he was not penalised with a grid drop.

The second session saw Nico Hülkenberg (Sauber), Stroll, who gambled on intermediates late into Q2, Esteban Ocon, Oliver Bearman (both Haas), and Colapinto (Alpine) all eliminated from the top-ten shootout. The session was delayed, and no further major incidents were reported. The third session saw all teams switch to intermediates, as the track began to dry, where Lando Norris (McLaren) took pole position from Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Sainz. Championship competitor Oscar Piastri was fifth, and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) qualified in ninth.

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Result List

01	Lando Norris	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:47.934
02	Max Verstappen	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1:48.257
03	Carlos Sainz Jr	Williams Racing	1:48.296
04	George Russell	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:48.803
05	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:48.961
06	Liam Lawson	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	1:49.062
07	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	1:49.466
08	Isack Hadjar	Visa Cash App Racing Bulls Formula One Team	1:49.554
09	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:49.872
10	Pierre Gasly	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	1:51.540
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Audi Revolut F1 Team	1:52.781
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team	1:52.850
13	Esteban Ocon	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1:52.987
14	Oliver Bearman	MoneyGram Haas F1 Team	1:53.094
15	Franco Colapinto	BWT Alpine Formula One Team	1:53.683
16	Alexander Albon	Williams Racing	1:56.220
17	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team	1:56.314
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi Revolut F1 Team	1:56.674
19	Yuki Tsunoda	Oracle Red Bull Racing	1:56.798
20	Lewis Hamilton	Scuderia Ferrari HP	1:57.115