– It feels incredible to be back on pole. I knew it was going to be on the last Q3 lap, there was a moment when I thought we weren’t going to take the flag. So happy! We need to do some deep diving into why we are so fast this weekend, it has been a big surprise.

“At the end of the day you have to put it on the table sometimes! To get pole position is incredible but we have to recover it with some big points.”

Russell clips the wall at turn 5. His Mercedes looks OK though…

02:00 left. Who will be on pole in Vegas?!

George Russell the fastest of the first set of laps with 1:32:811, two tenths quicker than Carlos Sainz in third!

3-10: Verstappen, Norris, Piastri, Gasly, Hulkenberg, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton unlocked before the long straight and saved! He only has one more shot then!

Russell: “I want to be at the back, it was too early I think, the track will be ramping.”

The barrier repaired, the track clean – and we can start Q3!

10 drivers involved: Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Sainz, Hamilton, Russell, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Tsunoda

“Q3 will start at 07:09 (GMT).”

“There is a lot of debris on the track and some potential barrier repairs are needed, the circuit operations team are currently working on this.”

No word yet on a start time for Q3…

“I definitely wanted a bit more, it turned out to be quite a disappointing day.

“The race looked a lot more competitive so I’m looking forward to it.”

There’s a lot of debris on the track after that Colapinto crash, slowly being lowered onto the truck!

But it is in pieces. Oh, what a nightmare for Williams!

Q3 is delayed. It’s not just the course that needs to be cleaned up, but the barrier probably needs to be fixed after Colapinto’s big impact!