Mercedes´Lewis Hamilton took pole at the Circuit Of The Americas with a time of 1:33.108 just two tenths ahead of his Title rival Ferrari´s Sebastian Vettel and a little over 4 tenths of a second ahead of team mate Valteri Bottas. Red Bull´s Daniel Ricciardo achieved a very fast lap to be just 11 hundredths of a second from third place with exactly the same time as Ferrari´s Kimi Raikkonen, Max Verstappen was just less of a tenth behind in 6th place with the sister Red Bull.
Behind the three leading teams that seem to be getting closer and closer all the time, the fight for 7th place was on with Force India´s Esteban Ocon, Renault´s new comer Carlos Sainz, McLaren´s Fernando Alonso and Force India´s Sergio Perez. 0.501 separated these four drivers that completed the top 10 while they were almost a whole second off 6th place..
The conditions were tricky as the track temperature was high and the wind caused several drivers struggled a bit. The race will be tomorrow at 2pm local time.
Here are the results:
| DRIVER | TEAM | 1st. Time | 2nd. Time | 3rd. Time | ||
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1.33.437 | 1.33.108 | |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1.34.103 | 1.33.347 | |
| 3 | 77 | Valtteri Botas | Mercedes | 1.33.769 | 1.33.568 | |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel Riccardo | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1.34.495 | 1.33.577 | |
| 5 | 7 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1.33.840 | 1.33.577 | |
| 6 | 33 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer | 1.34.716 | 1.33.658 | |
| 7 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Force India Mercedes | 1.35.113 | 1.34.647 | |
| 8 | 55 | Carlos Sainz | Renault | 1.34.899 | 1.34.852 | |
| 9 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren Honda | 1.35.046 | 1.35.007 | |
| 10 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India Mercedes | 1.34.789 | 1.35.148 | |
| 11 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams Mercedes | 1.35.155 | ||
| 12 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | Toro Rosso | 1.35.529 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Stoffel Vandoorne | McLaren Honda | 1.35.641 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Haas Ferrari | 1.35.870 | ||
| 15 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Renault | 1.35.740 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber Ferrari | 1.36.842 | ||
| 17 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Williams Mercedes | 1.36.868 | ||
| 18 | 39 | Brendon Hartley | Toro Rosso | 1.36.889 | ||
| 19 | 94 | Pascal Wehrlein | Sauber Ferrari | 1.37.179 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas Ferrari | 1.37.394 |
