Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has taken pole position at the Circuit of the Americas for the first time, with the 30-year-old setting a new track record in the weekend where he needs to win Sunday's Grand Prix to keep his championship hopes alive. Lewis Hamilton, who will be crowned champion if he finishes eighth or higher or if Bottas fails to win, only qualified in fifth, equalling his worst-ever grid position for a United States Grand Prix. Joining Bottas on the front row will be Sebastian Vettel for Ferrari as the German was just 0.012 seconds slower than the Mercedes, with Max Verstappen finishing off the qualifying podium as he was also under a tenth slower than Bottas'...
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