Purple Bull Ford’s Chloe Chambers claimed her fourth pole place of the season underneath the lights in Las Vegas, beating the rookie pair of Alisha Palmowski and Alba Larsen in Qualifying for the sequence finale.
The American polesitter has began her final F1 ACADEMY race weekend within the good manner, clocking a time of 2m 06.538s on her last lap to cost to the highest spot with a 0.380s benefit over Palmowski.
For many of the session, it regarded just like the combat for pole would come right down to Chambers and Pin, with the 2 repeatedly exchanging quickest laps within the chilly temperatures.
Nevertheless, when the Mercedes driver tried to benefit from a tow from her PREMA Racing group mate Tina Hausmann, she couldn’t discover a well past on the vital second and was pressured to accept P4.
Her rival Maya Weug, who finds herself simply 9 factors adrift within the Standings, was equally unable to match Chambers’ fast tempo and ended up in fifth place, over two-tenths behind Pin’s effort.
Aston Martin-backed driver Hausmann took P6 on the chequered flag, adopted by Emma Felbermayr and Nina Gademan, who secured the essential reverse grid pole place. Racing Bulls’ Rafaela Ferreira and McLaren’s Ella Lloyd rounded out the highest 10, with the latter narrowly avoiding the limitations within the last minutes.
Gademan will hunt down her second victory of 2025 in Race 1, which can get underway at 1815 native time on Friday. Within the meantime, you possibly can learn an in-depth report of F1 ACADEMY Qualifying in Las Vegas and atone for the drivers’ reactions on the official website here.
