US Grand Prix pole belongs to Lewis Hamilton

The 22-year-old rookie Lewis Hamilton won the U.S. Grand Prix pole position on Saturday beating Fernando Alonso to the top spot.

US Grand Prix pole belongs to Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton just got his first Formula 1 victory last week in Canada, and now the young Englishman is looking forward to the best placement for the start of the US Grand Prix in Indianapolis on Sunday. Second will start Fernando Alonso giving the McLaren-Mercedes a full row for the start of the U.S. Grand Prix.

The stats for the top five Formula 1 drivers for the US Grand Prix qualifiers:

1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) - (Q1) 1:12.563 (Q2) 1:12.065 (Q3) 1:12.331

2. Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Mercedes) - 1:12.416 1:11.926 1:12.500

3. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) - 1:12.731 1:12.180 1:12.703

4. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari) - 1:12.732 1:12.111 1:12.839

5. Nick Heidfeld (BMW) - 1:12.543 1:12.188 1:12.847

A disagreement between the oddsmakers from each side of the Ocean on a favorite to win the Formula 1 race. The North American bookmaker Bodog Sports has Fernando Alonso as a favorite with odds of 5/4 followed by Lewis Hamilton with odds 5/6. The British sportsbook Bet365, on the contrary, chose Lewis Hamilton as their favorite with betting odds 8/11 and second comes Fernando Alonso with 11/10.

The US Grand Prix will start on Sunday, the 17th at 1:00pm EST at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Published on 06/16/2007