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  "id": 16385333,
  "title": "Antonelli storms to US Grand Prix pole",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/antonelli-storms-to-us-grand-prix-pole",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-24T22:41:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/10/25/antonelli-storms-to-us-grand-prix-pole"
  },
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  "account": "Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli secured pole position for the US Grand Prix at the qualifying session, edging out Max Verstappen. At the Austin race, the 20-year-old Italian aims to clinch his first Formula One world title if he wins and his Mercedes teammate George Russell finishes outside the top eight, while Lewis Hamilton falls short of the top four. Verstappen missed out on a third consecutive pole but will share the front row with Antonelli. Red Bull teammate Isaac Hadjar qualified third, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finishing fourth. Antonelli's lap of one minute and 34.035 seconds marked his seventh pole position of the season and his first since the Belgian Grand Prix in July. Despite the practice sessions favoring Ferrari and Verstappen's apparent strong form, Antonelli expressed his team's ambition, saying, \"We got pole so we will try to win tomorrow but Max has been very quick and Isack did an incredible job so it's not going to be easy.\"",
  "summary": "Kimi Antonelli’s lap of 1min 34.035sec earned him his seventh pole position of the season, bringing him closer to securing his maiden F1 world title.",
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        "published": "2026-10-23T14:30:00.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/leclerc-tops-times-for-ferrari-in-practice-for-us-grand-prix",
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/marquez-shrugs-off-crash-to-take-pole-at-wet-australian-grand-prix",
        "published": "2026-10-24T01:01:45.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Antara News Indonesia",
        "title": "Veda Ega makes history as first Indonesian Grand Prix polesitter",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/veda-ega-makes-history-as-first-indonesian-grand-prix-polesitter",
        "published": "2026-10-24T10:52:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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