Fernando Alonso wasnt able to beat Lewis Hamilton’s time on his final flying lap and Lewis further improved his time later when he came across the start finish line to rub salt on Fernando’s wounds. It seems like the rookie from Britain is on the road to the formula one driver’s championship and Fernando Alonso might just be left looking greedily at Hamilton.

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikonnen will be 3rd and 4th on the grid respectively , inching past BMW’s ever so impressive Nick Heidfeld. Sebastien Vettel who is the replacement for Robert Kubica after his huge crash at Montreal gave an impressive performance and qualified 7th.

“I’m quite surprised to be honest,” said Lewis Hamilton

“Going into qualifying we hadn’t found the optimum set-up and I knew Fernando was quick here.

“It’s good to see we’re ahead of the Ferraris. I had to pull it all out but my last two laps in third qualifying were just right.”

Qualifying time for the formula one US Grand Prix 2007:

1 L Hamilton (GB) McLaren 1:12.331
2 F Alonso (Spn) McLaren 1:12.500
3 F Massa (Brz) Ferrari 1:12.703
4 K Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:12.839
5 N Heidfeld (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:12.847
6 H Kovalainen (Fin) Renault 1:13.308
7 S Vettel (Ger) BMW Sauber 1:13.513
8 J Trulli (Ita) Toyota 1:13.789
9 M Webber (Aus) RedBull-Renault 1:13.871
10 G Fisichella (Ita) Renault 1:13.953
11 D Coulthard (GB) RedBull-Renault 1:12.873
12 R Schumacher (Ger) Toyota 1:12.920
13 J Button (GB) Honda 1:12.998
14 N Rosberg (Ger) Williams-Toyota 1:13.060
15 R Barrichello (Brz) Honda 1:13.201
16 A Davidson (GB) Super Aguri-Honda 1:13.259
17 A Wurz (Aut) Williams-Toyota 1:13.441
18 T Sato (Jpn) Super Aguri-Honda 1:13.477
19 V Liuzzi (Ita) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:13.484
20 S Speed (US) Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:13.712
21 A Sutil (Ger) Spyker-Ferrari 1:14.122
22 C Albers (Ned) Spyker-Ferrari 1:14.597