Valtteri Bottas on pole at US Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton fifth, Daniel Ricciardo ninth

Valtteri Bottas in a Mercedes is on pole position for the US Grand Prix while teammate Lewis Hamilton is fifth on the grid as he seeks to seal a sixth Formula One title.

Bottas set a lap track record of 1 minute 32.019 seconds on the 5.516-kilometre Circuit of the Americas in Austin on Saturday to edge Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel by 0.012 seconds.

It is a fifth pole of the season and the 11th in all for Bottas, who ended a series of six straight poles by Ferrari. Max Verstappen in a Red Bull will start on the second row alongside Charles Leclerc in a Ferrai.

Hamilton needs to finish in the top eight on Sunday in the third-last race of the season for his sixth drivers' title and his third in a row.

UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING RESULTS

1. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes

2. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari

3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull

4. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

5. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

6. Alex Albon, Red Bull

7. Carlos Sainz, McLaren

8. Lando Norris, McLaren

9. Daniel Ricciardo, Renault

10. Pierre Gasly, Toro Rosso