1h agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:31pmLive: F1 United States Grand Prix
Just nowSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:42pm
22/56: Ferraris fight each other, then Leclerc pits
Charles Leclerc is now defending third place from Lewis Hamilton.
That squabble has allowed Lando Norris to get away in second.
Leclerc is brought into the pits at the end of the 22nd lap.
He is on new medium tyres.
2m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:41pm
21/56: Lando Norris takes second and is given a final warning
Lando Norris is closer than he has ever been to Charles Leclerc.
Down the back straight, he opens the rear wing and the Brit makes the move.
That is important for Norris.
As it stands, he is taking eight points off Piastri’s championship lead.
Norris is also on a final warning for exceeding the track limits.
The Brit has been off three times.
5m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:37pm
20/56: Norris continues to attack, McLaren struggling on tyres
Lando Norris keeps attacking, but he cannot get past Charles Leclerc.
Oscar Piastri was struggling on his front left tyre. We have just seen the state of Norris’ front left, and it does not look in great shape.
10m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:33pm17/56: Piastri is losing touch with the battle for second
Currently, there is a three-way battle for second place.
Charles Leclerc is in second, and Lando Norris is constantly attacking the Ferrari driver.
This battle has kept Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton near the duo.
Meanwhile, Oscar Piastri is well off the pace.
He is four seconds behind Hamilton, and does not look like catching them at this moment.
12m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:30pm
15/56: Norris is attacking Leclerc for second
Lando Norris is on the rear of Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari.
As leader Max Verstappen drives off into the distance, Norris needs to make this move if he wants a chance of victory.
Norris had three bites at the cherry on lap 15, but Leclerc was able to hold position.
It is great driving between the two.
17m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:26pm
13/56: Piastri is not making progress
Max Verstappen holds a nice lead of 4 seconds.
Then it is the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, who is ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris by one second.
Fourth-placed Lewis Hamilton has a three-second advantage over Oscar Piastri.
Could Piastri be preserving his tyres, or is he struggling for pace?
21m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:22pm
10/56: Piastri worried about his front left tyre
Oscar Piastri has told his team that he does not like his front left tyre.
“Concerned about front left … doesn’t look or feel great.”
Lando Norris has told McLaren a similar story.
23m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:20pm
9/56: VSC ends and racing is back on
We have green flags on track again.
Max Verstappen has a 2.6-second lead over Charles Leclerc.
Lando Norris, in third, appears to have lost out.
All drivers are supposed to maintain the same gap.
Leclerc looks to be a little further ahead of Norris than he was before the VSC.
Lewis Hamilton is fourth, Oscar Piastri is fifth.
26m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:16pm
7/56: Virtual Safety Car — Carlos Sainz hits Kimi Antonelli
We have a virtual safety car.
Williams driver Carlos Sainz was going for a move on the inside of Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli.
Sainz was not close enough, and he lost his front when Antonelli cut across him.
Sainz is out, Antonelli is carrying a lot of damage and is the last of the runners.
30m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:12pm
5/56: Norris trying his best to reclaim second place
Lando Norris looks quick in his McLaren, but he is being held up by the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.
The straight line speed of the Ferrari is keeping Leclerc in second place.
Lewis Hamilton is fourth, and his on the back of Norris.
Meanwhile, Piastri is fifth, about a second behind Hamilton
34m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:08pm
3/56: Piastri defending fifth from Russell, Verstappen leads
Australian Oscar Piastri is in fifth.
He is being hounded by Mercedes driver George Russell, who was second in the sprint race yesterday.
Max Verstappen holds a nice lead of 1.5 seconds to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.
Lando Norris is in third, trying to reclaim second which is where he began.
37m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:05pm1/56: Lando down to third, Piastri up to fifth
It was a clean start for everyone.
We have a drama-free turn one.
Max Verstappen makes a great start, and he holds the lead.
Charles Leclerc has jumped from third to second, overtaking Lando Norris.
Oscar Piastri is up from sixth to fifth. That is a confidence boost for Piastri.
39m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:03pmRACE START: Lights out in Austin
Max Verstappen slots into the pole position grid slot.
Lando Norris parks his McLaren alongside the Dutchman.
Championship leader Oscar Piastri is sixth, and has a lot of work to do today.
There is a green flag waving in the background.
The lights come on — one, two, three, four, five … GO!
The field launches off the line, heading up hill to the first corner …
43m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 7:00pmFORMATION LAP: Drivers make their way around COTA
Max Verstappen leads the field for the formation lap.
Let’s see what tyres the drivers and teams have gone for.
Looks like most are going for the medium tyre.
Everyone in the top 15 is on mediums, except Charles Leclerc (third), who is on used soft tyres.
Other than Leclerc, Gabriel Bortoleto (16th) and Lance Stroll (19th) are on softs. Esteban Ocon (17th), Alex Albon (18th) and Isack Hadjar (20th) are on hards.
50m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:53pm
Norris ‘praying’ today’s conditions suit McLaren
Lando Norris is starting second, next to pole sitter Max Verstappen.
He starts this race 22 points behind his teammate Oscar Piastri in the battle for the drivers’ championship.
Norris has spoken to Sky Sports F1.
“Yesterday we didn’t have the best pace, but today is completely different. I’m hoping, praying a little bit that [conditions] suit us a bit more than everyone else. We’ll give it a good shot.”
53m agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:50pm
Fast facts about the Circuit of the AmericasFirst race: 2012Number of laps: 56Lap distance: 5.513kmRace distance: 308.405kmFastest lap (in grand prix): 1:36.169 — Charles Leclerc (2019)
1h agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:40pm
It is windy in Austin, Texas
There is an enormous state flag of Texas at the Circuit of the Americas.
Oscar Piastri driving past the state flag of Texas. (Getty)
 As of 30 minutes ago, the wind was blowing in the opposite direction to the action on Friday (local time).
The wind direction means there will be a headwind through a S section, turns three to six. That will help with downforce.
On the long straight, from turn 11 to 12, it will become a tailwind. That allows for higher top speeds, but makes braking more difficult.
1h agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:30pmWhat do I need to know about the Circuit of the Americas?
The Circuit of the Americas sometimes looks like a homage to other great racing tracks around the world.
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Turns three to six are reminiscent of the high-speed run through Maggots and Becketts at Silverstone in the UK, and the famous S Curves driven at Suzuka in Japan.
Further in the lap, turns 12 to 15 are similar to the stadium section which is found in Hockenheim in Germany.
Turn one is a unique corner, however.
A steep uphill run along the start-finish straight leads to a tight left-hand hairpin where drivers can overtake on the inside and outside line.
1h agoSun 19 Oct 2025 at 6:20pmWhat are the pit strategy options for today’s race?
According to the boffins on the official F1 website, we could be in for a race of mixed strategies this morning.
In 2024, the one-stop was clearly the best strategy. Fifteen of the 20 drivers used one set of mediums and one set of hards for the grand prix.
What about today?
Well, a two-stop could be an option.
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You will read and hear about softs, mediums and hards.
In reality, tyre supplier Pirelli makes six different compounds of tyres —C1-C6 — and brings three of them to each race.
This weekend, they have brought the C1, the hardest compound of the lot.
So, that tyre will be very durable and makes the one-stop appealing and easier to achieve.
Those starting on the medium then changing to the hards are expected to stop between laps 20-26.
However, that hard tyre is much slower than the mediums (C3) and the softs (C4) this weekend.
So if a two-stop strategy possible using medium and soft tyres?
It certainly could be. Any driver on the two-stop strategy will be flying on track.
But will that pace be enough to overcome an extra stop in the pits?