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2025 Formula 1 United States GP
Oct 16, 2025 to Oct 19, 2025
| Circuit of the Americas, US
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F1 United States GP live commentary and updates - sprint race
Follow along for live updates from Formula 1's sprint race at the United States Grand Prix
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01:06:17 pm
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And that's all from us! Thanks for joining us, and we'll be back for qualifying - which begins at 10pm UK time (4pm local).
Catch you then!
01:05:36 pm
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Full sprint race report
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F1 US GP: Verstappen wins sprint race, Norris and Piastri taken out in start crash
12:52:31 pm
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Carlos Sainz, P3 in the US GP sprint: "We definitely had a solid race, solid pace, the Ferraris were quick behind but we could keep it under control.
"Nothing has changed, we're just getting a little bit more lucky and things stop happening to us. I couldn't show it at the start of the year, but things are clicking. We lack a bit compared to these guys, but we're still in the midst so it's good to see."
12:52:10 pm
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George Russell, after finishing second: "I know you don't get many opportunities with Max and I had half a chance. But P2 was better than we expected, and got decent points.
"I was on the outside and fully sent it, and realised everyone on the inside fully sent it as well. It looked like three cars into one!"
12:49:18 pm
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Max Verstappen, after winning the US GP sprint: "The start was good, then of course there was the safety. It took a few laps after the safety car to have good pace, so we need to work out what happened there.
"We need to be better in race trim to fight the McLarens. We'll have a look, we have some ideas and hopefully it'll stick a bit better tomorrow."
12:45:30 pm
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The lap 1 crash
Checkered flag
12:44:00 pm
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Verstappen wins the United States GP sprint race
That's a big eight points for Verstappen as he closes in on the championship lead - he's just 55 points behind Piastri now, if our maths are correct.
Russell tried a move in the opening laps, but couldn't find a way through - and never looked like getting back into it. "I had to try it," Russell said, believing that was his one chance.
Still, Red Bull knows it has a bit of work to do to settle Verstappen's car.
12:42:11 pm
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Lap 19/19
So this is it - Verstappen from Russell from Sainz. Repeat from Azerbaijan's podium, amazingly.
12:40:27 pm
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Lap 18/19
The Bearman/Antonelli incident has been investigated - Bearman cops a 10-second penalty, which will promote Antonelli to eighth. Remember - he's very close to a ban for reaching 12 penalty points, so he'll have to hope there's none coming his way.
Meanwhile, Verstappen is trying to hurry Bernd Maylander along - but it likely won't have much effect.
12:37:39 pm
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"What we described was a factual version of events. No need to speculate" vibes.
12:36:22 pm
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Lap 17/19
Stroll and Ocon's cars are now parked up at the side of the road, so it very much looks like we won't get going again.
Verstappen will win this from Russell, Sainz, Hamilton, Leclerc, Albon, Tsunoda, and Bearman - who might have to concede a place to Antonelli.
Safety car
12:35:19 pm
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Lap 16/19
Safety car! Stroll tries a dive on Ocon at Turn 1 and just clunks into the Haas driver.
Texas slugs for Ocon/Stroll - and that's likely it for this sprint race.
12:33:35 pm
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Lap 15/19
The Leclerc safety car incident has been waved off with a no-further-investigation flag. However, Bearman has been noted for leaving the circuit and gaining an advantage ahead of Antonelli.
Tsunoda's on Albon's tail now, as the Williams has lost ground to the Ferraris.
12:32:05 pm
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Lap 14/19
Antonelli still has DRS on Bearman, while Tsunoda is inching closer to Albon.
Antonelli then tries to cut back on Bearman, but the Briton just about holds through the switchback corners. Good racing between them.
12:29:58 pm
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Lap 13/19
Verstappen is now 2.3s up on Russell. Further down the top eight, Tsunoda is about a second clear of Bearman, who has Antonelli in his rear-view mirror.
12:28:37 pm
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Lap 12/19
Sainz is picking up the pace to respond to Hamilton - the gap is now 1.3s.
Hadjar passes Hulkenberg on the straight, as the German is a long way away from the heady heights of fourth.
12:26:55 pm
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Lap 11/19
1.8s between Verstappen and Russell now, as the Mercedes driver's challenge has run aground. Sainz might have Hamilton for company soon as he aims to preserve fourth.
Replays show that Leclerc had gone off through the esses, hence Hamilton's move later on in lap 9.
12:25:27 pm
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Lap 10/19
Russell was noted for forcing Verstappen off the road, but no further investigation was deemed necessary by the stewards.
"The ride is completely **** on the rear," Verstappen reports, as he struggles with the bumps.
Antonelli has cleared Gasly and he's now going after Bearman for the final point.
12:23:32 pm
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Lap 9/19
Russell's fallen out of DRS range now, so he doesn't have assistance this time. Hamilton does, however, and steams past Leclerc to clinch fourth place.
Leclerc tries the switchback in the following corners, but can't prise a way back past.
12:21:37 pm
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Lap 8/19
Russell remains within a second of Russell and tries to keep the pressure on. Sainz has dropped back by 2.3s, which will give Leclerc a shot - but the Monegasque has been noted for a safety car infringement.
Russell then dives down the inside into Turn 12, but both drivers go off the road - shades of 2024 between Verstappen and Norris. We go again.
12:19:53 pm
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Lap 7/19
DRS is now enabled, so Russell just needs to stay within a second of Verstappen now. He's got DRS down the back straight, but he's not close enough to make a move.
Leclerc is chasing Sainz, while Antonelli looks for a move on Gasly - but can't take ninth away from the Alpine driver this time.
12:17:33 pm
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Lap 6/19
Verstappen hits the gas through Turn 16, but Russell is following him reasonably closely.
Sainz is staying ahead of the the two Ferraris, who look primed to battle for fourth.
12:15:17 pm
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Lap 5/19
The safety car is coming in at the end of this lap.
12:14:26 pm
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Lap 4/19
Debris is still being collected - we might have a couple more laps behind the safety car.
Order is Verstappen, Russell, Sainz, Leclerc, Hamilton, Albon, Tsunoda, Bearman, Gasly, Antonelli, Lawson, Ocon, Bortoleto, Stroll, Hulkenberg, Hadjar, and Colapinto.
12:11:20 pm
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Tsunoda got up to seventh in that start - he made a small touch with a Racing Bulls car ahead as he dived to the inside, then ran over Hulkenberg's displaced front wing.
The Red Bull driver now has got Albon ahead, as the Williams duo sandwiches the two Ferraris. Bearman is eighth.
12:08:47 pm
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The McLarens were side by side, as Piastri got a good getaway. Norris held the inside, went to the outside as Piastri tried to get the cutback. But the Australian just found Hulkenberg on his inside and made contact with him, then Norris - and both McLarens are out.
Alonso was also caught out by the mess ahead, and is also out of the running and was swiped by the spinning Hulkenberg.
Safety car
12:06:56 pm
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Safety car
It all happened so quickly! What we can see is that Hulkenberg tagged Piastri, who got slightly airborne - and then had a one-way trip into Norris, who is also out.
Verstappen leads from Russell, Sainz, Leclerc, Hamilton, Albon and Tsunoda - who made a monster start.
Crash
12:05:10 pm
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The US GP sprint is go!
Verstappen makes the getaway - but Piastri is nudged into a spin, and hits Norris! Disaster for McLaren!
12:04:14 pm
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The backmarkers line up - then it's everything to play for here in Austin...
Green flag
12:01:28 pm
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Formation lap
It's warm-up time. Verstappen leads the field away, up the hill and through the esses.
11:58:35 am
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Tyre watch
Mediums: everyone
Softs: nobody
Hards: nobody.
This has been your official sprint race tyre watch.
Sun
11:57:11 am
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Weather report
Not long to go now! It'll be a warm one - track temp is 44C, air temp at 30C.
I don't know what that is in Fahrenheit because it doesn't scale with an SI unit. 317.15 Kelvin track temp, 303.15K air temp, for you scientists.
11:45:34 am
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11:41:21 am
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20 minutes until lights out
Not long until the US GP sprint race gets under way! Hopefully it's one of those "let's go for it" kind of sprint races, not a "let's just do a big train for 19 laps" kind of sprint.
I hope you feel hyped up and ready to go!
11:36:16 am
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Marko: Verstappen needs help from McLaren for "not impossible" F1 2025 title
Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko concedes that Max Verstappen "needs some help from McLaren" to secure an outside-bet fifth Formula 1 title in 2025 - an eventuality he teasingly suggested was not impossible.
Verstappen sits 63 points away from Oscar Piastri's championship lead, although has an opportunity to make a small dent in that from sprint race pole at the United States Grand Prix; Piastri starts third ahead of the 19-lap race.
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11:25:06 am
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The ride-height approach behind Hulkenberg's excellent US GP sprint qualifying
Nico Hulkenberg's journey to a surprise fourth place in qualifying for the United States Grand Prix sprint hinted that Sauber had been aggressive with its ride heights for the 19-lap race on Saturday, as the German felt he'd hit "the sweet spot" with his set-up.
Having been concerned that his route to second in FP1 was "too good to be true", Hulkenberg looked at ease with his Sauber machinery throughout sprint qualifying.
Although he was ultimately half a second off Max Verstappen's pole lap, it was still good enough for a second-row start.
Full story::
11:16:24 am
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US GP sprint race grid
Main Information Additional Data Driver Info
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Main Information Additional Data
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Cla Driver # Chassis Engine Time Tyres km/h 1 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
Red Bull Red Bull
1'32.143
215.391 2 L. Norris McLaren 4
McLaren Mercedes
+0.071
1'32.214
215.225 3 O. Piastri McLaren 81
McLaren Mercedes
+0.380
1'32.523
214.506 4 N. Hulkenberg Sauber 27
Sauber Ferrari
+0.502
1'32.645
214.224 5 G. Russell Mercedes 63
Mercedes Mercedes
+0.745
1'32.888
213.663 6 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
Aston Martin Mercedes
+0.767
1'32.910
213.613 7 C. Sainz Williams 55
Williams Mercedes
+0.768
1'32.911
213.610 8 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
Ferrari Ferrari
+0.892
1'33.035
213.326 9 A. Albon Williams 23
Williams Mercedes
+0.956
1'33.099
213.179 10 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
Ferrari Ferrari
+0.961
1'33.104
213.168 11 A. Antonelli Mercedes 12
Mercedes Mercedes
+1.875
1'34.018
211.095 12 I. Hadjar RB 6
RB Honda
+2.098
1'34.241
210.596 13 P. Gasly Alpine 10
Alpine Renault
+2.115
1'34.258
210.558 14 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
Aston Martin Mercedes
+2.251
1'34.394
210.254 15 L. Lawson RB 30
RB Honda
16 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
Haas Ferrari
+3.016
1'35.159
208.564 17 F. Colapinto Alpine 43
Alpine Renault
+3.103
1'35.246
208.374 18 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
Red Bull Red Bull
+3.116
1'35.259
208.345 19 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
Haas Ferrari
+3.860
1'36.003
206.731 20 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
Sauber Ferrari
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11:08:00 am
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11:00:35 am
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Sprint qualifying recap
Max Verstappen secured a sprint race pole at Formula 1's United States Grand Prix, after beating McLaren pairing Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
At a sunny and warm Circuit of the Americas, Red Bull's reigning world champion unleashed a scorching first and third sector to demote Norris his pole lap of 1m32.143s - 0.071s faster than the McLaren driver.
Following a much more difficult start to his only qualifying lap in the final shootout, championship leader Piastri was relegated to third, four tenths behind Verstappen.
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10:58:27 am
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United States GP sprint race - coming up in an hour!
Hello everyone, and welcome along to our live coverage of F1's sprint race at the United States GP - held at Austin's Circuit of the Americas.
We'll start by building up to the 19-lap race, and bring you lap-by-lap updates of everything that goes on once it begins - so stay tuned!
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