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There's six races to go in the 2025 F1 season as the title race continues to hot up between McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
22 points separate Piastri and Norris following an intense Singapore Grand Prix, where McLaren's 'papaya rules' were put under the spotlight.
Max Verstappen remains an outsider - 63 points behind Piastri ahead of this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas.
It's a sprint weekend so there's just one practice session ahead of sprint qualifying on Friday.
Saturday will consist of the sprint at 6pm UK time and then Grand Prix qualifying at 10pm UK.
17 Oct 2025
19:32
Chequered flag
Top 10: Norris, Hulkenberg, Piastri, Alonso, Verstappen, Albon, Russell, Hamilton, Hadjar and Bearman.
19:31
Hulkenberg flying
Hulkenberg goes second in the Sauber - where did that come from?
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19:30
Piastri improves
Piastri improves and slots into second, 0.2s down on his teammate.
19:25
Norris goes fastest
Norris goes 0.3s clear of Alonso to set the fastest time of the session.
19:24
Problem for Leclerc?
He comes into the pit lane after reporting an "oil smell". He's down in 14th.
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19:23
Good lap from Alonso
He pips Verstappen by 0.009s.
19:22
Verstappen lowers the benchmark
A 1m33.648s for Verstappen, 0.8s ahead of Tsunoda.
19:21
Russell goes fastest
Russell sets a 1m34.675s on the mediums, a tenth ahead of Hamilton's hard tyre lap from earlier.
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19:20
Order with 10 minutes to go
Hamilton, Norris, Verstappen, Russell, Piastri, Tsunoda, Sainz, Lawson and Leclerc and Hulkenberg.
19:20
Ferrari
Ferrari have opted to run on the mediums for their qualifying simulation. All teams must run on the mediums in SQ1 and SQ2 in sprint qualifying.
19:19
Soft tyres
Tsunoda and Albon take to the track on softs. 11 minutes on the clock in FP1.
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19:14
Ocon
📻 "The brake stayed at 100% all the way!" 😱
— Formula 1 (@F1) October 17, 2025
A very strange lock-up for Esteban Ocon at the Turn 11 hairpin, but he manages to get back to the garage 👀#F1#USGPpic.twitter.com/Z2HzNMUohj
19:09
20 minutes on the clock
All drivers have set their times on the hard tyre. Expect to see some qualifying simulations in the next 10 minutes.
Hamilton remains on top ahead of Norris, Verstappen, Russell and Piastri.
19:05
Norris moves up to second
He slots into second, 0.5s off Hamilton's impressive time from earlier.
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19:01
A gearbox issue for Sainz
Williams say: "Carlos has experienced a problem with his gearbox which we are investigating. He will not join the remainder of FP1 but will ready for Sprint qualifying this afternoon."
19:00
30 minutes on the clock
Verstappen is on a race run, setting a 1m34.857s.
18:56
FP1 back underway
The debris has been cleared and first practice is back underway in Austin.
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18:55
Current order
Hamilton, Verstappen, Russell, Tsunoda, Norris, Sainz, Lawson, Leclerc, Hulkenberg and Antonelli.
18:53
Red flag
Debris on track that has come off Stroll's Aston Martin.
18:52
A funny moment earlier
RB told Hadjar:"Bottas 2 pushing. Bottas now, and then Leclerc 8 seconds."
Hadjar replied: "Yeah mate, stop with Bottas mate. There is no Bottas on track."
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18:50
Hamilton on top again
Hamilton goes 0.5s clear of Verstappen with another strong lap.
18:46
Good lap from Russell
He splits the two Red Bulls to go second, slotting a tenth behind Verstappen.
18:44
Red Bull 1-2
Verstappen storms to the top of the order with a 1m35.426s, 0.3s ahead of Tsunoda. Sainz completes the top three.
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18:41
Current top 10
Norris, Sainz, Verstappen, Hamilton, Albon, Tsunoda, Lawson, Russell, Leclerc and Stroll.
