2025 F1 United States GP - Sprint Qualifying - As it happened

The debris has been cleared and first practice is back underway in Austin. 

Hamilton, Verstappen, Russell, Tsunoda, Norris, Sainz, Lawson, Leclerc, Hulkenberg and Antonelli. 

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."

Hamilton goes 0.5s clear of Verstappen with another strong lap. 

He splits the two Red Bulls to go second, slotting a tenth behind Verstappen. 

Verstappen storms to the top of the order with a 1m35.426s, 0.3s ahead of Tsunoda. Sainz completes the top three. 

Norris, Sainz, Verstappen, Hamilton, Albon, Tsunoda, Lawson, Russell, Leclerc and Stroll. 

A 1m36.130s for Sainz. The Williams driver is back on top of the timesheets, 0.062s ahead of Verstappen. 

A 1m36.666s for Hamilton, which puts him 0.6s ahead of Piastri at the top of the timesheets. 

Ocon, Piastri and Lawson round out the top five after nearly 10 minutes in FP1. 

A 1m37.486s for Sainz on the hards, 1.2s ahead of Lawson. Verstappen, Tsunoda and Gasly complete the top five.

After Norris' aggressive overtake on Piastri in Singapore, there have been "repercussions" for the British driver.

What are they? Nobody truly knows. Norris and Piastri have refused to elaborate. 

That means it's a busy weekend ahead.

Friday: FP1 & Sprint Q

Saturday: Sprint and GP Q

Sunday: Race 

Hello everyone and welcome to the Crash.net live blog for the 2025 F1 United States Grand Prix.

FP1 kicks off in just under 30 minutes' time. 

We will be bringing you live updates throughout the day at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.