Full live text commentary for the F1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas
Now for those all important points
1- Piastri - 346 points
2- Norris - 332 points
3- Verstappen - 304 points
Another tough weekend for Piastri sees his lead reduced to 14 points by Norris, but both will be looking over their shoulder as Verstappen gets the gap to the top down from 63 points to 40 points.
Russell trails as top Mercedes on a tricky day for the German marque with Antonelli down the order after his tangle with Sainz
Tsunoda a solid seventh, ahead of Hulkenberg - back in the points for Sauber.
Bearman survives his spin to grab two points for ninth, while Alonso comes out on top in that battle for the tenth and final point
Lando Norris takes a fine second place finish after a mighty tussle with Charles Leclerc, who is third.
Lewis Hamilton reports a puncture on the final lap, but he has enough in hand to get across the line ahead of championship leader Oscar Piastri, down in fifth
Vintage Verstappen that
After seeing off an attacking Norris into Turn 1, Verstappen hasn't had a single driver in his DRS zone as he cruises to a fifth full-length Grand Prix win of the year
Max Verstappen just has to navigate some lapped cars as he begins the final lap of a United States GP he has controlled from start-to-finish
Something for Verstappen to think about as he comes up to lap two feuding Alpines.
Colapinto is told to hold station behind Gasly, so naturally he mounts a lunge into Turn 1 and overtakes his team-mate...
First person you have to beat is your team-mate, after all
Super driving from Norris to catch Leclerc unawares into Turn 1
It didn't get the move done but it was enough to keep him within sufficient range to have another go with a lunge into Turn 12.
He quickly builds a plus-second advantage to break any chance of a Leclerc response.
Those extra points mean - if Piastri remains fifth - the gap at the top is down to 14 points with five rounds and seven races to go
Norris is back in DRS range and he celebrates the fact by diving down the inside of Turn 1 - it's clean but Leclerc is wise to it and cuts right back.
However, the move brings him closer through the first sector and that's exactly what he needs to be in range to pass into Turn 12 - Norris into second
A second wind for Norris - he's got the gap back down again to 1.2secs.
Turns out you can't keep a good man down
What's happening elsewhere then?
Well, Tsunoda is heading for a double points finish with a solid run to seventh having started 13th, while Hulkenberg - after his Sprint disaster - is on course for his first points since his Silverstone podium.
Despite his spin, Bearman is heading for points at Haas' home race
There is a battle brewing for the tenth and final point though as Alonso faces a challenge from Lawson and Stroll with both drivers within two seconds of the Aston Martin.
Norris reports that cooling tyres hasn't had the desired effect, adding that he 'doesn't have the grip' so it appears that battle for second is going Leclerc's way.
If we stay like this, the gap between Piastri (5th) and Norris (3rd) at the head of the standings would be down to 17 points, while Verstappen's win would see him get the margin down to 40 points.
Sounds like a lot, but when you consider he started the weekend 63 points behind, that's a big swing in the Dutchman's favour
Norris is being told to back off to get some life back in his tyres, allowing Leclerc to get the gap out to more than two seconds
The Top 10 with 14 laps to go
1- Verstappen
2- Leclerc
3- Norris
4- Hamilton
5- Piastri
6- Russell
7- Tsunoda
8- Hulkenberg
9- Bearman
10- Alonso
Norris complains the 'tyres are gone' which will give Leclerc some cause to smile - or is it a bluff? Probably not...
Norris is back in DRS range and right onto Leclerc's tail... here we go again!
Verstappen's later pit-stop means his lead is down to 6.7s but he remains comfortably clear of Leclerc
Norris is catching Leclerc with the gap down to 1.3s, though Norris is flirting with danger as he slides his McLaren in avoidance of exceeding track limits.
Elsewhere, Albon has made his second pit-stop to drop back out of the points, promoting Alonso back into tenth
1- Verstappen
2- Leclerc
3- Norris
4- Hamilton
5- Piastri
6- Russell
7- Tsunoda
8- Hulkenberg
9- Bearman
10- Albon
Oliver Bearman has a half-spin after being caught out on the apex of Turn 14 by a defending Yuki Tsunoda
The Briton gets close to the Red Bull but the early braking forces the Haas over the inside grass in avoidance and spits out facing the wrong way
Tsunoda is delayed but not affected as he continues in seventh, while Bearman is lucky to collect it back up with the sacrifice of just a single spot to Hulkenberg
Leader Max Verstappen is in the pits and 2.6s later he's back on his way. Russell also pits
Norris pits from second place and he resumes back out behind Leclerc... he's got it all to do again, but he does have much fresher soft tyres this time
Hamilton pits from third - resumes in sixth behind Leclerc and a yet-to-pit Hulkenberg.
Piastri remains behind, the gap to Hamilton 3.4s
As Russell looms, Piastri comes in to take on a used set of softs - will Mercedes react on the next lap? The pair are battling over fifth
Russell has commented that Piastri 'looks slow' but he's been unable to quite get into that crucial one-second zone to pick up DRS. He's closer now than he has been for a while though - more trouble for Piastri brewing?
Norris hasn't been able to make any in-roads into Verstappen's lead but he is matching the Dutchman
Leclerc, meanwhile, is making solid progress back up the order - he's just passed Bearman for seventh but he is evidently protecting those mediums if they are to go to the end rather than steaming in purple sectors
All eyes on Leclerc, who has nice fresh mediums on his wagon - can he recover the ground on Norris to get the undercut when the McLaren pits?
