2025 F1 United States GP Race - As it happened

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Join us again in a few days time as he prepare to do it all over again in Mexico - until then, ciao for now!

Not a lot of time for the drivers and teams to reset as the F1 circus heads south to Mexico City for Round 20 just next weekend (24-26 October).

Just to remind you, just five grands prix, plus two sprints, remain... can Verstappen ratchet up the pressure further again after winning 119 points out of a possible 133 from the last five events?

"I was a bit worried when I saw I was the only car with softs at the beginning, but I knew it was a kind of risky move. What I had in mind was to use the softs to try and get clear, which was optimistic when we had two cars in front.

"We had to gain a position and that helped us a lot for the rest of the race. I'm very happy overall, it has been a tough second part of the year so to be on the podium here, we recovered well."

"Finally... it took long enough! It was a good battle with Charles, he fought hard.

"We did everything we could, I expected a slightly easier second attempt to get through but it wasn't the case. Charles drove a great race, it was a good battle, so I have to take second - not a lot more we could do today."

"It was an unbelievable weekend for us. We knew the race wouldn't be super straight forward, the race pace between myself and Lando was really close, I think that first stint is where we made the difference.

"It wasn't easy to manage the tyres but we kept it in the lead, so we are proud of everyone to deliver a weekend like this."

It has been quite a return to form for Verstappen, particularly after the summer break.

Before the Dutch GP, Verstappen was facing down a 97 point margin to the top - 5 events and 6 races later, it is down to 40 points.

And we still have 5 events and 7 races to go. You can do the maths...

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

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

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