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Max Verstappen charged into the lead from the start, and as Sainz turned the first corner, it was Mercedes' George Russell who made contact. Sainz spun out as ...

Nicholas Latifi (Williams) Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) Fernando Alonso (Alpine) Alex Albon (Williams) Lando Norris (McLaren) George Russell (Mercedes)

Follow minute-by-minute updates for the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.

[Charles Leclerc](https://www.autosport.com/driver/charles-leclerc/840485/) and [Sergio Perez](https://www.autosport.com/driver/sergio-perez/829668/) will battle for the runner-up spot in the drivers’ standings, with just a point separating the pair with four races to go - but the two will contend with grid penalties at the start. [Ferrari](https://www.autosport.com/team/ferrari/36466/) by 19 points this weekend, although Carlos Sainz starts the race on pole from Max Verstappen [Max Verstappen](https://www.autosport.com/driver/max-verstappen/829269/) clinched the drivers’ crown in Japan last time out, but there’s still plenty at stake and many talking points both off and on the track.

Hamilton and Leclerc joined him on the podium whilst Perez, Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel, Kevin Magnussen and Yuki Tsunoda rounded out the ...

Verstappen leads from Hamilton and Stroll.LIGHTS OUT: We're underway here at the Circuit of the Americas and it's Verstappen who leads the way!!!! For viewers planning to live stream F1 in 2022, Sky subscribers can view on the Sky Go app or you can purchase Late drama for Lewis Hamilton as his team battled to change the whole left brake disc on his car after he complained of problems on his way to the grid. Lap 24: Stroll's car is in pieces on the track but the Canadian driver is out and looks fine. Bottas, Ricciardo and Albon are all in looking for the valuable undercut on the midfield pack. Just behind, Leclerc jumps Stroll into P3 but the Ferrari man is still yet to pit in this race. He flies down the back straight and squeezes past Perez on the inside of the corner. Lap 42: Vettel comes into the pits but there's a problem and it takes his team 16.8 seconds to change his tyres. The Dutchman gained six tenths in that last lap alone and he now sits just 2.3 seconds off the pace. With nine laps left of this race, Verstappen has closed the gap to Hamilton down to 1.6 seconds. The Dutchman closes down the back straight and dives into the apex. The pressure continues to build with Hamilton still in his DRS zone.

Formula 1 legend Martin Brundle has delivered another iconic grid walk at the United States Grand Prix, including a mortifying moment with Brad Pitt.

His opening introduction when speaking with Tre Cool was also pure Brundle, asking the American: “Is this going to be a boulevard of broken dreams?” [Security-minders were supposed to have a limited presence on the grid](https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/f1-bosses-change-grand-prix-rules-after-martin-brundles-live-tv-snub/news-story/9ddb7dd775164e41988ae71fdbaad824) after last year’s infamous clash between Brundle and Megan Thee Stallion. “Somebody was grabbing hold of my shoulder,” Brundle told the TV audience with a grin. That’s when a hand was placed on the back of Brundle’s shoulder. It is a famously awkward segment, but it took a frosty turn on Monday when Pitt pushed past him before a member of the Hollywood star’s entourage put a hand on Brundle’s shoulder. The popular commentator was conducting his traditional grid walk segment where he walks along the starting grid speaking to VIPs and celebrities in the final minutes before the start of the race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen overcomes a horror pit stop that threatened to rob his chance of victory, securing a record-equalling 13th win of the season.

The Spaniard was hit from behind by the Mercedes of George Russell, causing him to spin and ultimately retire after the first lap. Red Bull secured the constructors' championship for the first time since 2013. The victory also secured Red Bull their first constructors' world championship since 2013, one day after Red Bull's co-founder and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz died. Lewis Hamitlon drove the best race of his season, leading the race with six laps remaining after Red Bull's pit stop error. - Red Bull won the constructors' championship for the first time since 2013 Verstappen overcame a horror pit stop that threatened to rob his chance of victory, to secure a record-equalling 13th win of the season.

Daniel Ricciardo has denied that he has signed a Formula 1 reserve deal for 2023, but says he is in talks to ensure he will “still be around” the paddock.

But what can be done to alleviate disruption like that which was seen in Suzuka? And Lady Luck has played her role this season in helping one driver start an F1 career - but, equally, put an early end to several drivers' title aspirations But is there a risk, asks MATT KEW, that too much of a good thing could end up being detrimental to the championship?

Max Verstappen overcame a botched pitstop to hunt down and defeat Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton late on in Formula 1's 2022 US Grand Prix, sealing Red Bull's ...

But what can be done to alleviate disruption like that which was seen in Suzuka? And Lady Luck has played her role this season in helping one driver start an F1 career - but, equally, put an early end to several drivers' title aspirations But is there a risk, asks MATT KEW, that too much of a good thing could end up being detrimental to the championship?

Daniel Ricciardo has shut down reports of a return to his former stomping ground with Red Bull.

So that only leaves Red Bull, the (only two) teams who have a reserve driver on hand at every race.” “So I won’t completely disconnect from the sport, but obviously nothing’s guaranteed for ’24,” he added. Pressed on which team Ricciardo is headed to, Kravitz added: “We thought Mercedes, because they now have a vacancy given that Nyck De Vries, their reserve driver is going to Alpha Tauri. So he told us on Thursday, he will be around about the F1 paddock next year.” “I’m just putting in a plan to honestly try to get me back to the front of the grid and win races and do all the stuff I know I can do.” A move to Red Bull would allow Ricciardo to keep one foot in the F1 paddock in 2023, even if he is watching the action from the sidelines. [rejected an offer to drive for Haas](https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/haas-team-principal-guenther-steiner-offers-daniel-ricciardo-career-lifeline/news-story/1f9f0e72f87bd13142a60e9c0251cf6e) and is intent on finding his way back on the grid at a competitive team. Red Bull and Mercedes are one of only a handful of teams that bring a reserve driver to every race on the F1 calendar. Ricciardo confirmed his intentions remained set on landing a seat on the grid in 2024 and that he would be around. After parting ways with McLaren, Ricciardo won’t be one of the main 20 drivers in Formula 1 next season, opting to step away from the grid with a view to securing a full-time drive at a competitive team in 2024. [Ricciardo was set to join Mercedes as a reserve driver](https://www.news.com.au/sport/motorsport/formula-one/f1-powerhouse-mercedes-want-daniel-ricciardo-as-negotiations-revealed/news-story/1c68889ba5bd6c6aa77e5e5b92ea96b7) in 2023, but Sky Sports pit lane reporter Ted Kravitz reported Ricciardo would be returning to his former team. Daniel Ricciardo was reportedly set to make a shock return to his former team, but the man himself put those rumours to bed.

Lewis Hamilton has sent out a rallying cry to Mercedes and says 'when they build the car I will take it to the top' after defeat to Max Verstappen in the US ...

And Lady Luck has played her role this season in helping one driver start an F1 career - but, equally, put an early end to several drivers' title aspirations Exactly half of the 24 tracks featured on the 2023 Formula 1 calendar, in one way or another, bear the fingerprints of Hermann Tilke and his company. But is there a risk, asks MATT KEW, that too much of a good thing could end up being detrimental to the championship?

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will not take any “crazy risks” to recover from his US Grand Prix Formula 1 grid penalty, but acknowledges he still needs to ...

But there is still plenty at stake both in terms of pride and, more significantly, potential history-in-the-making that means Red Bull's leading man and Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc will be all guns blazing as usual this weekend in Austin And Lady Luck has played her role this season in helping one driver start an F1 career - but, equally, put an early end to several drivers' title aspirations But is there a risk, asks MATT KEW, that too much of a good thing could end up being detrimental to the championship?

Now with 13 race wins to his name this season after taking victory at the 2022 United States Grand Prix, Max Verstappen will be looking to follow up his ...

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The win tied him with Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel for most in a season with three races still to go. Since its founding, Red Bull has won six driver ...

He added a second team to the Red Bull stable when he bought the Minardi program and renamed it Toro Rosso in 2006 to be a program for training younger drivers. F1 held a brief tribute to honour Mateschitz before the race. Mateschitz, the Austrian billionaire co-founder of the Red Bull energy drinks global empire, bought the Jaguar team in 2004 and rebranded it as Red Bull in 2005. Verstappen vowed he'd give everything to get the win to honour him. But Verstappen fought back to pass last season's rival for the championship on lap 50 of 56. The win as a relief for Red Bull.

The championship was secured at the U.S. Grand Prix, with three races to spare, a day after company founder and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz died aged 78. Max ...

Red Bull was unable to beat Mercedes to the constructors' championship last year despite Verstappen claiming the drivers' title. "I think Dietrich would have quite enjoyed that race, from above, to see us overtake a Mercedes with five, six laps to go to win the constructors championship. The championship win marks the end of the Mercedes era of dominance, which dates back to 2014, when F1 switched to turbo-hybrid engines.

Carlos Sainz says his incident with George Russell in the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix was unusual because top four drivers “don't do these kinds of ...

Sainz, however, declared that the move which Russell attempted was below what he would expect of someone who had started on the front two rows of the grid. Sainz emerged dead last and retreated to the pits with what he reported was a puncture, but retired with radiator damage anyway. The Ferrari driver qualified on pole position at the Circuit of the Americas and was looking to tuck into second position exiting the first corner when he was unloaded by the Mercedes pilot who had started on Row 2.