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The drivers and teams report back on all the action from final practice and Qualifying at the Circuit of The Americas ahead of the United States Grand Prix.

Chris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas.

Ferrari topped all three Practice sessions in Texas, but it was Mercedes and Kimi Antonelli who denied Max Verstappen a third-straight pole position this season.

George Russell will start from sixth for the United States Grand Prix while his team mate Kimi Antonelli claimed pole.

Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has praised Kimi Antonelli for his pole position lap at the Circuit of The Americas.

McLaren's Lando Norris was left to settle for P8 after a challenging Q3 in Austin, one place behind his team mate Oscar Piastri.

Kimi Antonelli has reflected on his chances of converting pole position into victory at the United States Grand Prix.

Ultimately, one half an inch fewer of spoiler is not expected to fundamentally change the racing at Talladega on Sunday but everyone in the Cup Series field is expecting continued directional positivity.
For the summer race at Daytona, NASCAR reduced the rear spoiler length from 7” to 4” to reduce the overall drag on the NextGen during superspeedway races. Drivers generally felt they could ...Keep reading

Britain's Alisha Palmowski wins the F1 Academy title at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin.

Kimi Antonelli can become the youngest F1 world champion on Sunday, but far from feeling the pressure he says he is enjoying himself more than usual.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's United States Grand Prix fourth and fifth on the grid, but the Monegasque says both drivers know "the line not to cross" heading into Turn 1 of the Austin circuit.
Leclerc qualified ahead of his team-mate but has admitted that both he and Hamilton have overstepped at times throughout the season.
One example of this came at Monza earlier ...Keep reading

Alpine has released a statement in support of its driver Franco Colapinto after former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson joked on Sky Sports F1 that the driver had been given a grid penalty "for being Argentinian".
Clarkson is spending the United States Grand Prix weekend with the Enstone outfit, which he has supported for several years as his local team, and he appeared on the live Sky Sports F1 ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell faces a challenging United States Grand Prix tomorrow as a disappointing qualifying means he'll start sixth. While his team-mate and championship leader Kimi Antonelli is starting on pole, the Briton argues that F1 may need to rethink how low and stiff the cars run following criticism of the bumps at the Circuit of the Americas.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli reckons his United States Grand Prix pole is the reward for Mercedes' efforts to finetune its comprehensive but troubled Malaysia upgrade.
Antonelli held off Red Bull tandem Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar on Austin's Circuit of the Americas as Ferrari flattered to deceive in Saturday's qualifying shootout by taking fourth and fifth.
With the ...Keep reading

Ferrari had been pegged as the team to beat after practice at the United States Grand Prix, but ultimately found itself wanting when it came to qualifying and failed to find enough progression through Q3.
Charles Leclerc had headlined both Friday practice sessions, while Lewis Hamilton took the honours in FP3 after Leclerc's best lap was deleted, and it looked as though the team was primed to ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar says Red Bull can try to use its numbers advantage to beat polesitter and current championship leader Kimi Antonelli at the United States Grand Prix, after recovering from a "disaster" start to the weekend.
The French-Algerian driver ended up just 0.036 seconds behind team-mate Max Verstappen and 0.215s off Antonelli's pole time at the Circuit of the Americas, and said a big push ...Keep reading

Jorge Martin is planning to return to MotoGP action at next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix after a crash ruled him out of Sunday’s contest in Australia.
The Aprilia rider crashed on lap eight of the Phillip Island sprint while engaged in a fierce battle for the lead with title rival Marc Marquez.
Martin slid across the gravel in the fall and suffered a fracture to the radius in his ...Keep reading

McLaren's Oscar Piastri has compared the bump on the approach to Turn 1 at the Circuit of the Americas to "a motocross jump" after qualifying seventh for the United States Grand Prix. 
The Australian driver finished 0.768 seconds behind polesitter and current championship leader Kimi Antonelli, with his team-mate Lando Norris eighth after losing his final Q3 lap time to a track limits ...Keep reading

Lando Norris was incredibly frustrated by his “very bad job” in qualifying for Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix as he took eighth despite thinking a front row was possible.
The reigning world champion will share row four with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri, despite briefly taking sixth with his second Q3 run before that time was struck off because he had exceeded track limits at Turn ...Keep reading

After qualifying second for the United States Grand Prix, Max Verstappen has said there is "no need to smile and be super happy" about his performance. A lack of grip in Q3 left him unable to fight for pole, which instead went to Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.
The Red Bull driver ended up 0.179 seconds behind the young Italian at the Circuit of the Americas, and only 0.036s ahead of team-mate Isack ...Keep reading