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The drivers and teams report back on all the action from race day at the Circuit of The Americas for the United States Grand Prix.

The Circuit of The Americas put on another show as Kimi Antonelli beat Charles Leclerc to bring the Drivers' Championship within his reach.

Guenther Steiner and Damon Hill join Rosanna to look back at the race in Austin

All the key BBC coverage details for the Mexico City Grand Prix, which takes place from 30 October to 1 November.

Austin's Formula 1 race was no instant classic, which was somewhat unfortunate because a lot of the ingredients were there. Four teams were relatively closely matched, and all three tyre compounds were in play to prompt a battle between different strategies.
But there was little the Circuit of the Americas could throw at winner Kimi Antonelli to unsettle the 20-year-old as he is now all but ...Keep reading

BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin rates how the drivers performed during the United States Grand Prix.

This was objectively decisive.
Kyle Larson responded to his only real setback in the Chase for the Championship at Phoenix with his first career victory on a superspeedway at Talladega while also scoring the most stage points of everyone else.
Meanwhile, practically everyone chasing him in the standings were involved in incidents, and the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 team looked like a team ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli's Austin win was "the best he has delivered", according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, even if it wasn't quite enough to give him the title.

For a moment, it looked as if Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Hyak Motorsports were about to spoil the Chase contenders' day in Sunday's NASCAR Cup race at Talladega.
Stenhouse took the lead as Kyle Larson got shuffled out of line by Austin Hill on the white flag lap, and then opened a gap as those behind him made contact. At the exit of Turn 4, he had Hill directly behind him, but the power cut out on ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies has admitted that the issue the team has faced at the start of races won't be fixed until next season. This comes after Isack Hadjar called for the clutch to be redesigned following a difficult start to his United States Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver dropped from third to fifth as the lights turned off at the start of the Austin race, with Hadjar blaming ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton highlighted problems with the balance of his car as he finished in fourth, while Charles Leclerc claimed another podium in Austin.

Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar were left frustrated after they were held back by problems for Red Bull at the United States Grand Prix.

Reigning World Champion Lando Norris was honest about where McLaren struggled to perform after a tough weekend at the United States Grand Prix.

George Russell was left searching for answers as a lack of pace, as well as a five-second penalty, saw him settle for an eighth-placed result.

A dominant victory at the United States Grand Prix has taken Kimi Antonelli even closer to winning the Drivers’ Championship.

Charles Leclerc scored his second P2 on the bounce after a feisty drive in Austin again put the Ferrari star on the podium. No one could catch Kimi Antonelli, but Leclerc enjoyed a race-long scrap for second place with old adversary Max Verstappen.

Kimi Antonelli may not have secured the Drivers' Championship in Austin, but a commanding performance earned him victory over Ferrari's Charles Leclerc.

Current Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli has listed the mistakes he wants to learn from this season as he closes in on the title, prompting a playful dig from Max Verstappen.
The Mercedes driver won the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas from pole position, claiming his ninth grand prix victory of the season. His win in Austin means he can now clinch the ...Keep reading

Reigning champion Lando Norris has admitted it's "pretty obvious" that McLaren has slipped from championship leaders to being the fourth-fastest team in Formula 1 after he finished fifth at the United States Grand Prix.
He finished the race behind Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Circuit of the Americas, with team-mate Oscar Piastri finishing two places ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin finished eighth at Talladega Superspeedway, but the driver he's chasing for the championship won the race. As a result, Hamlin leaves Talladega 73 points behind Kyle Larson with his 2026 title hopes slipping away.
When asked if he can overcome the deficit, Hamlin said after the race: "I don't know. Maybe, maybe not." It's not over, but it will take a huge race weekend at ...Keep reading