Summary

  • Lando Norris given five-second penalty for pass on Verstappen

  • Dutchman takes third with Norris fourth

  • Charles Leclerc wins with Sainz second in Ferrari one-two

  • Hamilton goes off and out of race on lap two

  • Verstappen extends lead over Norris to 57 points in drivers' championship

Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'No idea how this will play out'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is great stuff, I've got no idea how this is going to play out but there is a championship at stake, Norris and Verstappen knows it.

  2. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is getting very close and racy, Lando wants to get past, he doesn't want to leave it to the final laps, he wants to get it done right now.

  3. Lap 48/56

    Zak Brown is watching from the pit wall. Will McLaren, the constructors' leaders, be celebrating a podium in Texas?

    Charles Leclerc is five seconds clear of team-mate Carlos Sainz, as Franco Colapinto in 10th clocks the fastest laps in the Williams.

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    Jeremiah Kariuki: We are in to that exciting moments of the race. Norris chasing Verstappen.

  5. 'Performance difference may not emerge until the closing laps'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Max Verstappen and Lando Norris are about six laps difference in terms of when those tyres went on so the real performance difference may not really emerge until the closing laps.

  6. 10 laps to go

    Lap 47/56

    Down to Turn One they go and Max Verstappen suffers a little lock-up. It's not enough to throw him off his stride completely, however, and Lando Norris will have to try again.

    The pair reach Turn 12 again and still the Red Bull stays ahead! They trade blows as the corners tick by but Verstappen has a firm grip on that third place.

  7. Lap 46/56

    The noise is starting to increase from the grandstands - the crowd want an overtake!

    Lando Norris is certainly trying and as they reach Turn 12, the Briton is the closest he has been to the Red Bull. Can he seal the deal? Not on this lap.

  8. Lap 45/56

    Lando Norris is creeping up behind the Red Bull but Max Verstappen is swatting away any advances from the McLaren. The final podium spot is still in the hands of the Dutchman.

    Lando NorrisReuters

  9. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Another dose of DRS, it gives the driver behind a sixth tenth of a second gain...

  10. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    If Norris does finish this race in third ahead of Verstappen, the gap will go down to 51 points and it will continue to roll on.

  11. Norris chasing Verstappen

    Lap 44/56

    The fans in stands are being treated to a great show by Lando Norris and Max Verstappen. The Mclaren has DRS and is eating in to the three-time world champion's advantage, but the perfect place to attack hasn't presented itself, yet...

  12. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Are we going to see Ferrari step in and allow their drivers to race or are they going to dictate exactly how it plays out and get them to stay in position?

  13. Lap 43/56

    George Russell is up to eighth and has just banked the fastest lap and is now closing in on Nico Hulkenberg for seventh. The returning Liam Lawson also started at the back of the grid and is now looking at scoring points in Austin.

  14. 'Game on' for Norris

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Lando Norris is closing on Max Verstappen, 1.5 seconds, he's getting closer and closer to that crucial DRS zone.

    If he can get into that I think this is very much game on.

  15. Lap 42/56

    The battle for third - not first - is on between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. The McLaren is trying to take further points out of his rivals championship tally but so far, the Red Bull is staying ahead.

    Lando NorrisGetty Images

  16. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    If Norris can gradually and incrementally close up to the back of that Red Bull car of Max Verstappen and get to the DRS range, we know how powerful it is, he could still find his way ahead of his title rival, and instead of that gap opening in the championship he might close it by a tiny amount.

  17. Russell pits

    Lap 41/56

    George Russell heads into the pits and is back out in eighth place on the mediums. Franco Colapinto needs to keep his wits about him, as Kevin Magnussen is on the hunt for his 11th spot.

    There was a brief yellow flag for a spin for Yuki Tsunoda, but the RB man saves his blushes and continues on his way.

  18. Lap 40/56

    Franco Colapinto has put in a long stint on his starting hard tyres, and now the Argentine gets to change his boots for the medium rubber. He's back out in 12th, behind RB's Yuki Tsunoda.

    Franco ColapintoGetty Images

  19. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Worth pointing out that, if the positions hold like this, Ferrari will move within four points of Red Bull for second in the constructors' championship.

  20. Lap 39/56

    Charles Leclerc, who started fourth in Austin, is over six seconds clear of Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz in second.

    Over at Haas, Kevin Magnussen is told to box, quite aggressively, by his engineer. The Dane is in and out quickly with medium tyres, but it's dropped him down to 13th, and lifted Liam Lawson up to the points in 10th.