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. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    We've just got our answer to just how long these hard tyres will go and the answer is around 38 laps.

  2. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent in Austin

    Norris is the more comfortable driver.

    That McLaren has come alive with this hard tyre on.

  3. Lap 38/56

    RB have called in Liam Laswon and the New Zealander goes on to a set of medium tyres. He's now running in 12th place and is flying. Team-mate Yuki Tsunoda is just behind but is puzzled as to why he has been handed a penalty.

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  4. Team radio - Verstappen

    "These tyres aren't good. I can't brake, I can't attack anything."

  5. Lap 37/56

    Yuki Tsunoda is the latest driver to be slapped with a five-second penalty for overtaking Alex Albon off the circuit.

  6. Lap 36/56

    Sergio Perez is in no position to help out team-mate Max Verstappen at the moment. The Mexican has his hands full trying to overtake the Williams of young rookie Franco Colapinto.

  7. Jennie Gow
    F1 pit-lane reporter in Austin

    When Verstappen was in the pits they [Red Bull] didn't find anything, they didn't report anything on that car.

    I don't know why Verstappen is not trying to lead this race but that's the report from down here.

  8. 'Is this on?'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent in Austin

    Lando Norris has just taken a second out of Max Verstappen on that last lap.

    Is this on?

  9. Lap 35/56

    Pierre Gasly has also been handed a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. The Alpine driver is now in 12th place with the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg ahead and the RB of Yuki Tsunoda behind.

    Lando Norris picks up a fastest lap and now the McLaren is flying in the pursuit of title rival Max Verstappen.

  10. 'McLaren typically works well on hard tyre'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The McLaren has typically worked very well on the hard tyre and we've often seen it on race day is them over some of their rivals that have not even been able to make that tyre work.

    If that's the case here, it may well be that they come into play towards the end of this grand prix.

  11. Top five

    Lap 34/56

    1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

    3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    4. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    5. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

  12. Piastri pits

    Lap 33/56

    Now Oscar Piastri makes his pit stop. The Australian pumps and dumps his mediums and is released with a set of the hard compound and is now back in his fifth place.

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  13. Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent in Austin

    Did [Norris' engineer] say 'the Germany situation'?

    I don't know what that refers to, there's not been a Germany Grand Prix in ages!

  14. Lap 32/56

    He did say 'the Germany situation', Andrew. But who knows what that could mean?!

    An orange car comes into the pits, but it's that one-off livery of the Alpine, the Indiana Jones tribute, that is switching tyres. Esteban Ocon goes hard and comes out in 17th place.

  15. 'It's devastating to not be in the race' - Hamilton

    Jennie Gow
    F1 pit-lane reporter in Austin

    Lewis Hamilton spoke to Jennie Gow on not being able to race after an early spin, he said: "I have never spun especially on the second lap, it's devastating to not be in the race because I love this race.

    "It's obviously a similar situation to George yesterday, the car is very sensitive, it started bouncing, I wasn't even pushing. I lost a load of the rear and it came round."

    On hoping for another win in the Mercedes with five races to go, he added: "Of course, that's what we're working towards. That is painful, it's never happened to me before but this weekend the confidence had gone already from the first spin we had.

    "We need to go back to the drawing board and figure out what has been wrong with the car this weekend because it's not been normal. We will work on it and try and come back stronger."

  16. Leclerc passes Piastri

    Lap 31/56

    Oscar Piastri was never going to defend fiercely from that red attack. Charles Leclerc goes through to take second place, as Piastri's team-mate Lando Norris finally pits for new hard rubber.

  17. Lap 30/56

    The fastest lap goes to Charles Leclerc in third place, the Ferrari man having pitted four laps ago for the hard tyres. Leclerc is gaining on Oscar Piastri in second, however, he is being careful not to pounce too soon on the McLaren.

  18. Lap 29/56

    Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are one and two in this race but the McLarens have yet to pit, instead going longer on these medium tyres than the other front-runners.

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  19. Lap 28/56

    Pierre Gasly has shimmied past Alex Albon's Williams for 13th place. His Alpine team-mate Esteban Ocon is having more trouble executing his overtakes and complains he has been pushed off the track in his eagerness to get ahead in the midfield battle.

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  20. 'Track promotes great racing'

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    This is a wonderful race track because it promotes great racing, like we've seen up and down the field today. I love this place and so do the drivers, it gets the cars right on the edge of their aerodynamics, it's really high speed, quick change in direction, it's really exciting for us to watch.