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. And this was the moment between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. Tell us what you think...

    McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (R) goes off track at the start of the United States Formula One Grand PrixGetty Images

  2. Lap 8/56

    Sergio Perez is still in that ninth place he started in but Yuki Tsunoda has shifted his RB up to eighth spot from 10th. The fastest lap of the race goes to Charles Leclerc, who is now leading this US GP after spying a gap while Max Verstappen and Lando Norris were tussling out of the first corner.

  3. Team radio - Norris

    "Yeah, I mean he clearly pushed me out. He had no intent to make the corner"

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

    Leclerc has crucially broken that DRS gap to Max Verstappen, 1.2 seconds is the gap.

  5. Lap 7/56

    Target number one has been achieved by Charles Leclerc as he breaks DRS on Max Verstappen in second. Carlso Sainz sits in third and Lando Norris is holding onto that fourth place as team-mate Oscar Piastri is failing to close the gap on the Briton.

    Nico Hulkenberg has climbed up to 10th after overtaking Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin.

  6. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Leclerc has gone and put his foot to the floor and we're back racing!

    Max Verstappen has gone right with him.

    Up the hill towards turn one...

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    Sho: These starts by Lando are embarrassing by this point. How many leads has he lost this year on the first corner?

  8. Leclerc leading Verstappen

    Lap 6/56

    The DRS will have to wait for one lap as Charles Leclerc tries his best to peel away from the raging Red Bull just behind him. Turn 11 is completed by the front-runners and the Ferrari is keeping ahead of the chasing pack.

    Alex Albon has pitted for repairs and is back out - right next to the Alpine of Esteban Ocon. Keep it clean, lads.

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

    It looked like a low speed almost embarrassing accident [for Hamilton], he's on the harder tyres so maybe not quite up to full temperature yet.

  10. 'Hamilton on the wrong line'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent in Austin

    It looked like Hamilton was on the wrong line to me.

    He just got the entry completely wrong and then just lost the rear end of the car.

  11. Safety car ending

    Lap 5/56

    The field as bunched up and Charles Leclerc is waiting to make his move at the front...

    Green flag!! Let's go again. Leclerc is away but Max Verstappen is staying on his rear wing.

  12. Safety car

    Lap 5/56

    Lewis Hamilton's beached car is now being rescued by the marshals.

    Out on track, Lando Norris feels Max Verstappen pushed him off the track, much like the race in Budapest, he says to his engineer. "He had no intention of making the corner," the Briton adds.

  13. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Another look at the start, Verstappen and Norris almost driving each other off the track.

    The two Ferraris got so close and Leclerc snuck through!

  14. Safety car

    Lap 4/56

    From moving his Mercedes up to 12th position, Lewis Hamilton's day has now ended by lap three. He's looking back at his stricken car as the crowd cheer.

    Esteban Ocon and Alex Albon also made contact during the Turn One scrap, the Williams clipping the Alpine and sending it sideways. Ocon has dropped to P18, Albon is one place lower.

  15. 'Bad to worse' for Hamilton

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    It's gone from bad to worse [for Hamilton] after a wonderful start, he opened up opportunities for himself but those opportunities have all just gone.

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    Matthew Murnaghan: SAFETY CAR! HOW I MISSED YOU! Poor Hamilton though.

  17. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    Lewis Hamilton is beached and in the gravel!

    He's spinning up his rear tyres, he is facing towards the wall, it doesn't look like he's made contact with the wall.

    He has come to a stop and that will surely end up in some sort of safety car, which we haven't seen in nine grand prix!

  18. Hamilton into the gravel

    Lap 3/56

    Lewis Hamilton is off into the gravel! The seven-time world champion has crashed at the same spot as his team-mate George Russell yesterday.

    Here comes the safety car...

    Mercedes' Lewis HamiltonGetty Images

  19. Leclerc leads from Verstappen

    Lap 2/56

    What a start from Charles Leclerc. The Ferrari driver is ahead of the Max Verstappen by 1.3 seconds. Lando Norris lost multiple places in that first-lap squabble and is now down to fourth place. A massive blow to his title credentials. There is a long way to go, however.

    Verstappen is under pressure straight away from the Ferrari of Sainz but there's a yellow flag...

    charles leclerc leads the US grand prixGetty Images

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

    We said Ferrari could be a threat and this is exactly how they were going to go and do it.

    The two title protagonists really costing each other positions. Lando Norris did not need to lose position to Max Verstappen and that's exactly what he's done.