Summary

  • Hamilton wins, Vettel 2nd, Raikkonen 3rd

  • Hamilton retakes lead after losing it to Vettel at start

  • Briton can win fourth title in Mexico next weekend

  • Hulkenberg, Wehrlein, Ricciardo, Alonso out

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

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    Amit Mandalia‏: Initial pace on the soft tyres appears to be really good but then looks like they drop off and settle down after a couple of laps.

  2. 'Vettel not giving up'

    Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    Fair play to Sebastian Vettel. He is not giving up. He was pushing as hard as he possibly could.

    Sebastian VettelGetty Images

  3. Verstappen leads. He started 16th. OK, he hasn't stopped, but still it is an incredible achievement.

  4. "Why did you guys let him go so close," asks Lewis Hamilton as he has to hold off the challenge of Sebastian Vettel immediately after leaving the pit lane.

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  5. Ricciardo out

    These are the sad images that show the demise of Daniel Ricciardo because of engine failure.

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  6. Kimi Raikkonen currently leads, Max Verstappen second (after starting 16th) but neither man has stopped so far.

  7. Hamilton just about comes out of the pits in front of Sebastian Vettel. Could that be one of the key moments of this race?

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  8. Jack Nicholls
    Radio 5 live Formula 1 commentator

    This is Vettel's one chance.

  9. And in comes Hamilton in to the pits.

  10. "It would be nice to know what strategy we are doing," asks a bemused Fernando Alonso to his McLaren team.

  11. Usain Bolt is watching on in the Mercedes garage...

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  12. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas makes a pit stop, his team-mate Lewis Hamilton is yet to stop.

  13. 'Ferrari have no answer to Mercedes' pace'

    Mark Gallagher
    BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

    It is interesting that Sebastian Vettel has come out on the soft tyre. Pirelli have been alluding to the fact that a one-stop race was possible.

    I wonder if that is what Vettel will attempt to do. He has stopped quite early but Ferrari might be trying something different with their strategy.

    They have no answer to the pace of Mercedes.

    Sebastian VettelGetty Images

  14. The cameras spot a very downhearted Daniel Ricciardo trudging back to the garage after having to retire because of an engine failure.

    We also then see the distraught reaction of the Red Bull garage at the moment Ricciardo's race ends.

  15. How they stand

    Lap 17.

  16. "Tyres are good, I can extend," says our race leader Lewis Hamilton. None of the top four have had a pit stop just yet.

  17. 'The title rivals go wheel-to-wheel'

    It was quite a start. First blood to Sebastian Vettel at turn one but it didn't take long for Lewis Hamilton to strike back...

    Listen to BBC Radio 5 live commentary of both overtakes below.

    Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel makes a blistering start to the United States Grand Prix.

    Lewis Hamilton regains the lead of the United States Grand Prix.

  18. What makes Hulkenberg angry?

    Retiring, probably...

    For the other things that annoy him, listen to this interview with BBC Sport from earlier this week.

    What makes the Hulk angry?

  19. Ricciardo out with engine problem

    Daniel Ricciardo is off the road and going slowly. He drives off on to the grass and it is all over.

    "Engine's gone," he says. He has only just come back after a pit stop and it is game over for the exciting Australian, who had been involved in some of the most exciting moments of the race so far.

  20. Verstappen, who earlier this week signed a new contract to keep him at Red Bull until 2020, is now fifth. He started 16th. Incredible stuff from the Dutchman.

    Esteban Ocon is in sixth, a place he finished in in Japan. Fernando Alonso is currently seventh, aiming for only his third points finish of the season.