Summary

  • Hamilton becomes second most successful F1 driver of all time with sixth title

  • Bottas wins, Hamilton 2nd, Verstappen 3rd in Austin

  • Get involved #bbcf1

  • Vettel, Kubica, Magnussen out

Live Reporting

Michael Emons

  1. The American fans just can't get enough of Lewis Hamilton by the looks of it. Judging by his record at the Circuit of the Americas - five wins in seven years - the feeling is mutual.

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  2. A spot reserved for Lewis?

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  3. Get Involved #bbcf1

    What has been Lewis Hamilton's best performance this season? Your favourite Hamilton moments?

    A couple of early questions to kick us off today.

    What has been Lewis Hamilton's best performance this season and why? What are your favourite Hamilton moments throughout his career?

    Tweet us using the hashtag #bbcf1 and we will post your messages in this page.

  4. Is today the day?

    Andrew Benson
    BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Austin

    Will this be the day that Lewis Hamilton becomes a six-time world champion? The odds are stacked heavily in his favour. Essentially, as long as the Mercedes driver does not retire, he should secure this year’s title by 16:00 local time (22:00 BST) because an eighth place is all he needs even if team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who starts from pole, wins.

    Hamilton is such a competitive animal that he was curt and grumpy on Saturday evening, after mistakes on both his qualifying laps left him fifth on the grid on one of his favourite circuits. But Hamilton being Hamilton, all he was thinking about was how to win the race. “I am trying to figure out what went wrong and how I can get myself to the front tomorrow,” he said. “It is going to be a tough challenge trying to get past two Ferraris and a Red Bull and Valtteri.

    “I don’t look at this race as a particularly important race. It’s as important as any other race to me. It is not a stand-out, individual, important race for me. There are still two more after that. I will approach it exactly the same. I’m not looking to perform miracles. Things happen for a reason and today is a lesson learnt. Try to see if I can turn a negative into a positive.”

  5. Check out the Flying Finn's pole lap

    It's Valtteri's first pole at the US Grand Prix, follow him on his flying lap to see how he did it.

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  6. Provisional grid

    This is how we are expected to start. Sergio Perez missed the weigh bridge in qualifying so that's an automatic to the back and a start from the pits for him.

    1. Bottas
    2. Vettel
    3. Verstappen
    4. Leclerc
    5. Hamilton
    6. Albon
    7. Sainz
    8. Norris
    9. Ricciardo
    10. Gasly
    11. Hulkenberg
    12. Magnussen
    13. Kvyat
    14. Stroll
    15. Grosjean
    16. Giovinazzi
    17. Raikkonen
    18. Russell
    19. Kubica
    20. Perez (pitlane start)

  7. What happened in qualifying yesterday?

    Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took pole position for the United States Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton only fifth as he stands poised to seal the title.

    Bottas headed Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull's Max Verstappen, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Hamilton in a very closely contested session. Bottas was 0.012secs ahead of Vettel as 0.108secs covered the top four.

    Bottas ends a run of six consecutive pole positions by Ferrari stretching back to the Belgian GP in August.

    The end of qualifying was an anti-climax as only Verstappen of the top five was able to improve the lap time set on their first runs and Hamilton even aborted his lap.

  8. So it's win or bust for Valtteri Bottas today. At least he's starting in a good position...

  9. How can Hamilton become world champion today?

    Here's what needs to happen for Lewis to claim his sixth world title...

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    Hamilton has picked up points at every race this season, with him coming outside the top eight only once - in the rain chaos at Germany - when he ended up ninth.

  10. Thanks for joining us

    Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the United States Grand Prix.

    I'm Michael Emons and I will be guiding you through the action today as Lewis Hamilton targets his sixth world title.

    The race gets going at 19:10 GMT and we'll have live radio commentary as well from 18:30.

  11. Ready to celebrate?

    Lewis Hamilton has won the world championship five times.

    Unless he has an absolute stinker of a race in the United States today, he will be celebrating number six later tonight.

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