Postpublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
There was a reason McLaren boss Zak Brown and Red Bull head Christian Horner were placed together in the press conference this morning...
Summary
Sainz takes pole position, Verstappen 2nd following Leclerc grid penalty
Ricciardo out in first session, Albon out in Q2
Red Bull announce death of owner Dietrich Mateschitz
Team had earlier accused rivals of 'concerted campaign' over budget cap controversy
Sargeant set to race for Williams in 2023
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Postpublished at 22:24 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Red Bull accuse rivals of 'concerted campaign'published at 22:22 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Image source, Getty ImagesIn case you missed this earlier, it was quite the feisty team principal press conference...
Red Bull have accused their rivals of waging a "concerted campaign for a draconian penalty" for them breaking Formula 1's budget cap.
Team principal Christian Horner said that "what is in contention is a couple of hundred thousand dollars" in the team's financial submissions for 2021.
Governing body the FIA has offered Red Bull a so-called breach agreement detailing a suggested penalty.
Horner said Red Bull were in talks over this and "wanted closure on 2021".
Postpublished at 22:19 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
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End of twitter postA-list palpublished at 22:15 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Hollywood royalty Brad Pitt was a guest in the paddock yesterday, picking the brains of teams and drivers as the actor and mega producer Jerry Bruckheimer continue plans for a forthcoming movie about the sport. Mr Pitt is back again today and has sat down to have a chat with Valtteri Bottas over at Alfa Romeo.
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End of twitter postLeclerc and Alonso also receive grid penaltiespublished at 22:11 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Two more drivers have been added to the grid penalty list for Sunday's United States Grand Prix.
Charles Leclerc and Fernando Alonso of Alpine have taken new engine components and will drop down the order along with Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Alfa Romeo's Zhou Guanyu.
Perez, Zhou and Alonso will be demoted five places, while Leclerc takes a 10-place grid penalty.
Third practice classificationpublished at 22:07 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Full times, gaps and laps from FP3 to have a look over as Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who sealed his second F1 title at Suzuka last time out, set the pace ahead of the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in the final dress rehearsal.
Mick Schumacher spent a limited amount of time out on track after running into issues with his Haas.
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End of twitter postWelcome backpublished at 22:03 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
How many people would already be in best at 10pm on a Saturday night? Glad you're sticking with us for some late night Formula 1 action.
Live commentary of qualifying will be available to listen to on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, the BBC Sounds app and at the top of this page by using the audio icon.
Breezy does itpublished at 22:00 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Could the gusty conditions at the Circuit of the Americas blow some pole position hopefuls off course?
One hour to go until qualifying begins...
Image source, Getty ImagesVerstappen tops final practicepublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer in Austin
Image source, Getty ImagesWorld champion Max Verstappen ended final practice at the United States Grand Prix with a comfortable margin at the head of the field.
The Red Bull driver was 0.320 seconds quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in second place.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz was third, 0.446secs off the pace, followed by Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
Leclerc and Perez will both have grid penalties for excessive engine usage, Leclerc a 10-place drop and Perez a five-place one.
Alpine’s Fernando Alonso, who was sixth fastest ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell, is another driver with an engine-related grid penalty, five places in his case.
The field had looked closely matched, with only a few hundredths of a second separating Verstappen from the Ferrari drivers, until the Dutchman extended his advantage with his final lap.
Back at 22:00 BSTpublished at 21:11 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Right, refuelling time for us all.
We'll be back shortly to take you through all the build-up to qualifying at the United States Grand Prix.
See you in a bit!
And the restpublished at 21:10 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
11. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
12. Lando Norris (McLaren)
13. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
14. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
15. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
16. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)
17. Alex Albon (Williams)
18. Nicholas Latifi (Williams)
19. Mick Schumacher (Haas)
20. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
Top 10published at 21:07 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
4. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
6. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
7. George Russell (Mercedes)
8. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin)
9. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
10. Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri)
Postpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Just before the chequered flag, Sergio Perez found himself in a right muddle, with the Alpine of Fernando Alonso approaching from behind at a rapid pace. Perez was straight on the radio to offer a very sincere "sorry" to the Spaniard.
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Chequered flagpublished at 21:04 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
That's it for practice at the United States Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen tops the board with a 1:35.825, Charles Leclerc is second, just 0.32secs behind the world champion.
The other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz is third, Red Bull's Sergio Perez is fourth and Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes completes the top five.
Postpublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
A big old heap of kerb is gobbled up by the McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo as the Australian tries to improve on his 15th place on the leaderboard. Team-mate Lando Norris is running in P11 with a time that is 0.173secs quicker than Ricciardo's.
Postpublished at 20:59 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
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End of twitter postPostpublished at 20:58 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 Live pit-lane reporterThey (Alfa Romeo on Zhou's car) are investigating a cooling leak which is taking it's time frustratingly for the team. They really need some clean weekends and it's not going to be this one so far.
Postpublished at 20:57 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Carlos Sainz is the next driver to try and take a shot at the Red Bull of Max Verstappen but it's another ragged run for the Ferraris and the Spaniard has to settle for third spot. Sainz is still only 0.048secs away from Verstappen's fastest time.
Team radio- Leclercpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
"That is a very very messy lap."
Postpublished at 20:54 British Summer Time 22 October 2022
Just as Max Verstappen climbed to the peak of the time sheets, Charles Leclerc suffers a scrappy run and fails to bump his Red Bull rival down the order. The Ferrari man goes into second place, just 0.01secs off the pace of the Verstappen.