Summary

  • Kimi Antonelli wins US Grand Prix to be on brink of title

  • Antonelli will secure championship in Mexico next weekend by finishing ninth or better

  • George Russell eighth and Lewis Hamilton fourth in Austin

  • Charles Leclerc second and Max Verstappen third

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Lap 36/56

    Kimi Antonelli crosses the white line as he tries to clear the backmarker of Williams' Carlos Sainz. The Mercedes driver, leading Charles Leclerc by 2.6 seconds, comes on the team radio to vent his frustrations, but that'll be a track limits mark against his name.

  2. Team radio - McLaren to Piastri

    Engineer: "If you could keep Russell behind, this could be plan B. Do you think plan B's doable?"

    Piastri: "Yes I think so."

  3. Lap 35/56

    Max Verstappen will be withi range for a strike on Lando Norris in a few laps' time. The four-time world champion is banking the fastest laps on his fresh medium tyres, after some earlier frustrations with the performance of his car.

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    Antonelli needs to reward Bono highly if this comes off. I the words of U2 - I can't live without you.

    Kevin, Surrey

  5. Lap 34/56

    Kimi Antonelli is back in the lead of this race and is ahead of Charles Leclerc by 1.7 seconds. Lewis Hamilton is now up to third place, seven seconds off the Italian, with Lando Norris and Max Verstappen close by in fourth and fifth.

    Meanwhile, George Russell is trying to gain a spot but Oscar Piastri in seventh is putting up a good defence in the McLaren.

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  6. Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Austin

    I'm wondering whether Charles Leclerc will come in for another stop. There's no way he's going to get Antonelli on these tyres and he's losing time to Antonelli already. Is there enough time for him to make a pit stop and make any progress?

  7. Lap 33/56

    Charles Leclerc tried to come back at the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli but that Turn 12 overtake has stuck for the championship leader. Leclerc is on the medium compound and will likely need another pit stop if some tyre degradation sets in.

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    Wish Verstappen, Charles and Kimi were on the same strategy! What an interesting chase it would have been at this stage of the race.

    Jeremiah, DR Congo

  9. Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Austin

    Max Verstappen was shaking his head in the pits. He didn't look pleased.

  10. Antonelli overtakes Leclerc

    Lap 32/56

    Max Verstappen heads into the pit lane from the lead of this race for a check-up and a tyre change. The Dutchman rejoins the action in fifth place behind the McLaren Lando Norris, as Kimi Antonelli is thinking about making a move on Charles Leclerc.

    Can he overtake thet Italian car? He can! Antonelli is back into the lead of this United States Grand Prix.

  11. Team radio - Red Bull to Verstappen

    Engineer: "Front wing updates please, Max."

    Verstappen: "I have literally no idea mate. No idea."

  12. Lap 31/56

    Red Bull need to get a grip of this issue for Max Verstappen, and the Dutchman has no idea what's happening with his front wing.

    The four-time world champion might need to make a trip to the pits now.

  13. Team radio - Verstappen to Red Bull

    Verstappen: "Yeah, I must have a problem with my car. It's unbelievable."

    Engineer: Yeah we see some issues with braking. Torque 12 available."

    Verstappen: "I can't hear you. I can't hear you."

  14. Issues for Verstappen?

    Lap 30/56

    Max Verstappen sounds a bit frantic on the team radio. He's telling his new race engineer Tom Hart - Gianpiero Lambiase is not on the pit wall this weekend - that the car is "undriveable" as he leads from Charles Leclerc, who is rapidly closing in on the Dutchman.

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  15. Damon Hill
    1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Austin

    The pace of Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli is very similar despite being on different tyres. Max Verstappen has to pit again so Leclerc will have to keep Antonelli at bay if he can.

  16. Lap 29/56

    Charles Leclerc in second is clocking fastest laps on his medium tyres, but Kimi Antonelli's pace isn't too shabby on the hard compound. The Italian is 3.6 seconds off race leader Max Verstappen, but his first task is to overtake the Ferrari of Leclerc.

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    Hadjar's radio is always entertaining (does he really understand that it gets broadcast?)

    Sam, Chester

  18. Team radio - Hadjar to Red Bull

    Hadjar: "Why are we on the hard?"

    Red Bull: "It's the preferred tyre for this stint."

    Hadjar: "What?"

  19. Top five

    Lap 28/56

    1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    2. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

    3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

    4. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

    5. Lando Norris (McLaren)

  20. Verstappen leads from Leclerc

    Lap 27/56

    If the race was to finish like this with Kimi Antonelli in third, the championship fight will be rolling over to Mexico City next weekend. The Italian has to win in Austin tonight and then hope George Russell finishes ninth or lower and Lewis Hamilton finishes outside the top four.

    Russell is eighth, Hamilton is fourth.

    Hadjar is sounding very frustrated and high-pitched on the team radio.