| 2025 United States Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 19 of 24 in the2025 Formula One World Championship
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 Layout of the Circuit of the Americas | |||||
| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | October 19, 2025 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 MSC CruisesUnited States Grand Prix 2025 | ||||
| Location | Circuit of the Americas Austin,Texas, United States | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.513 km (3.426 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 56 laps, 308.405 km (191.634 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Time | 1:32.510 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Kimi Antonelli | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:37.577 on lap 33 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2025 United States Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 MSC Cruises United States Grand Prix 2025) was aFormula Onemotor race held on October 19, 2025, at theCircuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas, United States. It was the nineteenth round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the fourth of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format.Max Verstappen ofRed Bull won from pole position in both thesprint and main race.McLaren drivers and championship contendersOscar Piastri andLando Norris both retired in the sprint, and finished in fifth and second for the Grand Prix, respectively, with Norris finishing ahead ofCharles Leclerc in theFerrari.
The result meant that Norris closed the gap to Piastri to 14 points. Following his second victory in the last three races, Verstappen retained third, 40 points behind Piastri in the standings, whilst Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull were separated by just ten points heading into the next round in Mexico.
The event was held at theCircuit of the Americas inAustin, Texas, for the 13th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of October 17–19, 2025.[2] The Grand Prix was the nineteenth round of the2025 Formula One World Championship and the 46th running of theUnited States Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[3] It was also the fourth of six Grands Prix in the season to utilise thesprint format and the third time overall that the United States Grand Prix featured it.[4]
Going into the weekend,Oscar Piastri led theDrivers' Championship with 336 points, 22 points ahead ofLando Norris in second, and 63 points ahead ofMax Verstappen.McLaren, who had won theConstructors' Championship at the precedingSingapore Grand Prix, were ahead ofMercedes andFerrari, who were second and third with 325 and 298 points, respectively.[5]
The drivers and teams were the same as published in the season entry list with two exceptions;[6]Yuki Tsunoda atRed Bull Racing held the seat originally held byLiam Lawson before Lawson was demoted back toRacing Bulls from theJapanese Grand Prix onward,[7] andFranco Colapinto replacedJack Doohan atAlpine from theEmilia Romagna Grand Prix onward on a race-by-race basis.[8]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C1, C3, and C4 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[9]
Ahead of the weekend, theFédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) received a forecast predicting that the heat index would be greater than 31 °C (88 °F) at some time during thesprint and the race. As a result, the FIA declared a "heat hazard"; in these conditions, teams may either equip their drivers with cooling systems, with the minimum weight limit being raised by 5 kilograms (11 lb) to compensate for the equipment, or add additional 0.5 kilograms (1 lb) of ballast in the cockpit.[10] This change was introduced in 2025 to prevent driver overheating, as observed during the2023 Qatar Grand Prix,[11] and was used for the second time in the season following the precedingSingapore Grand Prix.[12]
The solefree practice session was held on October 17, 2025, at 12:30 local time (UTC–5), and was topped byLando Norris ahead ofNico Hülkenberg and Norris' teammateOscar Piastri.[1]Charles Leclerc had a gearbox issue.[13][14]
Sprint qualifying was held on October 17, 2025, at 16:30 local time (UTC–5), and determined the starting grid order for thesprint.[1]
It consisted of three sessions, with the five drivers with the worst lap times being eliminated following each of the first two sessions. During the twelve minutes long first session (SQ1),Haas driversOliver Bearman andEsteban Ocon were eliminated, in addition toFranco Colapinto,Yuki Tsunoda, andGabriel Bortoleto, the latter of whom failed to set a legal lap time.[15][16][17]
The second session (SQ2), which lasted for ten minutes,Kimi Antonelli,Isack Hadjar,Pierre Gasly,Lance Stroll andLiam Lawson; Lawson did not set a legal lap time during the session.[15][16][17]
The third session (SQ3) lasted for eight minutes, and determined the final order of the remaining ten drivers.Max Verstappen finished the session in first, with a lap time of 1:32.143.Lando Norris finished in second, 0.071 seconds behind Verstappen, with teammateOscar Piastri finishing in third with a time of 1:32.523.Nico Hülkenberg, who recorded his highest starting position of the season, andGeorge Russell finished in fourth and fifth.Fernando Alonso,Carlos Sainz Jr.,Lewis Hamilton,Alexander Albon, andCharles Leclerc completed the rest of the top ten.[15][16][17]
Notes
Thesprint was held on October 18, 2025, at 12:00 local time (UTC–5), and was run for 19 laps.[1]
At the first corner,Oscar Piastri ofMcLaren attempted a switchback maneuver on teammate Norris, only to collide with theSauber ofNico Hülkenberg on his inside. This contact pushed Piastri into the side of Norris. The collision resulted in Piastri receiving suspension damage and pulling over to the side of the track, and Norris retiring with his left rear wheel coming off.Fernando Alonso'sAston Martin ended up with collateral damage, and Hülkenberg's front wing would be ripped off shortly afterward. Alonso also retired on lap one.[21] In the chaos,Yuki Tsunoda andGabriel Bortoleto avoided the collisions to go from eighteenth to seventh and twentieth to eleventh, respectively. Other drivers, includingCarlos Sainz Jr. and theFerrari cars ofLewis Hamilton, andCharles Leclerc, also benefited from the incident moving up the order.[21]
On lap 17,Lance Stroll of Aston Martin struckEsteban Ocon'sHaas while attempting an overtake, again at turn one, causing both drivers to retire with damage. Stroll received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision. With Ocon's retirement bringing out another safety car that lasted until the end,Max Verstappen, who led since the first lap, won the sprint from pole position ahead ofGeorge Russell. Due to the retirement of both McLarens, Carlos Sainz Jr. was elevated to third, scoring his and histeam's first sprint podium.[21]
Notes
Qualifying was held on October 18, 2025, at 16:00 local time (UTC–5), and determined the starting grid order for the main race.[1]
A red flag was flown afterIsack Hadjar ofRacing Bulls crashed out in Q1.[24]Gabriel Bortoleto,Esteban Ocon,Lance Stroll,Alexander Albon and the stricken Hadjar were the first five to be eliminated.Franco Colapinto was initially eliminated in Q1, but was reprieved by Albon having his best lap deleted for a track limits violation.Nico Hulkenberg was unable to replicate his sprint qualifying result and was knocked out in Q2, along withLiam Lawson,Yuki Tsunoda, and the twoAlpine cars ofPierre Gasly and Colapinto.[25]
Max Verstappen took his 47th career pole position with only one run in Q3, asRed Bull misjudged the time needed to exit the pits and start his final flying lap.Lando Norris joined him on the front row, 0.291 seconds adrift, withCharles Leclerc,George Russell andLewis Hamilton completing the top five. Championship leaderOscar Piastri qualified sixth.[25]
Notes
The race was held on October 19, 2025, at 14:00 local time (UTC–5), and was run for 56 laps.[1]
PolesitterMax Verstappen had a good launch and maintained his lead in the opening lap. Title contenderLando Norris qualified in second, but was quickly overtaken on the outside of turn 1 byFerrari'sCharles Leclerc, who opted for soft tyres at the start of the race. Leclerc was the only driver in the top 10 to start on softs.[13] Further back,Gabriel Bortoleto andAlex Albon collided in the opening lap, with Albon'sWilliams spinning out and then returning to the track.[29] The virtual safety car was deployed on lap 7 after Albon's teammateCarlos Sainz retired from the race following a collision with Antonelli, which the latter escaped without much damage.[30][29]
Norris and Leclerc battled for second place until lap 21, when Norris took the place back from Leclerc. Leclerc regained second position after their teams' respective pit stops, with Ferrari successfully executing anundercut strategy. Norris made multiple unsuccessful overtake attempts, before he eventually made his way past the Ferrari in the closing laps.[31][32]Max Verstappen achieved his 68th Grand Prix victory, his fourth in Austin, ahead of[30]Lando Norris, who finished in second andCharles Leclerc in third, the Ferrari driver's sixth podium finish of the season.[33]Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth ahead of Championship leaderOscar Piastri in fifth, withGeorge Russell,Yuki Tsunoda,Nico Hulkenberg,Oliver Bearman, andFernando Alonso completing the top ten points finishers.[31][34]
McLaren Team PrincipalAndrea Stella claimed that Norris had the race pace to challenge Verstappen for the win, but he was held back by his battle with Leclerc.[35] Oscar Piastri retained his lead in the Drivers' Championship, but his nearest rival Lando Norris closed the gap to just 14 points. Max Verstappen trailed Piastri's lead by 40 points.The result saw Leclerc mathematically eliminated from championship contention. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren extended their lead to 337 points after claiming its tenth Constructors' Championshipat the previous round in Singapore. In the fight for second place in the Constructors' Championship, Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari were only separated by ten points following the conclusion of this round..[30] Carlos Sainz was given a 5-place grid penalty for the succeedingMexico City Grand Prix, as well as 2 penalty points for causing a collision in the incident with Antonelli.[30]
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The ambient temperature is expected to reach 31C on both Saturday and Sunday, which is the FIA's threshold for declaring a Heat Hazard.
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