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THAT'S IT FROM US

Onwards to Austin and the Circuit of The Americas.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, George Russell, Mercedes

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Actually Max doesn't look to sweat-bathed, but he's wearing black overalls and that's quite a flattering colour for such things, no?

A five- or 10-second penalty would drop Hamilton to P8, since Bearman was 13s behind him.

CONGRATULATIONS McLAREN

The Woking equipe has won the 2025 constructors' championship. Trebles all round!

Still, after events on the opening lap, the debrief is going to be uglier than a kebab shop fist fight.

We want to see what Max Verstappen looks like. He reckons he doesn't sweat much.

Bangs and flashes of light fill the air. Is Indonesia invading? No, it's only the post-race firework display.

SMOOOOOOOOTH OPERATOR

And a tip of the hat to Carlos Sainz in P10, making that alternate strategy from the back-of-the-grid start work well for him.

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing

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0.4s the margin between Hamilton and Alonso there.

Hamilton was noted for track limits so it may be that he will take a penalty – he was shown a B/W flag for it.

Into the last lap, one more chance for Norris to attack Verstappen...

Leclerc and Hamilton swap places – Hamilton is 8s off his team-mate now. He's falling off faster than John Lithgow at the end of Cliffhanger.

Two laps to run and Hamilton has now reached Antonelli.

Oh no he hasn't – ran wide at Turn 16 and is now 2.9s off.

"I've lost my brakes," he says.

Piastri was three tenths faster than Norris on lap 58.

Russell now homing in on Bearman. He has 6.1s in hand over the Verstappen/Norris battle.

Fernando Alonso also catching Leclerc up at a rate of a second and a half per lap. Shame he's 47s behind, though.

This will not stop social media blowing up, of course.

Hadjar is informed that Verstappen and Norris are approaching. F1 TV commentators read something nefarious into the phrasing but Hadjar lets them both by at the same corner.

Hamilton 3s faster than Leclerc that previous lap (54).

Hamilton now 2s behind Leclerc. "Lewis is faster than you..."

TV director has gone to sleep because Antonelli has got past Leclerc. Wakey wakey, chum...

One Red Bull driver lapping another is bound to bring on a Helmut Marko 'hairdryer job' later on.

Having got by Hadjar and Tsunoda, Russell's lead is now down to 4.1s but Verstappen and Norris are now approaching those two backmarkers.

Alonso now P8. Give that man a trophy.

On the hit records front, Lesley Gore's famous It's My Party (And I'll Cry If I Want To) could be getting an airing if McLaren celebrate a constructors' championship win tonight.

Lawson pits at the end of lap 49 for softs. Just Sainz left to pit.

Piastri still sounding glum on the radio. "There's a lot of opportunity," his engineer assumes him, channelling a famous Pet Shop Boys hit.

Russell's gap to Verstappen is now 6s after that battle through the P14-18 gang.

Russell now in clear air for a bit before he reaches Tsunoda, Hadjar, Bearman, Sainz, Lawson and Alonso.

Norris now just half a second behind Verstappen, but Max is no close enough to Colapinto and Bortoleto to pick up DRS.

Used softs for Lewis. Not a drama since he has a yawning gap behind him to Lawson.

Albon has pitted for softs, incidentally. He's P19.

Hamilton into the pits at the end of lap 46.

Norris now 0.898s behind Verstappen as they bear down on the Bortoleto-Gasly-Ocon battle.

Russell getting agitated about these backmarkers not paying prompt enough attention to blue flags. He's now got just Colapinto and Tsunoda to go.

Hulkenberg locks his rear brakes and spins but gets going again.

McLaren now discussing the possibility of pitting Piastri for softs in the event of late-race Safety Car. Oscar sounds dischuffed and disengaged.

Hulkenberg lost a chunk of front wing as Colapinto cut him off during one of the exchanges there. This battle is messier than Gregg Wallace's sock drawer.

Russell and the rest of the leaders are about to come upon a real cluster of cars battling for position – Tsunoda, Colapinto, Hulkenberg, Bortoleto, Gasly and Ocon.

Alonso now passed Alex ALbon for P11. Albon yet to pit in this race.

Norris has a scruffy exit at "Lawson Corner" at the end of lap 41, laptime is 1m37.060s – eight tenths off Verstappen's last lap.

As predicted, Lance Stroll emerged in P20 from his stop. He's now running just ahead of Russell on track, and Russell is complaining that the dirty air is making his life difficult.