Overview

• Max Verstappen won both the Sprint and the Grand Prix at COTA, his third victory in four races.
• The drivers' standings after Austin are Oscar Piastri 346, Lando Norris 332, Max Verstappen 306.
• Lando Norris finished second after extended duels with Charles Leclerc, who put Ferrari back on the podium in third after starting on soft tyres.
• McLaren's weekend featured internal tension highlighted by a first-lap Sprint clash between its drivers.
• Carlos Sainz retired after contact with Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Turn 15, while Lewis Hamilton finished fourth and Yuki Tsunoda took seventh.