Overview

• Max Verstappen won a Safety Car‑disrupted Sprint at Circuit of the Americas and cut his deficit to points leader Oscar Piastri to 55.
• Both McLaren cars retired after Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were eliminated in a first‑corner collision that also involved Nico Hülkenberg and Fernando Alonso.
• George Russell finished second and Carlos Sainz third in the Sprint, with Lewis Hamilton fourth and Charles Leclerc fifth after an early Leclerc error let Hamilton through.
• Later qualifying for the Grand Prix put Verstappen on pole ahead of Norris, with Leclerc third by 0.006s, Russell fourth, Hamilton fifth and Piastri only sixth.
• Ollie Bearman received a 10‑second post‑race penalty for his defense against Andrea Kimi Antonelli, promoting the Mercedes rookie to the final Sprint point in eighth.