F1 US Grand Prix LIVE: Race schedule and start time as Lando Norris starts on pole

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Sunday 20 October

• Race: 8pm (2pm local time)

Martin Brundle believes there is “no smoking gun” for Red Bull as their ‘bib’ device saga continues at the US Grand Prix in Austin on Friday.

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The gap between the top two is now 54 points...

1. Max Verstappen - 339 points

2. Lando Norris - 285 points

3. Charles Leclerc - 250 points

4. Oscar Piastri - 237 points

5. Carlos Sainz - 197 points

6. Lewis Hamilton - 177 points

7. George Russell - 159 points

8. Sergio Perez - 144 points

9. Fernando Alonso - 62 points

10. Nico Hulkenberg - 25 points

11. Lance Stroll - 24 points

12. Yuki Tsunoda - 22 points

13. Alex Albon - 12 points

14. Daniel Ricciardo - 12 points

15. Kevin Magnussen - 8 points

16. Pierre Gasly - 8 points

17. Ollie Bearman - 7 points

18. Esteban Ocon - 5 points

19. Franco Colapinto - 4 points

20. Zhou Guanyu - 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant - 0 points

22. Valtteri Bottas - 0 points

Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits his team “need answers” to their driver line-up dilemma as the pressure grows on Sergio Perez.

Mexican driver Perez trails teammate and championship leader Max Verstappen by 187 points after 18 races this year and has not won a grand prix since April 2023.

Perez has a contract with Red Bull until the end of 2025 – with an option to extend for 2026 – but Liam Lawson’s promotion to sister team RB for this weekend’s US Grand Prix indicates that Red Bull are assessing their options ahead of next year.

Having relinquished their spot at the top of the constructors’ standings to McLaren, Red Bull boss Horner acknowledges that his team “can’t afford a big gap” between Verstappen and his team-mate next year.

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Lewis Hamilton has reacted to Red Bull’s controversial device that alters the height of its front bib ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.

“I’ve only just heard about it before I got here,” he told Sky Sports. “But I think the name of our sport is all about innovation. Red Bull have been the leaders and they’ve innovated.

“Ultimately all the teams look at the rules and try to find how to massage those rules and get the most out of it, even if it’s just over the edge a little bit. You just need to continue to evolve and be better policed.”

Lando Norris saw off rival Max Verstappen to take pole position for the US Grand Prix and boost his championship dream.

Verstappen claimed his first win in nearly four months when he led every lap of the sprint race at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas earlier on Saturday to extend his title advantage from 52 to 54 points.

Norris finished third – after he was passed by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz on the final lap – but he bounced back in qualifying to take spot, beating Verstappen by just 0.031 seconds.

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“In the sprint, we had some sort of failure on the front suspension. It made the balance really difficult.

“The car was a nightmare in qualifying. We should start in the pit-lane, otherwise we won’t be going anywhere.

“It was a very inconsistent balance and no grip.”

“We’ll have to do a good job, Max and Lando are quick from the beginning. Tomorrow will be another story.

“It’s always good to have two cars [up there].”

“The first sector is where we’ve been struggling and we don’t have the solution. However, the race-pace felt particularly strong.

“We have a strong car. I hope that we’ll see the same type of race-pace tomorrow.”

“It was a really good lap up until turn 12, lost a bit at turn 12, lost loads of lap time. I went into the penultimate corner, turned in and it went in on me.

“Maybe I was over-pushing, pretty disappointed with the damage to the car. Today we were nowhere.

“It seems such a theme at the moment, when we find a sweet-spot we can get poles and wins, but when we can’t we’re nowhere. It’s really disappointing from my side for the outcome.”

Russell starts P6 tomorrow...