Formula 1 2023 United States Grand Prix results

The world champion squad had originally planned to build a brand new facility at its base, which it felt was needed to keep the team at the cutting edge of F1 car development over the long term.A site near its technology campus had been sorted and the team had formally applied for planning permission for construction to go ahead.However, as part of major ongoing developments at Milton Keynes in ...

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Norris jumped Ferrari's Charles Leclerc at the start to lead the first half of Sunday's United States Grand Prix. But he was powerless to keep Red Bull's Max Verstappen from a 15th season win and also had to let Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes past in the closing stages.Afterwards, Norris was promoted back to second when Hamilton was disqualified for excessive plank wear, meaning the Briton has now ...

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Everything's bigger in Texas, according to popular belief and brass-plated belt buckles. While the on-track spectacle across Formula 1's sprint and grand prix races at the Circuit of the Americas largely did not deliver on such hyperbole, the post-race ramifications certainly did as the theatre ensued in the stewards' room.A pair of disqualifications headlined the United States Grand Prix to ...

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In fact, there have been remarkably few times in F1's history that planks have been found to have worn down too much – with the most famous still being Michael Schumacher's disqualification from the 1994 Belgian Grand Prix. This makes it even more intriguing that, in an area of the car that teams are very mindful of there being no squeeze room for error, two of the top squads tripped up on the ...

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The Japanese driver initially thought that there must be something wrong with his car before he realised that he was being teed up for a shot at the fastest lap.Tsunoda was running in 10th place in the closing laps when a pitstop window opened up behind him, helped by the chasing Alex Albon having a track limits time penalty.That gave the chance to have a free stop for soft tyres, and he duly ...

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The team struggled to optimise its latest updates after problems arose in FP1 at the US GP, after which the specification was fixed.That led to a disappointing qualifying session on Friday, and an equally frustrating shootout and sprint on Saturday.The team eventually opted to take both AMR23s out of parc ferme and make wholesale changes that triggered pitlane starts for Sunday's main ...

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Complaints from both F1 drivers and MotoGP riders about COTA's surface quality have become a recurring theme in recent years at the otherwise popular venue.In response to the initial criticism, COTA repaved some areas in 2022 and further resurfacing was carried out ahead of this weekend's race in Turns 12 and 14-16.But Red Bull driver Verstappen, who took his 50th grand prix win on Sunday, feels ...

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Lewis Hamilton finished just 2.2 seconds behind race winner Max Verstappen in what was arguably his most competitive outing of the year prior to a disqualification for a plank infringement.However, it was not lost on Hamilton nor his squad that the race could have had a different initial outcome if less time had been lost in its two pitstops, which were judged as taking 3.6 and 3.4 seconds.This ...

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The Monegasque driver started from pole and, having lost out early on to both Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton, was the only driver in the field to run a one-stop strategy.He eventually slipped back to sixth place, although that became academic when he was disqualified for a plank infringement.Meanwhile, from fourth on the grid, his team-mate Carlos Sainz followed the rest of the field in stopping ...

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The anticipation of seeing adrenaline-fuelled F1 racing in the entertainment capital of Las Vegas has sent the sport into overdrive and when the lights go out and the cars roar down the world-famous strip, it will be the place everyone wants to be. The US has become so besotted by Formula 1 since the success of Netflix documentary ‘Drive to Survive’ that it now hosts three races – and after ...

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Having fallen just 2.2 seconds behind Austin race winner Max Verstappen, Mercedes racer Hamilton plus sixth-placed Leclerc were then thrown out for running with excessively worn floor planks.They had contravened the FIA Technical Regulations which state that the plank assembly measured at designated holes can only wear by 1mm down to 9mm across a weekend.With their rear skids deemed illegal, the ...

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McLaren’s Lando Norris grabbed the lead from Ferrari’s poleman Charles Leclerc on the dash to the first corner, and pulled clear out front as Verstappen worked his way forward from sixth on the grid.Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) took second from Leclerc on lap six, as Verstappen did likewise a few laps later before triggering the first pitstop cycle. That allowed Verstappen to undercut Hamilton ...

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Running an upgraded Mercedes floor, Hamilton proved particularly rapid during the final stint at the Circuit of The Americas to close to within 2.25 seconds of Max Verstappen at the flag.Meanwhile, Leclerc was hamstrung by being the only finisher to undertake a one-stop strategy across the 56 laps, which left him vulnerable in the closing stages as he fell back to sixth.However, random post-race ...

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Polesitter Leclerc was jumped by the faster-starting Lando Norris, who dived up the inside into Turn 1. He then lost out to Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen during the opening stint.Ferrari opted to keep the Monegasque out on his medium tyres until lap 23 of 56, when he made his sole pitstop for hard tyres. Leclerc was the only finisher to run a one-stop strategy.But this led to his pace dropping ...

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Lewis Hamilton produced Mercedes’ most competitive race of the season so far as he made the most of a floor upgrade to challenge Max Verstappen for the win.But although he got within 2.225 seconds by the chequered flag, the team was left ruing what might have been as it had lost valuable time through an extended first tyre stint that did not pay off, and then slow pitstops.Asked by ...

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In arguably Mercedes’ most competitive showing of the season, Hamilton enjoyed stellar race pace during the final stint to close to within 2.25 seconds of eventual winner Max Verstappen.Leclerc suffered as a result of Ferrari’s decision to attempt a one-stop strategy to leave him vulnerable in the closing stages as he dropped from pole position to an eventual sixth place.But both drivers have ...

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The F1 world champion recorded the 50th win of his career and his 15th triumph in 2023 at the Circuit of the Americas, backing up his sprint race success from Saturday, but came under huge pressure from Lewis Hamilton late on as the Dutch driver had to manage a brake problem.Verstappen was heard throughout the race complaining about his brakes over team radio and finished the race dropping time to ...

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The McLaren driver took the lead from Ferrari poleman Charles Leclerc off the line and controlled the first half of the race.But he was eventually passed by race winner Max Verstappen on lap 28, before Lewis Hamilton also made it by to take second place for Mercedes.It marked Norris’s fourth consecutive grand prix podium, repeating his third-place finish last time out in Qatar.Norris blamed the ...

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The win gave Verstappen his 50th F1 career victory in a race where he struggled with brake problems and Ferrari's challenge disappeared early.Norris got a better start than Ferrari's polesitter Charles Leclerc and was quickly alongside the Ferrari before heading to the Turn 1 apex to make certain of the lead.Behind, Hamilton tried to defend against Carlos Sainz but was jumped when the Spaniard ...

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Leclerc will start ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time in Q3, but this was stripped away as he exceeded track limits.As this is a sprint weekend format, these ...

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Mercedes racer Russell, who was handed a three-place grid penalty for blocking Charles Leclerc during Saturday qualifying to line up 11th, attempted to pass Piastri for seventh on lap three of 19.He eventually made the move stick with a superior burst of acceleration out of Turn 18 but ran with all four wheels straying beyond the painted white lines defining track limits on corner exit.For this ...

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All teams are obliged to run a rookie in each car at one FP1 session, and this year they have faced a difficult schedule, with Qatar, Austin and Brazil all sprint events, and Suzuka, Singapore and Las Vegas not regarded as practical choices. Most teams have thus left their FP1 running for Mexico and Abu Dhabi.In an unusual move Red Bull is planning to deploy both of its mandatory rookie sessions ...

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The team rented a workshop in Austin leading up to the event to modify its VF-23s to become the final team to converge around the downwash sidepod concept pioneered by Red Bull.Haas debuted new sidepod inlets, engine cover bodywork and floor for its home race in a bid to address the major in-race tyre wear issue caused by an aerodynamic imbalance.But the verdict from drivers Kevin Magnussen and ...

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Aston Martin introduced a hefty upgrade for this weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas, but its weekend was derailed after it suffered brake problems in first practice that left it on the backfoot. Alonso was knocked out in Q1 and, with the car not looking competitive, his team has elected to make changes to both his and team-mate Lance Stroll’s cars for the grand prix. It means they ...

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Major update pushes from Red Bull’s rivals have appeared to lift teams like McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes ever closer to F1’s benchmark squad.This seemed especially true in the sprint shootout qualifying at the United States Grand Prix where the top four teams were covered by just more than one tenth of a second.But with world champion Max Verstappen converting his pole position advantage of ...

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Leclerc has clearly been ahead of Sainz in Austin, having taken pole for Sunday’s main race and qualified second in the Saturday shootout, while Sainz was fourth and sixth in the two sessions.Sainz says that the sprint weekend meant that he couldn’t optimise the car over the bumps, which are more severe this year, in FP1."For me it's mainly track characteristics,” said the Spaniard when ...

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The seven-time world champion emerged as Verstappen’s main challenger in the sprint at the United States Grand Prix after snatching second place from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on the exit of the first corner.Hamilton appeared to be able to match Verstappen in pace terms for the first few laps but, as tyre degradation kicked in, his Red Bull rival was able to extend his advantage to comfortably ...

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The Australian qualified his AlphaTauri an encouraging 11th for his first event since he injured his hand in a practice crash at the Dutch GP, and he eventually started 10th after George Russell was penalised.However, he was shuffled down two places at the start and remained in 12th place for the duration."I would say there were definitely some pros and cons,” he said when asked by ...

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The McLaren driver thinks it is “silly” that a lack of harshness from the FIA in dealing with such rule breaches means it can be better for drivers to get a five-second penalty for illegally jumping a slower rival they can easily pull clear of, than lose time by getting stuck behind them.Norris’s comments come in the wake of his team-mate Oscar Piastri losing a position to George Russell in ...

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After dominating the Austin sprint race once he’d seen off Charles Leclerc and with Lewis Hamilton’s early time gains quickly reversed, Max Verstappen outlined once again why he detests these shorter contests.“It takes away that magic of waking up on a Sunday,” he opined. “You turn on the TV and you’ve had qualifying but you're not sure which car is going to be quickest [in the grand ...

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Despite Horner’s championship-winning squad cruising to victory in the F1 sprint at the United States Grand Prix, he has said the lacklustre spectacle has left even him unconvinced by the entertainment that the Saturday races produce.With the standalone sprint format introduced this year rarely offering much good racing, and even ruining excitement for Sundays because they deliver answers about ...

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Seventy-six laps were deleted in FP1 in Austin as drivers strayed beyond the painted while lines defining the edge of the track with all four wheels.This led to concerns that track limits would be a major talking point for the second round in a row, with the Qatar weekend dogged by laps being deleted in qualifying and penalties dished out in the GP.Amid pressure from competitors during the Friday ...

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  What time does the United States Grand Prix start?The United States GP will begin at 2pm local time (-5 GMT) at Circuit of the Americas.
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2023
Start time: 19:00 GMT / 20:00 BST / 21:00 CEST / 21:00 SAT / 22:00 EAT / 14:00 CT / 15:00 ET / 12:00 PT / 06:00 AEDT (Monday) / 04:00 JST (Monday) / 00:30 IST (Monday)
2023 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix session ...

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Verstappen just held onto his pole advantage at the start, seeing off the challenge of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who will start from pole position for Sunday’s US GP.Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) passed Leclerc on the exit of the first corner and chased Verstappen hard in the early stages. But Verstappen eased clear to lead by almost 3s at half distance and extended his buffer to win by over ...

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The pair started from the front row for the sprint race at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, with Leclerc gaining enough as they roared away at the start to edge his front wheels alongside Verstappen’s left-rear. As they headed up the steep hill towards Austin’s Turn 1 left-hand hairpin, Verstappen swung left and pushed Leclerc fully across the pitlane ...

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Starting third, the Mercedes driver seized the opportunity of front row starter Charles Leclerc losing momentum out of Turn 1, following a failed move past Verstappen away from the start, to grab second place.Although Hamilton was then able to shadow Verstappen for the opening laps of the race, eventually he fell out of DRS range before coming home 9.4 seconds behind.While Hamilton felt that ...

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At the start, Verstappen and Leclerc moved away seemingly in unison, but the Ferrari gained during the launch’s second phase. As Leclerc tried to move alongside the Red Bull, Verstappen edged his rival right across the track and close to the grass by the pitlane exit.  That left Leclerc pinched very tightly on the inside of the uphill left-hand hairpin and, with Hamilton swinging around on the ...

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What time does the Sprint race for the United States Grand Prix start?The race will run to a distance of 19 laps or roughly 100km.
Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023
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The world champion made amends for losing pole position for the main race on Sunday, thanks to a track limits offence in Friday qualifying, to secure sprint pole in Saturday's shootout session.The margins over the opposition appeared to be much closer than recent races though. He ended up 0.055 seconds ahead of Charles Leclerc and there was only a little over one-tenth separating the top four cars ...

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In the opening part of the qualifying shootout to determine the grid for the Saturday sprint contest, Russell stayed on the racing line through the penultimate Turn 19 left-hander to force a fast-approaching Leclerc to move to the inside.Upon reviewing the incident with the addition of team radio and in-car video, the FIA stewards have determined that Mercedes failed to warn Russell in good time ...

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