Max Verstappen dominated the weekend in Austin to show the screw on McLaren within the F1 championship battle.
Listed here are our greatest winners and losers from the 2025 United States Grand Prix…
Winner – Max Verstappen
Verstappen continued his imperious kind with one other masterclass weekend in Austin to extend the stress on McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
After successful the dash, the four-time world champion stormed to pole place and produced a commanding drive on Sunday to attain his third win in 4 races.
Because the Dutch Grand Prix, Verstappen has reduce what was a 104-point deficit to Piastri right down to 40 factors with 5 grands prix and two sprints remaining in 2025.
It has been a unprecedented effort from Verstappen, who’s clawing again what can be an unlikely world championship.
Verstappen has clawed again momentum within the title race
Loser – Oscar Piastri
Piastri endured an out of kinds weekend in Austin as his worrying latest kind continued.
The Australian as soon as once more struggled for tempo relative to Norris in america as he got here away from the weekend with a disappointing fifth place and simply 10 factors out of a potential 33.
Piastri has had no podiums within the final three grands prix and has solely scored 22 factors in that point. For the fourth consecutive weekend, he has seen his championship benefit – which is now simply 14 factors – shrink.
Winner – Charles Leclerc
An impressive drive from Charles Leclerc, who held second for a lot of the race earlier than shedding out to the quicker McLaren of Norris solely within the closing levels of Sunday’s grand prix.
Leclerc took benefit of being the one frontrunner to start out on softs by leaping forward of Norris at Flip 1. He managed his tyres superbly and made Norris work onerous throughout a nail-biting, race-long battle for P2.
Regardless of finally shedding out to Norris with 5 laps to go, Leclerc returned Ferrari to the rostrum for the primary time in 5 races to cap off an encouraging finish to a weekend that began dreadfully.
Leclerc stood on the rostrum for the sixth time in 2025
Loser – McLaren
The USA Grand Prix demonstrated a regarding lack of kind from McLaren relative to Pink Bull and different automobiles.
McLaren have been F1’s dominant pressure earlier this marketing campaign however Pink Bull now seems to have the strongest total bundle, not less than in Verstappen’s palms.
Norris and Piastri spent their race battling Ferraris and Mercedes slightly than Verstappen, who underlined Pink Bull’s latest resurgence.
This served as proof that Pink Bull have pulled clear and McLaren have slipped again – on the worst potential second for the world champions.
McLaren have fallen again from Pink Bull
Winner – Yuki Tsunoda
As he did within the dash, Yuki Tsunoda made a wonderful begin to make up early floor that paved the way in which for a formidable restoration drive in Austin.
Having been dumped out of Q2 in thirteenth, Tsunoda surged into the top-10 with a unbelievable begin to achieve three locations within the early levels.
Tsunoda went on to say a strong seventh, persevering with the Japanese driver’s clear enchancment in latest races. It additionally marked his second-best consequence since becoming a member of Pink Bull.
Loser – Williams (and Carlos Sainz)
Sainz lunged Antonelli early on
A surprising grand prix for Williams as Carlos Sainz retired after clashing with Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes, whereas Alex Albon might solely handle 14th in an eventful race that featured a spin initially.
Sainz’s sensible third place within the dash ensures Williams don’t come away from america empty-handed, however the Spaniard should serve a five-place grid drop in Mexico on account of his overambitious lunge.
Winner – Nico Hulkenberg
For the primary time because the British Grand Prix in July, Nico Hulkenberg returned to the factors as he battled his approach to eighth from eleventh on the grid.
The German bounced again from the frustration of blowing his beautiful P4 beginning slot for the dash amid the first-corner carnage with an incredible drive to seize 4 factors for Sauber in Sunday’s primary race.
It’s a consequence that sees Sauber near inside 10 factors of seventh-placed Aston Martin within the constructors’ championship.
Hulkenberg returned to the factors
Loser – Mercedes
After a triumphant victory in Singapore, Mercedes had a extra nameless weekend in Austin.
George Russell’s race was successfully ruined by a poor begin, earlier than he had a reasonably lonely run to sixth, missing the tempo to catch Piastri forward.
Antonelli regarded on the right track for a very good afternoon till he was pitched right into a spin by Sainz, including to Mercedes’ frustration as Ferrari made up floor within the battle for second place within the constructors’ championship.
Loser – Racing Bulls
A forgettable race for Racing Bulls as Liam Lawson missed out on factors in eleventh and Isack Hadjar recovered to sixteenth after his qualifying crash left him twentieth and final.
Within the battle for P6 within the constructors’, Racing Bulls at the moment are simply three factors forward of Aston Martin.
