F1 Results Today: Max Verstappen dominates US Grand Prix as title battle heats up at COTA

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F1 Results Today: Max Verstappen dominates US Grand Prix as title battle heats up at COTA

Here's how all the action unfolded at the F1 2025 United States Grand Prix

By Kerry Violet.

Sunday 19 October 2025 22:55

After a dominant performance at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), Red Bull star Max Verstappen has won the 2025 United States Grand Prix.

From start to finish, the victory never looked in threat for the reigning world champion, who once again showed he is to be taken very seriously in the fight for the drivers' championship.

Coming home just shy of eight seconds ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris, Verstappen's 25-point haul now leaves him just 40 points off Oscar Piastri at the top of the standings, who could only manage fifth place.

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Norris in second is only 28 points ahead, although for the Brit, it was still somewhat of a positive weekend, taking a significant chunk out of Piastri's championship lead (he is now just 14 points behind his teammate) after a late overtake on Charles Leclerc to finish second.

Despite losing that position late on, Leclerc still managed to pick up his sixth grand prix podium of the season, a feat that team-mate Lewis Hamilton is yet to do after 19 race weekends with the Scuderia.

Elsewhere, the race wasn't entirely free of drama, with Williams star Carlos Sainz forced to retire from the 56-lap US GP just seven laps in after attempting an overtake on Kimi Antonelli at Turn 15. The pair made contact, with the Williams star leaving significant damage to Antonelli's Mercedes, although the Italian teenager managed to recover to P13.

Who won the F1 US Grand Prix today?

Pos.	Driver	Team	Gap
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	LEADER
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	+7.959s
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	+15.373s
4	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	+28.536s
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	+29.678s
6	George Russell	Mercedes	+33.456s
7	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	+52.714s
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Kick Sauber	+57.249s
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas	+64.722s
10	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	+70.001s
11	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	+73.209s
12	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	+74.778s
13	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	+75.746s
14	Alex Albon	Williams	+80.000s
15	Esteban Ocon	Haas	+83.043s
16	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	+92.807s
17	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	+1 lap
18	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	+1 lap
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	+1 lap
NC	Carlos Sainz	Williams	DNF