Sprint race updates and stream as Norris and Piastri crash - Follow F1 updates from the Circuit of the Americas, with Verstappen ahead of Norris and Piastri

In Singapore last time out, Max Verstappen closed the gap to Piastri to 63 points after beating both McLaren drivers. However, the real drama occurred between the team-mates as Norris bumped wheels with his title rival on lap one as they tussled over third place.

McLaren's Formula One title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris collided and retired from the U.S. Grand Prix sprint race on Saturday.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided with each other on the first lap again as the title rivals were both dumped out of the United States sprint. The build-up to the weekend has been dominated by the “consequences” imposed by McLaren on Norris after ...

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were both taken out of the United States Grand Prix Sprint race on the first lap after a collision with Nico Hulkenberg

McLaren chief Zak Brown absolved both his drivers of blame for the crash which took both of them out of the United States Grand Prix Sprint race on the first lap. Nico Hulkenberg made contact with Oscar Piastri at the first corner, sending the Aussie spinning into his team-mate Lando Norris.

The McLaren Racing Formula One team has clarified why Oscar Piastri was not a part of the team's championship celebrations.

Instead of bouncing back in Sprint qualifying in Austin, Piastri, by his own admission, had a “pretty scruffy lap” where he “just didn’t really get it together”. In a season in which Norris has been the one complaining about his qualifying laps, the Briton finished ahead of his teammate.