Max Verstappen won the sprint race at Formula One's 2025 United States GP, with both McLarens eliminated in a Turn 1 crash

Red Bull protege Arvid Lindblad will replace Max Verstappen in Free Practice 1 for Formula 1’s Mexico City Grand Prix. Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko confirmed the Formula 2 race winner was going to take part in FP1 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, which Motorsport.com understands Verstappen will temporarily vacate his seat for.

So far, the United States Grand Prix has delivered nothing but good news for Max Verstappen - storming to pole on his final attempt in sprint qualifying and the

Verstappen headed into the United States Grand Prix 63 points behind Piastri at the top, but with momentum on his side. The reigning world champion has finished ahead of both McLaren drivers in each of the last three full-length races, and if he continues at his current rate, he will take the title fight down to the wire in Abu Dhabi.

Lights out for the race will come today (Sunday, October 19, 2025) at 2:00pm local time (CDT), or 8pm BST.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has vowed to learn from the "mistake" that was the Max Verstappen saga, which played out over the F1 2025 summer.

Max Verstappen maintains that he has a 50-50 chance of winning the Formula 1 world title while also sharing his thoughts on whether McLaren favors one of its drivers. Looking ahead to the United States Grand Prix,

Do Mercedes need Max Verstappen? Mercedes announced on Wednesday, ahead of the United States Grand Prix, that both drivers, Russell and Antonelli, had signed new deals to remain w