Max Verstappen took a comfortable pole position ahead of Lando Norris after Oscar Piastri slumped to sixth on a difficult day for the title leader. Verstappen needed only one lap to confirm himself as the fastest driver at the Circuit of The Americas,

Who's at the head of the pack in this year's Formula 1 driver standings? Not Max Verstappen? Not Lewis Hamilton. It's Oscar Piastri, F1's 24-year-old Australian sensation.

Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc rounded out the top three in Austin, Texas, while championship leader Oscar Piastri could only manage sixth. Earlier today, Verstappen won the sprint race from pole after the McLarens collided on the first lap and were immediately out of the race.

OSCAR PIASTRI and Lando Norris were both left OUT of the sprint after colliding on the first corner. The McLaren pair tangled after Piastri was tagged by Nico Hulkenberg – meaning he

Brown took aim at Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, calling out “amateur hour” driving as contact between Piastri and Hulkenberg, sent Piastri crashing into McLaren teammate Norris.

The spotlight has been shone on Oscar Piastri after the multi-car crash that took out both McLarens. Oscar Piastri made a “bad judgement call” and could have avoided the multi-car collision that wiped out both McLarens in the United States Grand Prix sprint, it has been claimed.

Guenther Steiner, the ex-Haas F1 boss, just shut down wild gossip about Oscar Piastri ditching McLaren anytime soon. He called the whole thing nonsense, downright laughable. Alec Baldwin Blames Garbage Truck for Crash,

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.