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F1 United States GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP1 & FP2
All of the action from Friday's F1 practice sessions at the Circuit of the Americas.
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- Perez fastest in FP2 for US GP from Norris and Hamilton
- Bottas tops FP1 ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen
- Russell, Vettel and Bottas change engine parts and will receive grid penalties for qualifying
- FP3 takes place on Saturday at 1900BST (1300 local time)
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1. Perez, Red Bull
2. Norris, McLaren
3. Hamilton, Mercedes
4. Bottas, Mercedes
5. Ricciardo, McLaren
6. Stroll, Aston Martin
7. Leclerc, Ferrari
8. Verstappen, Red Bull
9. Sainz, Ferrari
10. Giovinazzi, Alfa Romeo
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Welcome back to Autosport's live updates - this time from the US Grand Prix, where it's almost time for FP1
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It's a dry and sunny day at Circuit of the Americas - 0% risk of rain for this session
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This is Round 17 of the 2021 F1 season, with Max Verstappen leading the driver standings from Lewis Hamilton by just six points
Charles Leclerc holds the race lap record here at COTA, with a 1m36.169s set in 2019
Lights green
Green lights at the end of the pit lane! Sergio Perez is first out on track for Red Bull
Red flag
Red flag - Fernando Alonso has stopped on the run off at Turn 12
Looks like a mechanical issue for Alpine - something is dripping out the bottom of the car...
Lights green
FP1 is back underway! Kimi Raikkonen is first out on his last visit to COTA before he retires at the end of the season
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Everyone bar Alonso is now out on a rather warm circuit - track temperature is 32.7 °C
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Hamilton gets his first flying lap in and goes quickest, with a 1m37.260s
Five cars have already had laps deleted for track limits - Turn 9 is one to keep an eye on
Familiar picture at the top of the timesheet after 20 minutes - Hamilton leads from Verstappen and Bottas
Leclerc has a spin into the gravel at Turn 6, but his Ferrari looks intact
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Speedy lap from Gasly there, with a quickest first sector putting him up into P5
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Ricciardo goes third fastest with a 1m37.458s, putting him 0.6s behind Hamilton in the lead
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Perez knocks Hamilton off the top spot, despite running on the hard tyre
Alonso's Alpine has finally made its way back to the garage, with just over 30 minutes left of FP1
Bottas is currently running P6, but will take a new ICE for Sunday's race, giving him a five-place grid penalty
Vettel briefly goes quickest but has his time deleted for exceeding track limits at Turn 9
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Leclerc goes second quickest, just 0.2s behind Hamilton and ahead of Perez
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With just over 20 minutes left of FP1, Verstappen takes the top spot
Yellow flag
A brief yellow flag after Mazepin went off at Turn 19
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Hamilton goes a whole second quicker than Verstappen to recapture the top spot, while Leclerc stays in third
Lots more laps being deleted - both Perez and Ricciardo fall victim to track limits in quick succession
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Bottas has set a new fastest time, 0.2s quicker than his team-mate
Speedy work from Alpine managing to get Alonso back out on track for the end of the session!
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15 minutes to go, and Bottas and Hamilton lead a Mercedes 1-2 from Verstappen
Ferrari looking quick round COTA, with Leclerc and Sainz currently in P4 and P5 respectively
Contact between Perez and Schumacher but both cars emerge unscathed
Yellow flag
Brief yellow flag in Sector 2 after Raikkonen had a spin
Checkered flag
And that's the chequered flag for FP1!
Bottas led the session from Hamilton and Verstappen, with Leclerc and Sainz in P4 and P5
Read the full report from FP1 here: https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-united-states-gp-fp1-bottas-leads-hamilton-mercedes/6700742/
That's all from us for now - we'll be back for FP2 at 9pm BST!
*Blue Danube plays*
Attention all drivers. Free practice 2 will begin shortly. Please enter your cars and prepare for the session.
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Here's the weather forecast ahead of FP2. Chance of rain 0%, track temp 39.0 degrees C, air temp 29.3 degrees. It's a warm one.
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So, if you're joining us from the US, good afternoon! If you're joining us in the UK, thanks for staying up! FP2 will begin in just one minute.
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Here we go! Giovinazzi and Ocon are first on track.
All cars are on the track, barring Ricciardo, Leclerc and Russell for the moment.
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