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F1 United States GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 and qualifying
Saturday's F1 action from the COTA circuit in Texas
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All but the top five on the timing screen have decided to go for a final Q1 run including Bottas and Hamilton. Both Raikkonen and Mazepin are yet to set a representative lap time due to being pinged for track limits.
All 20 drivers dive into the pits to digest their opening Q1 runs and weigh up what they need to do on this final run. Just half a second splits Vettel in P11 to Alonso in P16 who is in the drop zone.
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It is a Red Bull 1-2 once again, with Verstappen's 1m34.352s giving him top spot back, and Perez slots in behind just 0.017s back.
That incident between Turn 3-5 involving Vettel and the Haas, which is confirmed to be Mazepin, has been noted by the race stewards.
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"What a ****, I mean seriously what a ****!" Vettel yells over his team radio. It looked like a Haas in his way through the twisty first sector.
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Ricciardo puts in a very impressive lap to go top with a 1m34.407s, with Norris putting himself third with a 1m34.551s.
All 20 cars on the track now with 10 minutes to go in Q1.
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Bottas pops into third, 0.138s off Verstappen's leading effort, with Hamilton taking fourth a little over one tenth of a second back.
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Here come the Red Bulls as Verstappen goes top with a 1m34.521s, just 0.054s ahead of team-mate Perez.
Leclerc leads the early times with a 1m35.281s, while Mazepin becomes the first victim of the Turn 19 track limits and loses his first timed lap.
First timed laps coming up as Perez and the Mercedes drivers head out on the track.
Leclerc and Verstappen also join in on the fun, greeted on to the track by a very vocal COTA crowd. It is packed!
Lights green
Q1 is underway, which sees the Haas pair Mazepin and Schumacher plus Aston Martin's Stroll head out straightaway.
Right, is everybody ready? Then we'll begin.
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A quick look at the sky says rain is very, very unlikely but the weather data supplied by F1 states there is a 40% chance of the wet stuff. But with the air temperature at almost 30oC and the track at 37.5oC things look set fair.
The Red Bull garage is busier than usual pre-qualifying after a hairline fracture in the rear wings of Verstappen's and Perez's cars were detected. It appears all in hand and they'll be fine for the start of Q1.
Time for a bit of admin: Grid penalties. Bottas will serve a five-place drop for a new engine, while Vettel, Russell and Alonso will all be at the back due to full new power units.
That meant Verstappen dropped to third, behind Perez and Sainz, with Hamilton down in sixth in FP3. Any of that in qualifying and there will be major headaches for the title contenders.
For those of you who weren't with us for final practice, here's a quick recap: Perez claimed top spot but both Verstappen and Hamilton had their respective fastest lap times deleted for exceeding track limits.
Green flag
Howdy one and all - it is almost time for qualifying for the United States GP. And it is a big one.
Qualifying is set to begin at 2200 BST.
In the end, the timesheets tell that FP3 was incredibly tight with 0.2s covering the top five.
The top 10 is completed by Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren), Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) and Esteban Ocon (Alpine).
The Mercedes duo of Bottas and Hamilton. It is worth noting that Verstappen and Hamilton had their fastest laps deleted for exceeding track limits.
Max Verstappen ends the session in P3 ahead of McLaren's Lando Norris.
Perez tops the times with a 1m34.701s which is 0.104s faster than Ferrari's Carlos Sainz in P2.
Perez tops FP3 for Red Bull. The Mexican continues his strong start to the US GP weekend after topping FP2.
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Chequered flag is out.
Verstappen abandons his lap after coming across Giovinazzi.
Bottas has headed back out for one last run. The Mercedes driver is currently P5, 0.2s shy of Perez.
Pacesetter, Perez is in the pits with three minutes to go.
Hamilton stays in P8 after that track limits infraction.
Hamilton now lays down a 1m34.458s but that time has been deleted too, this time track limits at Turn 9.
Just as we post, Verstappen blows everyone out of the water with a 1m34.383s, but the time is deleted for track limits at Turn 19.
It is pretty tight at the top as 0.287s covers the top five - Perez, Sainz, Verstappen, Norris and Bottas.
Stroll puts in his first indicative time to move to P15 after a difficult session so far.
Gasly reports that the wind is getting up.
Perez goes fastest for Red Bull. The Mexican logs a 1m34.701s to go 0.104s faster than Sainz.
We are into the final 15 minutes of the session.
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