The drivers come out and celebrate on the podium. Antonelli reigns today and must only finish ninth or higher at the Mexico GP next week to clinch the overall title and become the youngest champion in F1 history.

Join us then to see if he can do it (he can). Giles Richards’ report from the Circuit of the Americas will be with us shortly.

The podium speaks:

Leclerc: “It was quite a good race, unfortunately we couldn’t get the win. But at the end of the day, it was a positive race. It was a fun race.”

Verstappen: “Our overall pace was not good enough and the tyres we had available were not the right ones. But we still managed to get on the podium.”

Antonelli: “It was a result we needed to be fair, the whole team deserved it – all this time working to bring this new package and finally seeing the result is very and very pleasant. It was always a perfect execution of strategy to call the one [pit] stop. Today was a great team effort. We’re very close [to the title]. Hopefully we can clinch it soon.”

Lap 32/56: “Front wing update please, Max,” he’s asked on the radio. His not entirely encouraging reply: “No idea, mate.” Verstappen pits and it’s a slow one. He reenters the race in fifth. For now, Leclerc leads over Antonelli, but the Italian will not pit again this race. And … he overtakes Leclerc to regain the lead anyway. A comfortable, nerveless race from the 20-year-old.