Max Verstappen set the pace at the one – and only – practice session for this weekend’s United States GP, as the Red Bull driver led rivals Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton after a busy hour of running in Austin.

With just 60 minutes on the clock to finalise their setups for the weekend, the drivers made their way out on track greeted by warm conditions looking to get up to speed as quick as possible ahead of qualifying later today.

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After 20 minutes of running, it was Hamilton who set the early pace, as his time of 1m 37.394s was enough to lead Verstappen by 0.104s on the hard tyre, with the Mercedes driver putting the updated floor on the W14 through its paces.

Aston Martin later confirmed that Stroll would not be taking part in the rest of the session as Lando Norris went fastest. Moments later, his team mate, Oscar Piastri, had a squirrely moment and ran through the grass on the exit of Turn 9.

With 15 minutes left we saw the first of the soft tyre runners make their way out of the pit lane, as Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon, sporting one-off American inspired liveries on their cars, prepared for some qualifying simulation runs.