The 2024 Formula One season will feature a record 24 races, the 19th of which will take place in Texas in the United States this weekend.
After a four-week break the next battle is scheduled for the Circuit of the Americas on Sunday, 20 October.
The lights will go out at 21:00 (SA time).
As a reminder, the 2023 United States Grand Prix was won by Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen with McLaren’s Lando Norris in second.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz finished third.
UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX TIMES
All times SA
Friday, 18 October
Practice 1: 19:30 – 20:30
Sprint qualifying: 23:30 – 00:14
Saturday, 19 October
Sprint: 20:00 – 21:00
Sunday, 20 October
Qualifying: 00:00 – 01:00
Main race: 21:00
Standings ahead of the United States Grand Prix
Drivers
| Rank | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Max Verstappen | 331 |
| 2 | Lando Norris | 279 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 245 |
| 4 | Oscar Piastri | 237 |
| 5 | Carlos Sainz | 190 |
| 6 | Lewis Hamilton | 174 |
| 7 | George Russell | 155 |
| 8 | Sergio Perez | 144 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | 62 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | 24 |
| 11 | Lance Stroll | 24 |
| 12 | Yuki Tsunoda | 22 |
| 13 | Alexander Albon | 12 |
| 14 | Daniel Ricciardo | 12 |
| 15 | Pierre Gasly | 8 |
| 16 | Oliver Bearman | 7 |
| 17 | Kevin Magnussen | 6 |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | 5 |
| 19 | Franco Colapinto | 4 |
| 20 | Zhou Guanyu | 0 |
| 21 | Logan Sargeant | 0 |
| 22 | Valtteri Bottas | 0 |
| Rank | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | McLaren | 516 |
| 2 | Red Bull | 475 |
| 3 | Ferrari | 441 |
| 4 | Mercedes | 329 |
| 5 | Aston Martin | 86 |
| 6 | RB | 34 |
| 7 | Haas | 31 |
| 8 | Williams | 16 |
| 9 | Alpine | 13 |
| 10 | Sauber | 0 |
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