Charles Leclerc claimed his third victory of the season with a commanding drive at the United States Grand Prix, having taken the lead at the start to lead Carlos Sainz home for a Ferrari 1-2 finish.
The Monegasque gathered a swift start and pounced on the battling front-row duo of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, cutting back down the inside of Turn 1 and escaping through the sweeping corners with the lead.
He immediately gathered a 1.6-second lead at the end of the first lap to ward off the threat of Verstappen with DRS, as the Dutchman had benefitted from a conservative approach from Norris into the first corner to pick up second.
Leclerc then had to defend from Verstappen after a safety car brought out midway through the third lap, caused by Lewis Hamilton spinning off at Turn 18 and beaching his Mercedes in the gravel to cap off a torrid weekend.
Although Verstappen stuck with Leclerc on the restart, the Ferrari driver covered off the Red Bull through the Turn 2-8 complex of corners to ensure there was no threat from behind.
Having gone long into the race on a one-stop, which proved to be the most popular strategy, Leclerc emerged from the pits after his lap 26 stop behind the long-running McLarens as Norris and Oscar Piastri sought to gather a tyre offset into the final stages of the race.
Leclerc resumed the lead once the McLarens stopped, but this was now over team-mate Carlos Sainz; the Spaniard had successfully batted away an earlier power issue to stay with Verstappen and then undercut the Red Bull with a stop four laps sooner.
Sainz occasionally ate into Leclerc's lead, cutting a seven-second advantage down to under six seconds, but Leclerc had the legs over Sainz in the final laps and cemented his victory from fourth on the grid.
| Cla | Driver | Car / Engine | Time |
| 1 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | - |
| 2 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | -8.562 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | -19.412 |
| 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | -20.354 |
| 5 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren/Mercedes | -21.921 |
| 6 | George Russell | Mercedes | -56.295 |
| 7 | Sergio Perez | Red Bull/Honda RBPT | -59.072 |
| 8 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas/Ferrari | -1'02.957 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | RB/Honda RBPT | -1'10.563 |
| 10 | Franco Colapinto | Williams/Mercedes | -1'11.979 |
| 11 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | -1'19.782 |
| 12 | Pierre Gasly | Alpine/Renault | -1'30.558 |
| 13 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin/Mercedes | - |
| 14 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB/Honda RBPT | - |
| 15 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | - |
| 16 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | - |
| 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Sauber/Ferrari | - |
| 18 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | - |
| 19 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber/Ferrari | - |
| - | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes |
