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How teams and drivers prepared for the 2025 United States Grand Prix
by Samarth Kanal
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The 2025 United States Grand Prix certainly wasn’t F1’s first rodeo in Texas but there were plenty of unknowns given high track temperatures, a dominant Red Bull piloted by Max Verstappen, and a tight drivers’ championship fight.
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Indeed, the sprint provided great drama with both McLarens tangling and bowing out of Saturday’s race before Verstappen took the win on Sunday for maximum points in Austin.
Haas brought upgrades to the race in the form of floor and sidepod changes, while others focused on using the sprint to hone their respective set-ups for Sunday’s grand prix.
Here’s what we noticed from the pitlane and paddock of the Circuit of the Americas.
Haas’s F1 car sports a United States-themed livery. Pictured is the top of the car’s sidepods
Red Bull’s team principal Laurent Mekies (L) in conversation with Racing Bulls’s team principal Alan Permane
Broadcaster Will Buxton (L) Cadillac F1 Team's Pat Symonds (middle) and Eric Warren (R) at a pre-GP event
The Williams F1 car sported a new special livery throwing back to its 2002 design
Mercedes celebrated the 500th race in which its safety car has been active, stemming back to the 1996 French Grand Prix
A close-up view of the rear suspension of the Aston Martin F1 car
