For a 3rd straight race, Mercedes power is the fastest off the line. The McLarens were 1/2 to 50m and 100m, followed closely by Antonelli. Gasly, also with a Mercedes, was next. Audi has been brutal off the line all year.

Comparing the race stints for the two Ferrari drivers in the United States Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen opens as the betting favorite for Mexico City, implied to win 35% of the time. He has won 4 of the 7 races here since 2018. Antonelli next at 31% after his Austin win. Leclerc 3rd at 8%.

Who gained/lost the post positions on Lap 1 in Austin?

Race timeline from Austin. Every driver, every lap 👇

Lewis Hamilton had the highest average apex speed in the race in Austin, 102.3 kph. Leclerc 0.6 kph back, Antonelli third. Every driver's average apex speed 👇

Kimi Antonelli won in Austin without a lap in the 15 fastest. Ferrari set 14 of them, Charles Leclerc 8 including the top five. Fastest laps of the race 👇

Ferrari had the best median time in Sectors 1 and 3 in Austin, 0.16s clear of Red Bull in both. McLaren took Sector 2 by 0.080s over Mercedes. Every sector time at the team level from the race in Austin.

Kimi Antonelli had the best median race pace in Austin, 0.247s clear of Lando Norris. Verstappen and Leclerc next, the top four within 0.33s. Every lap from the race in Austin 👇

Leclerc qualified P4 and has gained 0.8 places on lap 1 on average this season, the most of anyone from the top four teams. The biggest movers on lap 1 this season 👇

Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari are as good as anyone in the corners, but losing out big on the straights: "We know through the weekend we look at the straight, like just up to Turn 1, when we cut power, they just keep pulling. That's similar in other places, like going into Turn 11. I think we might be similar in maybe into 12, but then the rest of the lap, a little bit. You see it on the overlay. I don't know what happened. My car felt really good. Lap was solid, so they were just quicker." "I think our car is really solid. I mean, at least as good, if not maybe slightly better, maybe than the others. But I think they have closed up on chassis... And we're not able to take that step, in this season, to close that speed on the straight."

Toto Wolff pessimistic on race pace: "The car is probably not as strong in race performance as the Ferraris and Verstappen, so we shall see how Kimi gets away, whether he's able to hold onto P1."

What the McLaren drivers had to say after Austin Qualifying. Lando Norris -- "The car was the best it's felt, but I just did a crap job." Oscar Piastri -- "I think the car has the potential to be quick, but it's just incredibly difficult to drive. It has been a challenge from the first lap yesterday until now"

What the Ferrari camp had to say after Austin Qualifying. Charles Leclerc -- "The out-lap was extremely difficult, there was a bit more cloud in Q3, we lost one or two degrees of track temp and for us it was night and day difference." Charles Leclerc -- "I strongly believe that we had the pace to be fighting in front, but unfortunately not today, again." Fred Vasseur, team principal -- "We had good pace in all the free practice [sessions]. Until the last corner we were fighting for the pole"

Alpine were the fastest on the straights in Austin qualifying, 345 km/h at the median, 6 clear of Mercedes. Ferrari were second slowest at 331.

Leclerc vs Hamilton, their fastest Q3 laps in Austin. 0.044s apart, P4 and P5.

The closest teammate battles in Austin qualifying: Verstappen beat Hadjar by 0.036s, Leclerc beat Hamilton by 0.044s.

Where Antonelli beat Verstappen to pole in Austin: all of it in Sectors 2 and 3.