Max Verstappen and Red Bull are in retreat as the Formula 1 season resumes in Texas. The series returns from a month-long autumn break at the United States Grand Prix with the Dutch driver still leading the championship.

Verstappen has won all three previous sprint races this season and has won the main race in Austin the last three years. But he hasn't won this season since the Spanish Grand Prix on June 23 and has earned just three podium finishes in that span. Verstappen at times has described his once dominant car as “undrivable” and a “monster.”

Amid the off-track bib saga, Red Bull delivered on the track as Max Verstappen took F1 Sprint pole at the US GP.

With just six rounds remaining in the 2024 Formula One World Championship, the fierce title battle between McLaren and Red Bull is intensifying. Max Verstappen leads the charge, but Lando Norris remains in hot pursuit,

Nikolas Tombazis, boss of single-seaters at the FIA, says he is satisfied with the handling of the case surrounding Red Bull Racing's front bib clearance. He also clarified that the governing body does not intend to retroactively check whether the mechanism was previously used by the Austrian Formula 1 team.