Sergio Perez topped FP2 in Austin as Red Bull clawed back their gap to Mercedes, with Lando Norris putting himself second fastest. The Mercedes drivers of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas finished third and fourth in practice and, despite running qualifying simulations, lapped slower than they had managed in first practice – albeit with Hamilton's fastest lap being deleted, which was faster than Perez had managed. Max Verstappen was down in P8 after backing out of his own attempt at a flying lap, with the other McLaren of Daniel Ricciardo rounding out the top five at the Circuit of the Americas. After Mercedes had appeared so dominant in FP1, all eyes were on how the teams would...
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