United States Grand Prix: Formula One qualifying – live

️ Updates from Austin; start 10pm BST, 4pm local️ Giles Richards’ preview | Mail PhilipNewsflash: Kimi Antonelli is going to win the world drivers’ championship. Oddsflash: he is unlikely to do so this weekend.You probably know the maths roughly, so here it is exactly. With six races left, Antonelli leads George Russell by 102 points and Lewis Hamilton by 111, and if he leads everyone by at least 125 after Sunday then that will be that. He would be guaranteed to have had more race wins should he go pointless for the rest of the campaign while a rival swept the board and levelled the points up.At the heart of this engaging character it seems is a grounded and emotionally rich relationship with his family. While he was supported in following his racing dreams, he was told unequivocally that if he was to kart on a weekend, school must follow on a Monday until he graduated. He duly did so, completing his maturità school exams just after coming third – his first podium – at the Canadian GP last year.“Which driver has done the A-levels or the baccalaureate? Name me one that has finished school. No one,” Wolff observed pointedly of his prodigy. The role of his family has clearly been crucial. His father as guide, mentor and, both have admitted, stern taskmaster at times, whom Antonelli has described as his “rock”. But there is also clearly a hugely important relationship with his mother, Veronica, and younger sister Maggie. Continue reading...