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.

Here at the Circuit of the Americas, 15 miles southeast of downtown Austin, the 24-year-old Briton faces the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend.

Lando Norris trailed championship rival Max Verstappen in practice for the US Grand Prix. Norris, who is 52 points behind Verstappen heading into the remaining six rounds, finished fourth, one spot behind Red Bull’s Verstappen at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas.