Championship leader Lewis Hamilton is looking to repeat last week's victory in Canada as the F1 season moves to America

And Hamilton makes full use of his pole position to lead through the first corners but there is a skirmish behind

Ralf Schumacher becomes the day's first casualty after his Toyota tags David Coulthard to also end the Scotsman's race

Rubens Barichello is also out after damaging his suspension, but up front, Hamilton pulls away from Fernando Alonso

Ferrari's Felipe Massa is comfortable in third although he is 12 seconds behind the McLarens after the first round of pitstops

Alonso continues to hound Hamilton and the McLaren garage holds its collective breath as the Brit holds off the Spaniard

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen is the fastest man on the circuit but he lost ground at the start and is some way off the lead

Raikkonen is chasing Massa hard, but the Brazilian holds off his Finnish team-mate to finish third

The McLarens quit racing with several laps left leaving Hamilton to coast to his second successive victory

The 22-year-old is the first Briton to win the US Grand Prix in 24 years on his debut race at the Indianapolis circuit

Alonso comes home second and now trails Hamilton by 10 points in the world drivers' championship standings