Will Lindblad and Lawson be retained by Racing Bulls? F1 Q&A

Kimi Antonelli has his first opportunity to secure the 2026 drivers' championship at this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin.

Antonelli must win the race with Mercedes team-mate George Russell finishing ninth or lower and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton fifth or lower.

Austin is the first of six races scheduled to take place between now and the end of the season in December.

BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the race in Texas.

Will Liam Lawson get the Racing Bulls seat for next year? - Chris

Racing Bulls are one of only two teams where the 2027 driver line-up is not finalised. The other is Haas, where Oliver Bearman has not yet been confirmed alongside new signing Rafael Camara, although that is only a matter of time.

At Racing Bulls, it's a three-don't-fit-into-two situation, with current race drivers Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad in the frame along with Red Bull junior driver Nikola Tsolov, the Bulgarian who is second in the Formula 2 championship at the moment.

This is the first time in Red Bull history that Helmut Marko is not in charge of driver choice at the junior team and it's unclear what approach they will take under the new management.

In the past, one might have expected them to drop Lawson, on the basis that he has had his chance and is not likely to be considered a long-term candidate for a full-time seat at Red Bull, and put Tsolov in alongside Lindblad.

But there is an argument that the Red Bull young driver programme has been mismanaged for 20 years by Marko and former team boss Christian Horner and they should take a more considered, patient, methodological approach.